Life-sized Taylor Swift cake created by baker but it's missing vital body parts

Oh crumbs, poor old Taylor Swift looks a bit shaken up...

A life-sized cake intended to be the star of an international competition has been withdrawn after the hands were shaken off in transit.

The , wearing an an outfit from the singer's Eras Tour, was created by Elza Baldzhiyska for the Cake International show at the NEC in Birmingham.

But the award-winning cake artist and the show organisers decided to pull it from the show after it was damaged while being transported in a van on Thursday.

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Pictures of the cake sculpture show it bent sideways at the knees and missing both hands.

The three-day event at Birmingham's NEC, which brings together cake artists and enthusiasts from all over the , features live demonstrations and workshops alongside the competition.

Competition entries are expected to be in the thousands, with the judges adding a wildcard category for people to enter - creating a wearable masquerade headdress from cake.

A life-sized Queen Elizabeth I cake, created by sugar artist Emma Jayne Cake Design, is also being showcased.

Other extravagant items on display this year include a Mrs Macabre's Toy Emporium showpiece from Sugar Screams, a seven-foot-tall birthday cake to celebrate 30 years of Cake International and a large dragon slayer cake from film industry expert sculptor Gary Pollard.

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