The Dexter cake was carved up in accordance with the killer’s modus operandi (Picture: Fox)

FOX has recreated serial killer Dexter Morgan in cake to mark the start of the show’s final season.

Created by food artist Annabel de Vetten, the cake bore an uncanny resemblance to the blood spatter analyst-turned-killer, and was wrapped in cling film and placed on a table just as Dexter’s victims have been throughout the show’s history.

The cake also suffered a similar fate, being sliced up before being parcelled off to members of the media.

Dexter cake meets a sticky end (Picture: Fox)

Named ‘A Slice Of Life’ after Dexter’s boat, it took over 100 hours to make and weighed over 105 kilograms.


24 eggs, 25 kilograms of flour, 16 kilograms of buttercream, 18 kilograms of sugar, 20 kilograms of sugar paste and marzipan were used in the creation of the edible killer, along with 20 blood oranges.



Dexter’s modus operandi was employed for the cutting of the cake, with a ‘kill room’ being created with plastic sheeting. The cake was initially cut by a knife being plunged into the chest area before being sliced up.

Fox serves up a nice plate of Dexter’s face (Picture: Fox)

Miss Cakehead, the creative behind the cake, said: ‘I have been a massive fan of Dexter for years and to be able to mark the start of the final series in this way has been incredible. The cake is so life like that cutting into it was a deeply unpleasant experience and I did have to close my eyes.

‘Four years ago I realised that Dexter’s boat was called A Slice of Life and became determined to create a Dexter cake with one of the Eat Your Heart Out food artists, now I have had that chance. Have to admit though, I wished we could have kept the cake whole as it’s always sad destroying such an amazing work of art, although I have no idea where I would have kept him!’

Dexter: The Final Season begins on Sunday July 7 at 9pm on FOX.