Pastry chef paints cookies in Trump's likeness

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Co-owner Sarah Silverman opened up Cupcake Market in April 2016 and had the idea to have iconic, "fun, cartoony" faces painted on sugar cookies.

"It was perfect timing because it was right when the primaries were going on so opening day, I remember, we had no one coming into our shop and my dad put out the cookies up front on a bench, and then, like, everyone started coming," Silverman said.

"We do 40 cookies a day and it's usually like a two-day process. One chef just rolls out the cookies, another chef pipes each colour individually and another one paints on the cookie, so it's a really big process," she said.

Silverman said Trump still remains one of her best sellers even after the election, but people don't buy the cookies to eat it like it's a regular cookie.

"A few people have sent us videos of them either throwing the cookie or eating the cookie like a monster," Silverman said.

Silverman initially thought her bake shop would primarily be selling cupcakes, but sales from her face cookies, which go for $16 each, make up the bulk of her business.

Cookie faces include notable names such as Frida Kahlo, Michelle Obama, Katy Perry, Ryan Gosling, and Kanye and Kim Kardashian West.

Check out what Silverman has to say about the baking process and how passersby react to the cookies here: