Disney Inspired Artistic Pies Were Created To Be Equally Beautiful As They Are Delicious

"Food art has the ability to capture attention, draw people in, delight and surprise."

Elana

• Published in Disney
• July 11, 2021

Liz Joy spent nearly a decade working in Hollywood as an art director, and that's where she fell in love with the lesser talked about and lesser appreciated forms of art like visual editing, overseeing events, and international marketing... and then she stumbled into baking. Liz says she "became enamored with product styling and photography," and "now pulls from her vast and varied creative experiences to help clients and their products stand out through the unexpected medium of food art."

Her edible art is dubbed "Inspired to Taste," and Liz says:

"Dessert design as an artistic medium is fascinating because it involves so many of the senses and becomes a fully interactive experience. What some may think of as a humble sugar cookie can be elevated into a spectacular showpiece, a donut can have personality, and a pie can tell a story. Food art has the ability to capture attention, draw people in, delight and surprise. "

While Liz makes all sorts of baked goodies, it's her pie (and pie art) that's really been taking the Internet by storm.

In an interview with Forbes, Liz said:

"“I posted my first decorated cookies a little over three years ago and they happened to catch the attention of some well-known names, which quickly turned my accidental hobby into a legitimate business."

She added:

"I’m still a home baker (no storefront) and am currently focusing on food-centric content creation and teaching cookie decorating techniques."

Joy is from and lives in southern California and what she refers to as her "narative pies," feature pop culture characters most people would (and do) recognize... but on pie!

Liz is entirely self-taught, and has said before that she learned how to bake and decorate by incorporating things she'd learned from YouTube videos.

In an interview with Daily Mail, Liz said that her pies can easily take 3 days to make:

"Pies generally take me at least a couple of days from concept to completion. That's assuming I don't destroy anything in the process."

She added:

"I'm always interested in learning new techniques and materials, and the trial-and-error process can tend to be a bit time consuming and chaotic. I generally learn the most through trial-and-error and sheer stubbornness."

Liz also told DailyMail what was awesome about specifically working with pie:

"One of the things I like about pie art is that I know I'll be working with a round canvas. So I'm always keeping that in the back of my mind, and I stay on the lookout for ideas that fit into that curved frame."

The process for each pie is thoroughly thought out and prepared for.

Liz draws up a loose sketch for each pie, which helps her decide and visualize all of the unique design components she will need for each end product.

After the sketching and pondering, it's deciding on flavors, materials, and techniques.

Liz said:

"I then make templates for all the pieces, which I hand-cup and bake separately. "

She continuned:

"I usually blind bake the bottom crust, make the filling(s) stovetop, then piece the whole edible scene together once the individual elements have been decorated."

And added:

"I attach the decorations with either chocolate, white chocolate, or melted caramel, depending on what coordinates best with the given pie."

Her favorite "narative pie" was the Little Red Riding Hood pie: "It was the first narrative-style pie I created, and I was super excited with the outcome."

She was also "pretty pleased" with the snowglobe pie.

Liz has plenty of high paying (and often famous) clients, but plenty of her pies are all hers to delight in and enjoy.

"I've been lucky enough to eat at least a couple slices of almost every pie I've posted to Instagram"

If you're looking at these edible works of art and thinking, "how can you even cut into that," well, it's another question Liz has already answered!

"As long as I have photos of my dessert designs, I'm generally A-okay cutting into them, and more than happy to partake in the consumption. I create my treats to taste good as well as look cool and I really want for them to be enjoyed."

Keep up with Liz Joy and her edible art on various social media platforms:

Instagram | Inspired To Taste

But first, check out this amazing video of Liz in action:

Elana