Sweet launch system: Celebrity chef Duff Goldman makes NASA SLS rocket-shaped cake

The other mega-moon rocket that was rolled out at the agency's Florida spaceport was considerably smaller and more delicious.

One day after the full-size SLS, together with its Orion spacecraft, arrived back on the launchpad for its next attempt at beginning the Artemis I mission, did a scaled down (and sugared-up) version of the same rocket debut at the nearby Kennedy Space Center Visitor complex.

Duff Goldman, best known for his show "Ace of Cakes" and Food Network's baking championship, created an SLS-shaped cake for Kennedy's "Taste of Space: Celebrity Chef Edition". The cooking demonstrations by Goldman and his fellow famous chefs were followed by a giant sculpture.

The Artemis 1 moon rocket plan is being weighed by NASA.

The demos were staged inside Gateway: The Deep Space Complex, a new attraction that focuses on the future of space exploration.

Goldman's cake depicted the SLS just after liftoff with a cloud forming around the exhaust from the rocket's four main engines and twin solid rocket boosters. Goldman and his team at Charm City Cakes were able to reproduce the burnt-orange look of the SLS's core stage and capture small details by using food color and fondant.

We get all of the data that we can on whatever we make when we make a cake. We go through it and try to match the colors. Goldman said it was a whole process.

The tower that supports the SLS is in the cake. The Artemis program's "Horizon" color scheme transitioned from orange to shades of blue at the top of the grey gantlet.

Goldman had the chance to size up his work during a private visit to Launch Complex 39B.

Goldman said that they were given permission to take a picture of the cake in front of the rocket. That was a once-in-a- lifetime event. It was absolutely amazing.

He said that seeing it in real life and seeing the cake felt good.

There are more photos and videos of chef Duff Goldman's Space Launch System-shaped cake.

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