LIFE IS A CAKE
THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC has been unkind to most people and businesses around the world. But for some creative individuals, the extra time it offered at home proved to be a blessing in disguise. One of these people is Tuba Geçkil. In 2020 the Turkish ‘cake and sugar artist’ went viral on the Internet for her hyper-realistic cake designs that ranged from busts of famous personalities to inanimate objects commonly found around the house, classic paintings, and animated characters.
Geçkil isn’t) and you know she is not exaggerating. Among her recent posts are cakes that look deceptively like a fish with a slice of lemon; a mango; a table lamp with a notebook and pen; a smoking kettle replete with edible cord and plug; a handwash dispenser; a plate of ramen and an iPad with a photo of the said ramen; a kitchen sink with water tap, toilet paper, and sponge; a bunch of grapes; a Bluetooth speaker; and a life-size wedding dress. And yes, there are videos of each one being cut! In fact, Geçkil has upped her game by devising contests for her followers, like one in which she invites you to guess which melon out of three on a table is actually a cake—few get it right. It’s no surprise then that the account has 335k followers (at the time of press) and counting.
