Cake Painting Afternoon Tea at the Grand Hyatt - treat the artist in you

With Art Basel Hong Kong kicking off, one creative afternoon tea set is breaking all the rules your mother taught you about playing with food.

The Tiffin Lounge, at the Grand Hyatt hotel, Wan Chai, is serving up the Cake Painting Afternoon Tea, at which guests are invited to decorate their food in the colourful, cartoon style of Japanese-British artist Peter McDonald, who co-created the set with the restaurant's executive pastry chef, David White.

The traditional silver tiered cake stand has been replaced by a picture-frame tray, inside which cakes and biscuits provide canvases for creative souls.

Raspberry purée, sweet mango and kiwi sauce serve as the "paint" and a square of New York cheesecake wrapped in marzipan provides the main canvas. Struggling artists who aren't happy with their first creation can get their creative (and fruit) juices flowing on the second "canvas": a sponge cake.

For inspiration, four McDonald paintings are on display at the hotel.