(re)learning Blender by going through the classic donut tutorial by Andrew Price aka Blender Guru. Cannot recommend it enough.

Subsurface scattering makes all the difference for food renders 🍩 
(reference image without it in the comments below)

Without subsurface scattering, the icing and the sprinkles look clayish and unappetizing. It is the effect that brings objects like food, balloons, soft materials and skin alive.

Computational architect. Some structure, mostly chaos. Co-founder {protocell:labs}

https://protocell.xyz/