Doncaster baker creates amazing life-sized RuPaul cake out of 80 boxes of Rice Krispies and 25,000 marshmallows

Debbie Wingham spent seven days creating the Drag Race star in cake and decorations.

The finished product stood at 6ft 1in tall – RuPaul is 6ft 4in.

Debbie, from Mexborough, has previously created Kim Kardashian and Karl Lagerfeld cakes. She used 14kg of sugar paste, 150 leaves of edible gold and 300 leaves of edible platinum.

RuPaul's eyelashes were made of pulled sugar. His nail extensions were made of poured sugar with edible metallic paint.

It was made for a party held on a video conferencing computer programme which raised money for charities impacted by the pandemic.

Because the event was held virtually none of the 50 guests were able to partake in the glittering confection.

Instead the “cakealike” dialed in to the party via video link from Debbie's home.

“It was a crazy commission to create a life-sized style icon and not deliver it to a client on completion," Debbie said.

"I have always been a RuPaul fan so I was delighted to create him.

"The only input the clients gave was that I needed to incorporate a fluorescent color so I decided to go for a bold hair color, instead of bringing that fluorescence to the outfit as that seemed too obvious."

The sculpture's multicolored gown was constructed using sugar paste embossed with the texture of canvas.

The Former Highwoods Junior and Infants School pupil chose to use Rice Krispies bonded with marshmallow and butter, as it seemed less wasteful than baking cakes that could not be eaten by the guests.

"It seemed silly to bake cakes that no one would eat, not to mention wasteful.

"And you can't cut into RuPaul - it's an unimaginable thought."

Debbie said she was delighted to create the sculpture because the pandemic caused most of her commissions to be cancelled, due to social distancing guidelines and lockdown rules.

"Since all my cakes are grand and created for huge events, every commission I had for 2020 and 2021 had been cancelled, so I was thrilled to get my sugar paste out again."

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