Delicious Portraits

Cupcakes are the new pixel. Pastry artist Zilly Rosen from Buffalo constructed side-by-side portraits of Presidents Obama and Lincoln this weekend at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The portraits were in honor of Lincoln's 200th birthday and used more than 5,600 cupcakes. (vanilla with chocolate buttercream frosting, chocolate with vanilla buttercream frosting, and red velvet for the American flag backdrop). Spectators were allowed to "de-install" (i.e. consume) the cupcake mosaic after waiting for 5 hours. I wouldn't be surprised if a few entrepreneurs brand this technique into a nation-wide business. It could be the new cookie cake craze!