A woman sparked an airport terror alert after trying to board a plane with a batch of frosted cupcakes.
Rebecca Hains was stopped at Las Vegas airport after a Transport Security Administration (TSA) agent informed her the gel-like icing on her red velvet cupcakes posed a security risk.
The baked goods were considered to violate TSA restrictions on allowing liquids and gels onto flights to prevent them from being used as explosives, and were confiscated.
Days earlier, Mrs Hains had cleared security at Boston’s Logan International Airport with two cupcakes in her possession.
She told Yahoo! News: “We went out with two cupcakes in a jar, the TSA in Boston said ‘these look delicious’, but TSA in Las Vegas thought they looked dangerous.
“It’s not really about the cupcake; I can get another cupcake. It’s about an encroachment on civil liberties. We’re just building up a resistance and tolerance to all these things they’re doing in the name of security, when it’s really theatre. It’s not about keeping us safe.”