Jaff-art cake: Artist nibbles through popular snack to create British landmarks and icons

By Larisa Brown for the Daily Mail

Published: 05:51 EST, 9 August 2012 | Updated: 06:01 EST, 9 August 2012


A Royal treat: a portrait of the Queen made out of the orange jelly in the middle of the treat rests on the sponge to look like a coin

A Royal treat: a portrait of the Queen made out of the orange jelly in the middle of the treat rests on the sponge to look like a coin

Everyone has their own technique when it comes to devouring a Jaffa Cake but artist Dominic Wilcox likes to turn his into works of art.

The artist has nibbled his way through more than 250 of the orange treats to create the unique bite-sized art - using just his teeth.

Iconic British monuments and images such as the Loch Ness Monster, the White Cliffs of Dover and London's Tower Bridge are among his designs.

Dominic, 37, has even created a portrait of the Queen out of a half-eaten Jaffa Cake.

He munched his way through the chocolate, leaving a few flakes behind, and nibbled around the edge of the orange jelly to make the treat resemble a coin with the Queen's head.

To create the Loch Ness Monster he had to eat 250 Jaffa Cakes alone as he kept on making mistakes.

But he admitted that the Queen was the most difficult as it was challenging to get the nose right with just his teeth.

A tricky business: London's Tower Bridge made out of a Jaffa Cake and there is even a boat made out of the treat too!

A tricky business: London's Tower Bridge made out of a Jaffa Cake and there is even a boat made out of the treat too!

Three half eaten Jaffa Cakes later and Dominic has created a biscuit version of the Loch Ness Monster

Three half eaten Jaffa Cakes later and Dominic has created a cake version of the Loch Ness Monster

He told the Sun: 'People enjoy eating their Jaffa Cakes in different ways and I like to turn them into works of art.

'The Queen was quite difficult because I wanted it to look like a coin and I must have had about 10 attempts.

'Using my teeth was a real challenge as I couldn’t see what I was doing, but after a while I learnt to ‘feel’ my way with my tongue.

'I nibbled for hours and had to go through at least three boxes alone just to get a decent looking Tower Bridge.

'I used everyday items I had around the house to try to make the photographs interesting.

'I really like the picture of the Stonehenge artwork and how the light passing through the packet creates a strangely realistic sunset reflection on the plate.'

Carefully nibbled on: the white cliffs of Dover and a passing boat made out of the treat too

Carefully nibbled on: the white cliffs of Dover and a passing boat made out of the treat too

Dominic - whose other McVitie’s Jaffa Cake work includes the Queen’s Guard, Stone Henge and the Union Flag - took pictures of his nibble art with props at his home in Hackney, London.

There has long been a debate about whether the tasty orange treat is in fact a cake or a biscuit.

But 20 years ago a judge deemed they were cakes after a long-running and costly dispute.

The key turning point was when McVitie's QC highlighted how cakes harden when they go stale, biscuits go soggy. A Jaffa Cake goes hard.