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1. Let your inner stargazer run free and paint constellations and astrological signs onto a black cake with a secret ~galaxy swirl~ interior.
2. Dust some freeze-dried fruit powder on your meringues to make them really POP.
3. Mix together green and blue food coloring to create the most breathtaking mint-colored (and -flavored) macarons ever.
4. Paint watercolor-like strokes on a white iced cake for a subtle yet charming effect.
5. Drizzle homemade lavender glaze over some blackberry white chocolate scones, and then garnish with more blackberries and lavender flowers for an instant Instagram sensation.
6. Dress up your cake with an assortment of fresh, delicate, and edible flowers for a truly nature-inspired gem.
7. Bust out a chef's torch and fire it up to make some breathtaking strawberry crème brûlées.
8. Use varying amounts of food coloring drops and a tiny spatula to create a stunning ombré petal cake.
9. Lend yourself to the galaxy dessert hype and make colored glaze that's basically a work of (intergalactic) art.
10. Channel your inner Jackson Pollock and splatter-paint the top of a chocolate chili cake with brightly colored frosting.
11. Pull out your kitchen torch and toast some marshmallow topping for a beautiful, finishing flourish to your s'mores tarts.
12. Envelop a three-tier cake with a fluffy blanket of pink cotton candy for a fanciful, day-at-the-state-fair touch.
13. Grill up a batch of glazed brioche doughnuts and stuff them with whipped ricotta cream and fresh strawberries for a mouthwatering dessert sandwich.
14. Paint some nontoxic leaves with melted chocolate and matcha powder for a unique cake garnish.
15. Swirl around a bunch of wild blueberries in a vegan lavender and coconut ice cream concoction for your viewing (and eating) pleasure.
16. Whip up a delicious filling made up of ricotta cheese, honey/maple syrup, and berries to beautify your French toast casserole.
17. Take your poppy-seed cake to the next level by adding layers of passion fruit curd and drizzling passion fruit glaze all over and around.
18. Upgrade your fruity popsicles by combining seven different smoothie blends for one magnificent rainbow color scheme.
19. Use a sugar sheet and food coloring to paint ombré mosaic tiles for 360 degrees of edible geometry.
20. Save yourself the trouble of actually baking and make these mini heart-shaped strawberry cheesecakes topped with a layer of jelly, white pearls, and green chocolate melts shaped to look like leaves.
Recipe by Vickie Liu for Brit + Co here.
Special ingredients/materials needed:
-Mini white sugar pearls
21. Sprinkle a shit ton of edible gold glitter on your cake (and coat your raspberries with it too) for a magical, regal effect.
22. Deck out your panna cotta with a blackberry, pistachio, and white chocolate garnish for an elegant presentation.
23. Create stunning rainbow cookies by layering up with almond, strawberry, and matcha powders/pastes.
24. Top off a double chocolate peanut butter layer cake with giant piles of caramel popcorn for no-effort decorations (and yumminess).
25. Roll up thin, warm apple slices inside layers of puff pastry to make tarts that look like legit just-bloomed flowers.
26. Combine the magic of rainbow sprinkles with a massive skillet cookie for a treat your kindergarten self would be in awe of.
27. Switch up ordinary churros for lava cakes filled with dark chocolate ganache and coated with sugar/butter/cinnamon for heightened decadence.
28. Cover every inch of your base with icing stars for a cake that looks like it came straight out of The Little Mermaid.
When a dessert is too beautiful and you're not worthy:
