Mondrian in Cake Form

At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, you can buy cakes and other desserts in the cafe that are inspired by works of art in the museum. Seeing as we talked about Piet Mondrian, and how his paintings look like aperiodic crystals, I thought I would share his work in cake form.

Mondrian cake by Caitlin Freeman at SFMOMA. Photo by Charlie Villyard.

Mondrian cake by Caitlin Freeman at SFMOMA. Photo by Charlie Villyard.

Here’s an article about the chef who created this cake, as well as multiple other art-themed desserts: http://openspace.sfmoma.org/2010/05/collection-rotation18/.

Art, cake, potential physics of life- what more could you want in a dessert?

-Lauren Pittis

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