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A keen baker who works as a nurse has brought the workplace into her cakes - by creating frighteningly real and gory sweet treats.

Katherine Dey's day job in accident and emergency has been the inspiration for some truly gruelling works of art, as she blends medical emergencies with cream icing.

The 30-year-old has a background in creative endeavours, having studied art and design.

And now she's using what she sees every day in the hospital where she works in Rochester, New York, to inspire her work.

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There's been a brain with the stem still attached, a bottom with thermometer inserted and even a placenta.

(Image: Katherine Dey Art)

The mum of two graduated with a bachelor of fine arts in illustration, and she says that the darker side of baking interests her.

(Image: Katherine Dey Art) (Image: Katherine Dey Art) (Image: Katherine Dey Art)

"I am inspired by a lot of things," she told Buzzfeed .

I love that strange feeling I get when something looks real but it isn't - or when a cake doesn’t look particularly appetizing but it is a cake and it tastes delicious."

(Image: Katherine Dey Art) (Image: Katherine Dey Art)

But the subjects she chooses are all things that interest her - anatomy, mushrooms, or portraiture included, she says.

(Image: Katherine Dey Art)

When it comes to what people think of her creations, she says: "The reaction is usually a strong one", ranging from excitement to disgust.