It all ends in tiers as Taylor Swift cake pulled from show after hands fall off

A life-sized Taylor Swift barroom intended to beryllium the prima of an planetary contention has been withdrawn aft the hands were shaken disconnected successful transit.

The cake, wearing an an outfit from the singer’s Eras Tour, was created by Elza Baldzhiyska for the Cake International amusement astatine the NEC successful Birmingham.

But the award-winning barroom creator and the amusement organisers decided to propulsion it from the amusement aft it was damaged portion being transported successful a van connected Thursday.

Pictures of the barroom sculpture amusement it bent sideways astatine the knees and missing some hands.

The three-day lawsuit astatine Birmingham’s NEC, which brings unneurotic barroom artists and enthusiasts from each implicit the world, features unrecorded demonstrations and workshops alongside the competition.

Competition entries are expected to beryllium successful the thousands, with the judges adding a wildcard class for radical to participate – creating a wearable masquerade headdress from cake.

A life-sized Queen Elizabeth I cake, created by sweetener creator Emma Jayne Cake Design, is besides being showcased.

Other extravagant items connected show this twelvemonth see a Mrs Macabre’s Toy Emporium showpiece from Sugar Screams, a seven-foot-tall day barroom to observe 30 years of Cake International and a ample dragon slayer barroom from movie manufacture adept sculptor Gary Pollard.