How to Bake Your Very Own Salvador Dalí ‘Persistence of Memory’ Cake
There’s plenty of overlap between the worlds of art and food—hell, a 2012 New York Times piece even opined that food had replaced art as high culture. Now, thanks to baking enthusiast Katarina Eichlerova, you can take that metaphor literally by replicating surrealist icon Salvador Dalí’s famed “Persistence of Memory” i…
“As I was searching for inspiration to base my next project upon, I found myself intrigued by the thought process of Salvador Dalí as he would have been constructing this painting.”
Housed at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art , the 1931 painting, which depicts watches melting on a Catalonian landscape, is one of the most iconic pieces of the surrealist movement, and arguably the most recognizable from Dalí. Like all cake recipes, it calls for eggs, butter, and flour—but as well a few extra items, including a hammer and nails, combination and cutting pliers, picture frame hooks, and two cake boards.
While Eichlerova spells out every step in detail, the process is no simple feat; it takes at least 10 hours to complete. On a positive note, you’ll have a while to muse over the meaning of Dalí’s piece, which, fittingly, has been interpreted by some as a commentary on the passage of time.
- Who: Persistence · Memory · Salvador Dalí · New York Times
