Educational or just gruesome?

Blood cell cupcake by Denise Bakes Cakes. Credit: Eat Your Heart Out.

They look like Halloween novelties, but these gruesome-looking baked goods are actually part of a public education project at St Bartholomews Pathology Museum.

Medical experts are hoping the anatomically-correct designs will raise awareness of various health problems.

The cake sale is accompanied by a series of pathology lectures examining the real-life conditions behind the cakes.

Organ cupcakes by Tattoo cakes. Credit: Eat Your Heart Out.
Flesh cupcakes by Leshie Loves Cakes. Credit: Eat Your Heart Out.
Human cell truffles with mitochondria sprinkles. Credit: Eat Your Heart Out.
Petri dish jelly shots by Conjurers Kitchen Credit: Eat Your Heart Out.
Coldsore cupcake by Tattoo Cakes. Credit: Eat Your Heart Out.
Stitched flesh by Dead Bright. Credit: Eat Your Heart Out.
Bruised Bakewell tarts by All Mine Patisserie Credit: Eat Your Heart Out.