Those are the auspices behind a current cultural phenomenon: trompe l’oeil cakes. In viral internet videos, everyday objects—a microwave, a pair of shoes, a sandwich—are, with the fall of a sharpened ...

Resplendent unicorn cakes, on-trend geode cakes and other artsy cakes are all the rage on television and social media. And America continues to, well, eat them up. Even when those baked goods go oh so ...