Real or Cake? Desserts Disguised as DogsSan Francisco artist and baker Debbie Goard's canine confections look lifelike enough to bound off their plates

Credit: Courtesy Debbie Goard

Updated: Thursday Apr 15, 2010 | 06:00 AM EDT By: Kristen Mascia

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Naughty little dog! To suggest this pooch got mixed up in the mail, Goard added what looks like a shredded letter. "This cake was to honor a beloved pug that was not fond of his owner's mail carrier," she says. "Apparently, he'd intercepted the mail more than once. He used to like to show the way he felt about intruders by sneaking through the mail slot!"