A cake from the Chicago-based baker Dream Cake Test Kitchen (@dreamcaketestkitchen) looks like something out of a Dr. Seuss landscape: Flowers poke out like Truffula trees, and halved fruit protrudes like glowing orbs. The crucial part of that Seussian nature? The dome shape. Jun’s versions are their own microworlds, but riffs on the dome cake are increasingly showing up on social feeds. Dome cakes from Bronwen Wyatt’s Bayou Saint Cake (@bayousaintcake) are swooped with her signature frosting squiggles. At Julia Gallay’s Gallz Provisions (@gallzprovisions), dome cakes are more heavily adorned with flowers and fruit. The ultra maximalist versions from Ginger Mayo’s Gigi’s Little Kitchen (@gigislittlekitchen) are dream worlds for fairies. Los Angeles-based baker Kassie Mendieta (@ibakemistakes) is calling her approach to domes “chaotic whimsy,” and Rose Wilde added towering beehive cakes — tall cakes topped with domes — to the menu of her microbakery Red Bread (@redbread). But the dome cake isn’t exactly new. Sweden’s traditional, green marzipan-covered prinsesstårta, or princess cake, is classically shaped like a dome, as is Baked Alaska. There’s an obvious sense of similarity and shared inspiration within these cakes, but each is distinct enough so each baker’s personal style shines through. The dome cake trend thus ends up as something of a collective project, in which citing inspiration is encouraged. Tap the link in our bio to read more on why social media’s coolest bakers are going all in on fruity, floral dome cakes. 🎥1: @ibakemistakes 📷2: @dreamcaketestkitchen 📷3: @gallzprovisions 📷4: @gigislittlekitchen 📷5: @bayousaintcake