A chef fashioned his fiancee's wedding gown from 1,500 cream puffs, making it in two months with the final product weighing in at 20 pounds.

Valentyn Shtefano, 28, already had a growing reputation in his area for making baking a visual art.

"At first glance, it's really a surprise. I didn't even believe it was a cake," said Olha Nemyataya, who tasted Shtefano's new desserts. "Nowhere in Uzhhorod have I seen things like this."

He got his education from a three-month baking course in Paris and had previously joined an international baking competition with his sister. They entered a 2-foot-long 1920s-era Cadillac made from cream puffs and caramel, and bagged third place.

Shtefano's dessert creations can be racy like a pair of breasts at a pizzeria where his goods are sold. Although he was also known to create a detailed Easter cake that attracted hundreds to a cathedral.

"At first, it was even a little embarrassing," the bride, Viktoriya Shtefano said of the dress she wore to the reception. "Cameras, interviews, but after a couple of hours, I didn't even want to take it off."