Bonsai Bakery

Final product: a square based pyramid muffin resting on top of it’s silicon baking container and the Plexiglas mold used for casting. Concept models rest in the background.

Modular Molds for Creative Cooks

We have a vocabulary of shapes. Pies are round and flat. Muffins are round with a peak. Brownies are cooked in a sheet and cut into squares. All of these shapes become visuals cues of what to expect. Bonsai Bakery explores what happens when we break with the vocabulary of shape.

I experimented with creating my own modular cooking molds. By casting bake-safe silicone in laser cut plexiglas molds I have made pyramid muffins, spheres of sticky buns, and attempted triangular pop overs.

Pyramid stack-able sticky buns. Yes, you should play with your food.

Flexible clip together modules cast out silicone can be connected to create a variety of shapes.