What is the ruling on making, selling, and buying cake molds designed in the shape of cartoon characters (such as SpongeBob and Mickey Mouse), and what is the ruling on printing or drawing images of human beings on cakes, knowing that they will be debased, cut, and eaten?

It is impermissible to make sweets or their molds in the shape of complete animals, and it is forbidden to sell or draw them. Their degradation through consumption does not justify their creation. It may be said that it is permissible to make sweets and molds in the shape of cartoon characters for children. However, if the sweets or molds are in the shape of incomplete animals, to the extent that life is not possible with such a form, then it is permissible to make, sell, and use them. It is also permissible to print photographic images and place them on sweet molds.