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Cory Doctorow at 11:42 am Wed, Oct 17, 2012

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Last December, Nicole J Caruth posted this photo of a "Mondrian cake" to her Twitter stream. What a fabulous piece of work!

Finally trying the Mondrian cake

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  • http://deansli.st/ Dean Putney

    This is at the cafe on the roof of the SFMOMA. The Mondrian cake is a regular menu item, but they also rotate in specialized items based on the work of exhibiting artists: Cindy Sherman pink bubble gum soda and Wayne Thiebaud lemon layer cake were recent examples.

  • Sophie Connor

    Sadly it doesn’t taste as good as it looks, or it didn’t when I had it. Undercooked and straight out of the fridge so rather solid and cold.

  • SomeGuyNamedMark

    It looks cool but easy enough to actually attempt.  I may have to try this.

    • http://twitter.com/WonderlandK Wonderland Kitchen

       If you’re looking for instructions: http://www.feastingonart.com/2009/08/mondrians-pound-cake.html

  • http://twitter.com/kevinbrash Kevin Brash

    More like “Nomdrian Cake!”

  • dmc10

    The cake is more interesting than the artist.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_B6WAFG5LAPULIRSQN35PL6M3BE Daniel

    Photographed from this angle it becomes Van Doesburg cake.

  • niktemadur

    Now how about a late-period Mondrian, say “Victory Boogie Woogie” cake?
    http://triviumproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Mondrian-Victory-boogie-1942-1-1024×1021.jpg

  • Benjamin Palmer

    Best Thing I Ever Ate on Food Network did a piece on this cake a while back:

    http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/mondrian-cake-with-chris-video/74581.html

    Oh hey look that’s the new winner of Top Chef Masters who did it.

  • http://lemoutan.blogspot.com/ Lemoutan

    If you covered the top with hundreds and thousands, would you be taking the Pissarro?

  • http://twitter.com/RobHeerdink Rob Heerdink

    It’s Mondriaan, not Mondrian. 

    • ohbejoyful

       The artist actually changed his name to Mondrian.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000816092324 Paul Cooke

    stuff the cake (I’m diabetic), but what make is that tea service?

  • niktemadur

    Now you can have your Mondrian and eat it, too!

  • Souse

    “I paint no squares.”