A French baker has become embroiled in a racism row after selling dark chocolate cakes depicting an obese man and woman . Patissier Yannick Tavolaro has been selling the cakes , named Dieu and Desses ( God and Goddess ) in his shop in Grasse in the south of France for the past 15 years . They are made from chocolate to look like nude human figures , which have over-sized genitalia and breasts . Baker Yannick Tavolaro with the Dieu and Desses cakes he sells in his patisserie in the south of France , which have been branded racist . The Council of French Black Associations say the cakes are racist because they ridicule African religions . But the Council of French Black Associations ( CRAN ) has branded the pastries racist saying that they ridicule African religions after they were alerted to them by a member of the public . And now they are calling for Mr Tavlaro to take the cakes from the shelves of his bakery . In a statement the organisation 's president Louis Georges Tin said : 'These cakes are inspired by colonial fantasies about black people with wide-eyed expressions , over-sized mouths and obligatory nudity . 'Worse still , considering their name , they ridicule African religions , presenting their divinities in a grotesque way , only good enough to be munched up . ' The anti-racism group are calling for the cakes to be pulled from the shelves of Mr Tavolaro 's bakery . But Mr Tavolaro says that in no way is he racists and that he only uses dark chocolate for the cakes because it is easier to work with . But Mr Travaloro is refusing to stop selling them , saying in no way are they racist and he only uses dark chocolate as it is easier to work with . He told Le Parisien : 'If they were racist , people would n't order them – the only thing people are offended by is the fact they ’ re black – if they were white nobody would mind . 'But black chocolate is easier to work with . 'People don ’ t know me – I ’ m being judged on these cakes . I ’ m not racist and nor are my customers . ' Mr Tavolaro says he has been selling the cakes in his bakery in the town of Grasse for the past 15 years . Mr Tavolaro 's supporters have now launched a Facebook campaign to show solidarity with the baker . The complaint by CRAN follows a similar case in France last year , where a chocolate maker changed the name of two of his specialties called 'Bamboula ' and 'Negro ' . The chocolate maker in Auxerre agreed to rename the chocolates , despite saying they were a centuries old tradition that actually paid tribute to Senegalese soldiers injured during the war and in no way racist .
Yannick Tavolaro has been selling the dark chocolate cakes in his bakery . They are shaped like human figures with big eyes and over-sized bodies . But an anti-racism group has called for them to be pulled from the shelves . Council of French Black Associations say that they 'ridicule ' Africans . But Mr Tavolaro is refusing to stop selling them saying he is not racist .