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Real or Cake? Desserts Disguised as Dogs

San Francisco artist and baker Debbie Goard's canine confections look lifelike enough to bound off their plates KRISTEN MASCIA

MINI ME

Credit: Courtesy Debbie Goard

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Apr 14 2010

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Goard, who works seven days a week to fulfill orders, made this cake for a customer who "wanted to surprise his girlfriend [when] they were vacationing in San Francisco." When Goard appeared on the Food Network in 2007, the couple saw the show, and "his girlfriend was fascinated," she says. "So I made a cake of their mini schnauzer, Max."

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