The Berlin-based baker Hana Betakova, 30, started her business, Rustcakes, in 2020 and attributes the current craze for goth cakes to the pervasive sense of doom that descended during the pandemic.

purple ube cake dripping with blood-red icing, chocolate skulls with walnut brains: These are just some of the sweet and sinful treats Kachina Williams creates as the goth vegan baker behind ...