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I make fast food ‘cupfakes’, they're so popular I’m fully booked until 2026

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I make fast food ‘cupfakes’, they're so popular I’m fully booked until 2026
I make fast food ‘cupfakes’, they're so popular I’m fully booked until 2026

BAKER Ashley Calder shows off her cupfakes — cake versions of fast food favourites.

The treats cost £75 for 12 — but are so popular Ashley is fully booked until 2026.

Baker Ashley Calder says her 'cupfakes' of fast food favourites are part of an online trend of mini food going viral eiqdiqxqizprw
Baker Ashley Calder says her 'cupfakes' of fast food favourites are part of an online trend of mini food going viralCredit: KennedyNews/AshleysCakes
She has made a miniature version of a McDonald's chicken nuggets meal
She has made a miniature version of a McDonald's chicken nuggets mealCredit: KennedyNews/AshleysCakes

Ashley, 38, of Edinburgh, said: “All the wee mini food things seem to be going viral at the minute online.

“People started saying ‘is there any chance you can make mini food’ and it just hit off.

“I guess people like anything that’s miniature, I know I’m like that.

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“I’m like, ‘oh my god, it’s so cute’, because it’s small.

“Since then, everyone asks for ‘favourite things’ cupcakes, so they’ll send me a list of their boyfriends’ favourite foods and I will make them.

“I always loved baking and cooking and making things look pretty.

“I worked for a catering company all the way through high school and university, and I did all the canapes and stuff there.

“But I didn’t really think it could be a real life job until now.

“I was too scared to just do this in case I wouldn’t be busy enough, but it seems to have just taken off.

“It’s so weird that I just make cakes from my kitchen and it’s just taken off.”

Ashley has also made a 'cupfake' of a Greggs pasty
Ashley has also made a 'cupfake' of a Greggs pastyCredit: KennedyNews/AshleysCakes
This creation of hers imitates Costa Coffee, with a pair of miniature beans to one side
This creation of hers imitates Costa Coffee, with a pair of miniature beans to one sideCredit: KennedyNews/AshleysCakes

Julia Atherley

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