Is it cake? Is it art? It’s a Father’s Day treat.

Is it art? Positively. Is it edible? Absolutely.

Doug Taylor, executive pastry chef at Jerry’s Nugget Bakery, recently set out to design a dessert that celebrates Father’s Day. With this visually arresting panna cotta cake, he has delivered on his plans with sugary aplomb. It’s a gleaming, geometrically patterned cylinder of vanilla bean-hinted panna cotta (which means “cooked cream” in Italian) that’s nestled on a shortbread crust and shellacked with lemon-infused strawberry gelée. Festooned with swirling white and dark chocolate squiggles, abstract painted disks and metallic-looking spheres, it wouldn’t look out of place in a contemporary sculpture collection. Taylor is also making a coffee-chocolate version.

Call 702-399-3000, ext. 112, by Thursday to order cakes for guaranteed pickup. Want to try your luck? Both flavors will be available for walk-up customers Saturday and Sunday in Jerry’s Famous Coffee Shop. $25 per cake.

Jerry’s Nugget, 1821 Las Vegas Blvd. North