Emma Jayne Morris recreates the King of Pop in cake form. (Tom Wren via SWNS)
By Ed Chatterton
A talented baker has created a stunning life-like sculpture of Michael Jackson from his 1980s Thriller days in time for Halloween made out of CAKE.
Emma Jayne Morris, 55, sculpted the King of Pop‘s head out of Rice Krispies and marshmallows before constructing his face using modeling chocolate.
The cake artist painstakingly spent 15 hours a day working for three weeks to create the amazing model using 40kg (6 stone) of sugar paste.
She will be showcasing her incredible MJ creation at the Cake International event at Birmingham’s NEC, which begins next Friday, Oct. 31.
(Tom Wren via SWNS)
Emma, a mom-of-three, from Aberdare, South Wales, said: “I chose Michael Jackson because I’ve always been a huge fan of him as an artist – and you need to be inspired by the work you do.
“I loved him growing up, I think he was a musical genius, and it was no brainer for me. I’ve made the King previously, so it made sense to do the King of Pop.
“Also the Cake International show starts on Halloween – so I thought it was quite fitting to go with the Thriller theme.
“It’s part of me paying tribute to his legacy because, as an artist, he was really special, one of the best.
(Tom Wren via SWNS)
“It has taken me about three weeks and I’ve been working from 9 am until midnight some days. Once you start the creative process it becomes an obsession.
“The planning process takes a long time too; everything has to be perfect.
“The structure of the head is from polystyrene as if you made the whole thing from cake it would go off and be a mess by the time the show started.
“The face is made from modeling chocolate, and then the eyes I used sugar paste, which I then hand-painted. You build it up like a real skull and skeleton.
“The body has a steel frame structure, which they all need in order to support it, and then you cover it – he’s going to be standing around 6ft tall once finished.”