It appears as though Cake Boss's Buddy Valastro has some competition – British cake baker Lara Clarke, who made a nearly life-size cake of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow for the Cake International competition in Birmingham, England.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the cake stands at 5 feet, 5 inches, while the real Johnny Depp is 5 feet, 10 inches. The cake is made of crisped rice, marshmallows, royal and fondant icing and edible paint. For the structure, PVC pipes and stainless steel make the base of the cake.
Clarke revealed where the inspiration for the cake came from. "One of my friends was on the phone and said I should enter Cake International," Clarke told the BBC. "At the time I was watching 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' I was watching Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, and I thought he would make the perfect cake.”
What's even more impressive is that she's only been making cakes for two years and taught herself the skills she needed by watching YouTube videos. "All I'd really made before was some bog-standard banana cake in home economics," she said.
Clarke has made more creative cakes, including a 4-foot-tall Grinch, Yoda, a Miley Cyus head and a cake of her mother-in-law, which are all featured on her Facebook page.
Clarke reported that she has been working on the Captain Jack Sparrow cake since September, adding about 90 hours of work before finally completing it.
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