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3D Print a Cake with Creative Images on Each Slice

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It is now possible to 3D print a cake or a bread with creative images inside it.

During Daniel Wilkens industrial design studies at the Folkwang University in Essen in Germany, he developed a “paste extruder” with the ability to print images inside a cake. The “cake printer” joins a growing list of food 3d printers - especially for gastronomy.

3D Print Quality Food for Seniors? Can 6 Million Euro do this?

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At Nürnberg in Germany, researchers want to make quality pure food for seniors more visually appealing with the help of 3D printer

Researchers at the University Erlangen-Nürnberg want to develop quality food for old people -with 3D printing. Many seniors have problems chewing and swallowing, making their daily food intake to be in pureed form instead of solid form, the university said on Wednesday. “Often puree is visually not so appealing and before we could not do so much about it.” With the help of a 3D printer, the mashed food can be designed as whished. Hence making it possible to make it “visually more appealing “. In addition, you can enrich it with vitamins and proteins.