A BAKER has left people feeling “nauseous” after revealing she made a wedding cake sealed in gelatine.
A number of cake lovers were unaware what a gelatine cake is before Liz Marek’s video went viral on TikTok.
Marek is a master baker who runs Sugar Geek Show and specialises in realistic sculpted cakes.
But her recent creation – a gelatine cake – has unsettled a few tummies.
She created the tiered chocolate number for a wedding and coated the outside with a layer of gelatine and a plethora of fresh flowers underneath the opaque surface.
And while everyone agreed that the cake looked beautiful, some people couldn’t look past the concept.
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One person said: “I legitimately made myself nauseous trying to imagine the mouth feel of this cake.”
Another quipped: “I’d eat everything but the outside, for real.”
One viewer called the cake a sponge “surrounded by jiggly meat soup”.
Gelatine is derived from the bones and skin of animals and used as a setting agent for sweets, savoury jellies and some pudding fillings, such as custard.
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Most gelatines are derived from the collagen in pig skin.
It comes in a powdered form which, when dissolved in boiling water and then cooled, turns into a jelly-like substance.
It is tasteless in nature but people can be put off by its texture, which is often described as slimy.
Viewers of Marek’s video questioned whether the gelatine on the cake was meant to be eaten or was just there for decorate purposes.
One sceptic asked: “So the gelatine is just non-flavoured and doesn't actually go with or elevate the cake?
“So it’s useless?”
Another echoed: “Just to clarify, the gelatine part is for decoration, not consumption, correct?”
Marek cleared up that the gelatine “does not go into the cake” but did not specify whether it is intended to be eaten or not.
Her video has racked up a whopping 11.5 million view, with over 3,000 people taking to the comments to weigh in on the unusual cake.
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