iPhone Cookies, iPad Cakes in China Get Counterfeited, Too

iPhone Cookies, iPad Cakes in China Get Counterfeited, Too

By Mike Elgan (9:51 am, May. 07, 2011)




Chinese American Carol Chow runs a trendy bakery in Beijing called CCSweets. Her most popular items are iPhone cookies and iPad cakes, which take hours to make. One iPhone cookie costs about $ 35. An iPad cake costs almost as much as a real iPad.

Chow says the popularity of her desserts has spawned local imitators, who simply copy her designs. (I wonder if they’re really Android-based pastries under the frosting….)

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