This period table of elements made with cupcakes has been all the rage of the blogosphere the past few days. It's by Katherine at Foodie Friday (via Neatorama and she writes:
I helped my little sister bake these periodic table cupcakes for her birthday party tomorrow.
A periodic table made entirely out of cupcakes.
She’s a chemistry nerd, so everything had to be exactly correct. Astute chem majors will notice the color-coded icing for solids, liquids, and gases, as well as the empty cupcake liner for as-yet-undiscovered element ununseptium.
(Though when it came time for me to take a picture with the completed cupcakes, she mysteriously could not find her ultra-dorky safety goggles that I wanted to wear for it.)
By the time the flour from the day’s baking had settled, we had emptied 2 bags of powdered sugar, 1 bag of brown sugar, 1 bag of white sugar, 16 eggs, and and 17 sticks of butter.
And for those who just can't get enough chemistry cupcakes, here are some more...(yes, some were previously blogged, and there are more on the way, just waiting for permission to post).
from the Chemical Heritage Foundation - read more about them here
by our reader Sarah Newman
These are by vcstr on Flickr and are made with mini cupcakes.
by melpenguin on Flickr
The following photos are via Metafilter:
from the Duke University Department of Chemistry
Meredith College provided Dr. Lyle and the Duke Chemistry Outreach program with a truly original snack to thank them for an evening of "Chemistry Under the Stars" in Fall 2007.
from Roanoke College
Twitpic by @Canageek
Comments
Happy holidays!
Katherine (Foodie Friday)