April Food Day: Fake food

by Emily Matchar, Posted Apr 1st 2008 @ 10:00AM

Would you like a slice of cake? It's made out of plastic! April Fool's!

In honor of the day of jokes, hoaxes and pranks, I've compiled a little list of where to get and how to make fake foods:

Brownie Point Blog has the most amazing tutorial on how to make edible fake sushi - salmon nigiri with Rice Krispie treat rice and dried cantelope salmon, shrimp made of hand-painted homemade marshmallow. Seriously realistic-looking, seriously cool.

Leelee's Creations offers hundreds of high-quality fake foods - fake fried chicken dinner, scented plastic cinammon rolls, Popsicles made out of soap, a $185 three-tiered faux wedding cake.

Fake Foods sells just what the name suggests - fake wedges of Swiss cheese, plastic kale leaves, an entire 16-inch "Vegetable Party Tray."

At Jerri Blank's website, funny lady Amy Sedaris shows you how to make a fake chocolate-frosted cake (spackle, plaster of Paris and a hat box)

Check out Craft Gossip for a tutorial on food-shaped candles - a fruit salad candle, a hot fudge sundae candle, etc.

Any other great faux food sites out there?

Filed Under: On the Blogs, Lists, How To
Tags: April Fool's Day, AprilFool'sDay, Fake Food, How To

Chew on This

Royal Wedding Cake Details Revealed! - YumSugar

Make Your Own Pop Tarts - CHOW
Denny's Introduces a Maple Bacon Sundae - Eater
Whole Foods Opening Bars in Stores - USA Today
Rules Of Bar Etiquette -- For The Bartender - HuffPost Food

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4-01-2008 @10:53AM crispyontheoutside said... I blogged on fake foods yesterday.
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4-01-2008 @10:56AM crispyontheoutside said... Sorry -- didn't follow the link instructions.

http://www.crispyontheoutside.com/2008/03/31/faux-food-extravaganza/
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4-01-2008 @11:34AM Laura said... My friend Liz made fake pretzels -- they're really cookies, with sugar instead of salt! http://blog.blacktabi.com/?p=256
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4-01-2008 @11:38AM hotstepher said... Did you see the "bowl of cereal" on the Kitchn last week? Awesome:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/recipe-review/april-fools-day-recipe-is-this-really-a-bowl-of-cereal-046613

I've made meatloaf cupcakes, as well as mini meatloaf cupcakes. too fun!
http://chairmanstef.blogspot.com/2007/06/theyre-baaaaack-carnivore-cupcakes-part.html

gotta love the meatcake gallery:
http://www.blackwidowbakery.com/gallery/main.php?g2_page=7

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4-01-2008 @11:52AM iron stef said... Did you see the "bowl of soup" on the Kitchn last week? Awesome:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/recipe-review/april-fools-day-recipe-is-this-really-a-bowl-of-cereal-046613

I made some mini-meatloaf cupcakes over the weekend for a potluck. I've made them before, and I'll make them again. Too cute:
http://chairmanstef.blogspot.com/2007/06/theyre-baaaaack-carnivore-cupcakes-part.html

And of course, there's the meatcake gallery (which my original meatloaf cupcakes made it onto!):
http://www.blackwidowbakery.com/gallery/main.php?g2_page=7

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4-28-2008 @12:11PM Carol Hoard said... Here's a tip for the home freezer: For making the job of defrosting the freezer a bit easier next time, dry the interior and spray with vegetable cooking spray. The next defrosting job will go lots faster.
I have a website of Fake Food Candles and Replicas.
This is my first time to visit and what a great site it is; and lots of information - love it!

http://www.acandleforu.com

http://www.goodiesforus.com
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