Take off your head! Moo Deng is cake – and fans have mixed feelings: ‘Straight to jail’

Moo Deng is quite cute to eat.

The latest development in the saga of the baby hippo from Thailand with a global army of fans? Bakers everywhere are turning the object of their animal affection into cake — and some pygmy princess supporters aren’t too sweet on the edible idea.

British pastry artist Ben Cullen, aka The Bake King, sparked outrage from hippo lovers by uploading a video clip of a surprising version of Moo Deng’s dessert to Instagram that .

“Straight to prison! I can’t watch this,” fumed one animal lover. “Don’t ever do that again.”

“How did you know that? What if you were wrong?” asked an observer.

“Don’t think I can eat the big Moo Deng,” added another.

Moo Deng, which translates to “bloated pork”, was born in July 2024 at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand, and since entering everyone’s lives, she has become adored by millions.

The pygmy hippo has inspired fans to create makeup looks, a wide range of merchandise and now, food.

In the controversial clip, Cullen cuts into the middle of the hippopotamus and pulls out a slice of a four-layer vanilla cake with chocolate cream.

“So cute, but so painful to watch it fall apart,” one person admitted.

“My smile was gone so fast,” sighed one Instagramer. “Stop the cake.”

While many were traumatized by the Moo Deng cake, some fans couldn’t help but agree with how sweet the cake looked.

“Send them these. I would buy 20,” commented one dessert lover.

“Looks amazing!” praised one user.

“This looks more Moo Deng than Moo Deng himself,” revealed one fan.

Meanwhile, a bakery in Thailand is facing sales situations for their amazing cakes.

Pastry chef Chalit Kulsaree, owner of Vetmon Cafe in Bangkok, started making the now-viral cake after a customer requested it, not realizing that the one-time job would lead to over a hundred pre-orders.

“We carved cakes every day until morning. But it has also made us hundreds of thousands of baht in just ten days,” she told Reuters.

The cafe handcrafts each cake, which is glazed in chocolate fondant with buttercream filling. Due to overwhelming demand, the cafe had to limit the number of orders.

Moo Deng’s moves have captured the hearts and appetites of millions who have had to watch her splash in the water, enjoy belly rubs from her goalie, bite her trainer on the leg and perform a walking rendition icon on the moon of the late Michael Jackson.

Although the famous creature’s global fame comes with love from all over, it also comes with a powerful fan base that knows no boundaries.

Tourists in Chonburi reportedly harassed Moo Deng by throwing things like shellfish at her, while others sprinkled the child with water to wake her up.

“These behaviors are not only cruel, but also dangerous,” zoo director Narongwit Chodchoi said in a statement posted online. “We need to protect these animals and make sure they have a safe and comfortable environment.”