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These chicken wings aren't all that they appear to be...

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Oct 3rd 2014, 5:11 PM 6,831 Views 2 Comments

JUST LOOK AT these chicken wings. Juicy, full of flavour, slathered in BBQ sauce.

taking these #chocolate#hotwings to a bbq today, hope no one is disappointed they aren't chicken#sculpted #fauxfood #sanfrancisco #oakland #alameda #bayarea Source: therealdebbiedoescakes

Except they aren’t chicken wings. They’re cakes.

Yep, American baker Debbie Goard specialises in hyper-realistic food cakes that take her days to craft out of sponge and icing. Someone get her on GBBO.

Here’s a ‘sandwich’…

lettuce study#notlettuce#sugarart#sanfrancisco #oakland #alameda #bayarea Source: therealdebbiedoescakes

A delicious and all too real-looking pizza…

pizza and hot wings cake, very detailed tutorial available for purchase on http://swankcakedesign.com#pizza#hotwings#cake#sculpture #sculptedcake #food #fauxfood #sanfrancisco #oakland #alameda #bayarea Source: therealdebbiedoescakes

Lobster, steak and asparagus…

#fauxfood #lobster#steak#cake#sculptedcake #cake #sanfrancisco #oakland #alameda #bayarea Source: therealdebbiedoescakes

A pineapple…

#Pineapple#cake#sculptedcake much, MUCH harder than I expected #sanfrancisco #oakland #alameda #bayarea Source: therealdebbiedoescakes

Ribs, corn and beans…

all edible accessory for an upcoming #cake #sugar#bbq#plate#sculpted #sanfrancisco #alameda #oakland #bayarea Source: therealdebbiedoescakes

And sushi ‘mini-cakes’.

This is my most requested cake ( mini cakes, technically). I have done hundreds of these.#sushi#sculptedcakes #minicakes#cake#fauxfood #sanfrancisco #oakland #bayarea #alameda Source: therealdebbiedoescakes

Check out even more of Debbie’s amazing cakes on her Instagram.

These are too good to eat. And yet, we must have them. We must.

Here’s the 8000-calorie breakfast you have to sign a waiver to eat>

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These chicken wings aren't all that they appear to be...

Wait and see.

Here’s the 8000-calorie breakfast you have to sign a waiver to eat>