Don't Let the Frosting Deceive You, This 'Salad Cake' Is Actually Made of Veggies

For generations, parents have been struggling to come up with innovative ways to get their kids to eat their vegetables. They'll cut them into fun shapes, bake them in cheese, batter, and deep-fry them.

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Japanese food stylist Mitsuki Moriyasu may have bested all these tricks when she came up with the idea for what she calls the "vegedeco salad," or salad disguised as cake.

Don't Let the Frosting Deceive You, This 'Salad Cake' Is Actually Made of Veggies — Carrot Cake? *Image via Vege Deco Salad*

What Exactly Is a 'Salad Cake'?

Is it a healthy dessert? Is it a more appealing salad? Well, let's break down what a salad cake is, for starters.

The sponge part of the cake is made from soybean flour.
The icing is made of cream cheese and tofu.
The rest of the cake is made of using the whole vegetables, including the root and the peel.

Additionally, no sugar or additional fat is used. If I had to call it, it seems like just a pretty way to organize a salad to me, though the sponge and cream cheese really take it to the next level, visually.

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These "cakes" were such a popular item at Bistro La Porte Marseille in Nagoya, Japan that they've earned their own restaurant: the Vegedeco Cake Café will be opening in Japan on April 5th.

That's right... a café full of fake cake. What will Japan think of next?

Offerings will include various ingredient options, as well as carb- or gluten-free versions of the cakes seen on the site. Yum!