Beautiful wildlife-inspired cakes, by BBC Wildlife readers
With the return of the Great British Bake Off to our screens, we asked BBC Wildlife readers to share baking creations which feature wildlife!
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We knew that BBC Wildlife readers were a talented bunch already, but now we’re even more impressed by their skills! Check out these stunning wildlife cakes!
To view the images as a slideshow, click on the arrows in the top right-hand corner of the photos below.
A grass snake at RSPB Greylake reserve by @MothMighty (on Twitter), inspired by her son’s first grass snake encounter
A sea-inspired wedding cake by marine biologists at Swimming Head Productions
Owl cakes by Sarah Hookway, who got the idea from a blog
A wildlife birthday cake by Fiona Merredew, made for Sophie Cooper
An albatross chick by Liz Morgan, made for the BBC crew visiting Bird Island in South Georgia
Cakes inspired by the species studied by the Conservation Ecology Group at Durham University (more creations in this blog post)
Bird of paradise, dodo and pangolin cakes by Dr Natalie Lawrence, plus her homemade wedding cake (bird of paradise, luna moth and pangolin)
A wild tree stump cake by Claire Wynne
Cakes to celebrate James Lea’s PhD on sharks, by Charlotte Lea
Camel, armadillo, barn owl, flamingo and Highland cattle cakes by Sarah Blake
Frog, giraffe and Peter Rabbit cakes, and a wildlife wedding cake, by Janine Wilkins Sanderson
A llama cake by Llama Travel
A chicken cake by Louise Evans
Fox, puffins and pond scene cakes by Amanda Ridgway
If you would like to submit a photo of a wildlife-inspired cake for inclusion on this page, please e-mail Megan Shersby.
