# Life-Sized Celebrity Cakes YouTube Tutorials Inspired This Girl to Make a Johnny Depp Cake By Sarah Dos Santos | Published 2013-11-10 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/johnny-depp-cake References: [buzzfeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/someone-has-baked-a-lifed-sized-johnny-depp-cake?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=buzzfeed) & [bbc](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-24852681) Lara Clarke loved watching [YouTube](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sides-marshmallow-cake-ice-cream) [cake-making tutorials](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kfc-thailands-birthday-ad) and she got inspired to bake a life-sized Johnny Depp cake. The cake, which stands 5'5" looks just like the multi-movie star. Clarke baked [celebrity cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nudake) before; Miley Cyrus being one of her previous endeavors. The Johnny Depp cake is her most ambitious project so far and it sure looks convincing! Even his dreadlocks and the ruffles in his baggy pants look real. The amateur baker had only made "some bog-standard banana cake in home economics" before this project. This cake is surely one that could win competitions. Design and creativity with food is becoming more and more popular. When you're table to take edible ingredients and make such a masterpiece, you're showing serious potential. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.3/10 - Popularity: 27% | Activity: 3% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Youtube Cake-making Tutorials:** Opportunity for developing innovative cake-making techniques and creating unique edible creations inspired by popular online tutorials. - **Life-sized Celebrity Cakes:** Increasing trend of creating life-sized cakes resembling famous celebrities, providing opportunities for professional bakers to showcase their skills and creativity. - **Design and Creativity with Food:** Growing interest in using food as a medium for artistic expression, presenting a disruptive innovation opportunity for chefs and food artists to push the boundaries of culinary art. ### Who This Affects Most - **Baking and Pastry:** Innovative techniques and tools can be developed to cater to the demand for creating intricate and realistic celebrity cakes. - **Digital Content Creation:** Opportunities exist in producing high-quality tutorial videos and digital content focused on cake-making, attracting a wide audience interested in learning new skills. - **Event Planning and Hospitality:** Rising popularity of life-sized celebrity cakes provides event planners and hospitality professionals with a unique and visually striking centerpiece option for special occasions. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Design-Centric Dynamic Artful Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artful-cake.md) - [Game-Themed Cake Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/among-us-impostor-cake.md) - [Colorful Doll-Topped Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/barbie-cakes.md) - [Celebrity-Crafted Baked Goods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/yolanda-gampp.md) - [Supersized Celebration Cupcakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crumbs-colossal-cupcake.md) - [Blush-Inspired Cake Recipes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/buttermelt-blush-cake.md) - [Dual-Flavor Movie-Inspired Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wicked-celebration-cake.md) - [Seasonal Celebrity Chef Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/giadzy-double-chocolate-panettone.md) - [Cardboard-Resembling Illusion Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cardboard-cake.md)