Cake Collection

CAPITALIST PYRAMID, 1911. American Socialist poster

Man smashing cake on other mans face

Heath Robinson Drawing Room 2 of 4
Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by " The Sketch" in the Drawing-Room. A family in the Drawing Room, which is a typically Heath Robinson design

Two Grey Squirrels on a mini picnic bench having a birthday party Date: 18-Mar-19

Shirley Temple / Cake
SHIRLEY TEMPLE American child star of the 1930s, tucking into her birthday cake

Wedding cake
A photograph showing the finishing touches being made to the wedding cake of George, Duke of Kent to Princess Marina of Greece in 1934

A selection of jelly and cake moulds

Balanced diet, computer artwork. A balanced diet shown as segments of a pie. The pie shows what proportion of the diet should be made up of each of the major food groups

Wedding of Dan Everard and Dollis Brook
Scene at the wedding reception of Dan Everard and Dollis Brook, performers in the Pelissier Follies. The wedding took place at Finchley Parish Church, north London

Buttered crumpets

Iced cupcakes stacked to form a tower

Trdelnik, a traditional sweet Czech pastry, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Basbousa, Egyptian semolina cake, Middle Eastern food, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Colomba (Italian Easter cake), Italy, Europe

Australian Lamington
Lamingtons with Australian flag

Hamster - with cake and candle Digital Manipulation: added left eye - replaced left foot - removed nuts from foreground
JD-7229-m Hamster - with cake and candle John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

DOG - Chocolate Labrador puppy laying down with cup cake Digital Manipulation: Added background & cake (Su)
JD-22390-m DOG - Chocolate Labrador puppy laying down with cup cake John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Tea party. Decorated cakes on a saucer surrounded by gerbera flowers

Colomba cake (dove cake) with cream sauce, an Italian speciality for Easter Day, Italy, Europe

DOG. Jack russell terrier wearing bow tie sitting at table with Birthday cake
JD-22300-M-C DOG. Jack russell terrier wearing bow tie sitting at table with Birthday cake John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Little Lady Bountiful - a young girl in a white summer gown offers her less well-to- do friends (one of whom has been collecting reeds) a slice of cake

Doggy Birthday Cake
A doggy chef with a birthday cake with lots of candles on it. Date: early 1930s

Alice: lion and Unicorn
LION AND UNICORN Alice with the Lion and the Unicorn - and a plum cake

Playing with Cake Mix
A little girl plays with the cake mix with a wooden spoon

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Sphynx Cat wearing Happy Birthday hat Digital manipulation Date:

Snooker player Ronnie O Sullivan, pictured the day before his 16th birthday. 4th December 1991

Glacier Calving Cake - Dessert Snow Mountain
Vertigo Artography

Advertisement for Viota "Afternoon Tea"cake mixture, one packet makes 18 of the most
Advertisement for Viota " Afternoon Tea" cake mixture, one packet makes 18 of the most delicious home-made cakes in the world. Date: 1924

W Heath Robinson - At the At Home

The Christmas tradition in England is stronger than the crisis (colour litho)
2778113 The Christmas tradition in England is stronger than the crisis (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Old Houses in the High Street - Banbury, Oxfordshire. This is The Vivers Building - a house built in 1650 for a mercer called Edward Vivers. Date: circa 1910

Alfred in the neatherds cottage, c878 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
Alfred in the neatherds cottage, 1864. King Alfred the Great was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Here, sitting in a cottage he is interrupted by the neatherds wife

Royal wedding cake for Princess Margaret
The official wedding cake presented by J. Lyons for the wedding of Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones in May 1960. Date: 1960

Gibbs Happy Families - Mrs Bun the Bakers wife. 20th century

Queen Charlottes Ball 1939
Debutantes curtsy as H.H Princess Helena Victoria cuts a giant birthday cake at Queen Charlottes Ball at Grosvenor House. The ball was one of the most important dates in the social calendar

First of the Royal Wedding Cakes Mr Jack Bryant and girl employees of Huntley & Palmers inspect the wedding cake in its glass case at Reading today

Royal Wedding 1871 - wedding cake
A magnificent royal wedding cake for the wedding of Princess Louise to the Marquis of Lorne in 1871, made by Queen Victorias chief confectioner at Windsor Castle

Sheree Winton, her son Dale Winton (centre looking over his cake), celebrate Dales 3rd birthday. Dale, mum and friends, close their eyes and make a wish as he blows out the candles on his cake

Trade catalogue for jelly and cake moulds 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing jelly and cake moulds in a variety of shapes. Date: 1911

Nautical Christmas Cake
Captain Hover, the Master of the Goodwin Lightship, with a Christmas cake modelled in the shape of the lightship, the customary gift of Mr. E.A. Anderson of Broadstairs. Date: 1930s

Arabic Countries, food, arabic biscuits, traditional

The Not Forgotten Royal Tea Party, 1937
Cutting the cake for wounded soldiers at Buckingham Palace: Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth attend the Not Forgotten Tea Party at the Royal Riding School at Buckingham Palace

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Bakers Man... 20th century

Royal Wedding 1947 - the cake
Wedding cake made by Mr F. Schul of McVitie and Price in Harlesden, London for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten in November 1947

Mcdougalls Cake
Traditional Christmas Cake made with McDougalls flour Date: 1931

Croissants. Flaky crescent-shaped puff pastry, traditionally served for breakfast

Advertisement for Viota cake mixes, marketed by Stoddart & Hansford Ltd of Islington Green, London. Who's been helping Mother

Advert, Bolland & Sons, Chester, Wedding Cakes
Advert for Bolland & Sons, Chester, Wedding Cakes, as supplied to The Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales. 1897

Afternoon Tea (oil on canvas)
XPG443305 Afternoon Tea (oil on canvas) by Shakespeare, Percy (1906-43); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

A Name day - Brate, Fanny (1861-1940) - 1902 - Oil on canvas - 88x110 - Nationalmuseum
FIA5399105 A Name day - Brate, Fanny (1861-1940) - 1902 - Oil on canvas - 88x110 - Nationalmuseum Stockholm by Brate, Fanny (1861-1940); National Museum, Stockholm

Cartoon, January, Twelfth Night, Drawing Characters -- part of a series of Christmas and New Year cartoons. circa 1840s

GWR Childrens Fete - Cake cutting team, c1900
Team of men and women cutting up 4 tons of fruit cake for the GWR Childrens Fete. It is believed that the machine used to cut the cakes was designed and built at Swindon Works!

Birthday cake

Easter Celebrations in Rural Russia
Easter Celebrations in Russia - The traditional cakes pictures are only baked once a year for the celebration. Date: 1902

French Cake-Walker
According to the caption, the cakewalk was invented by the kangaroo, but that doesn t explain this ladys eccentric cakewalking costume - and is that a spear shes holding ?

Kugelhopfs, Alsace, France, Europe

Traditional pastries in shop window, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Traditional marzipan fruits and pastries in shop window, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Italian chocolate ring shaped cake, Italy, Europe

London Teashop 1927
Three ladies in fashionable cloche hats, one with her dog on her lap, enjoy tea and cake at a London teashop next door to Wyndhams Theatre

Advert / Pancake Mix 1931
Aunt Jemimas Pancake Mix for tender, fluffy pancakes

Wedding Cake / 1847
The Bride Cake for the wedding of the Marquis of Kildare

James Hunt marries his bride, 25 year old model Suzy Miller at Brompton Oratory, West London. Picture taken 19th October 1974

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Beagle Dog, puppy wearing Happy Birthday head band Date:

The traditional sweets Kahk are prepare ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival
The traditional sweets " Kahk" are prepare ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival, at a bakery in Cairo, Egypt May 24, 2019. Picture taken May 24, 2019. REUTERS/Hayam Adel

Austria, Vienna, Cafe Sacher, slice of Sacher Torte

The original Sachertorte chocolate cake served at Cafe Sacher, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

Shopping mall in Dublin, Ireland

Two Grey Squirrels on a mini picnic bench eating nuts & fruit Two Grey Squirrels on a mini picnic bench eating nuts & fruit Date: 18-Mar-19

"Coronation Street"actress Anne Reid celebrates her birthday with the news
" Coronation Street" actress Anne Reid celebrates her birthday with the news that she is returning to the stage for the first time in more than 8 years. 30th May 1969

The wedding of Julie Andrews and Tony Walton at St Mary Oatlands Church, Weybridge, Surrey. 10th May 1959

Staff at Cardinal Wiseman School, Coventry, raise their glasses to the kitchen supervisor, Mrs Catherine Stratton, who was retiring today after 20 years at the school

Young Kristen Bullen pictured showing of her cake at her home in Catford, the day before her first birthday. Kirsten was six weeks old when she was snatched from her pram in Bromley High Street

Royal British Legion, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. November 1992
The Royal British Legion Womens section of the Mid-Cornwall Group commemorated their diamond jubilee in Lostwithiel. Formed on the evening of November 2nd 1932 by 34 women who got together in

Cafe interior, London, c1950. Creator: Shirley Markham
Cafe interior, London, c1950. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Gorilla Fatou eats a birthday cake at the Berlin Zoo
The gorilla " Fatou" eats a birthday cake at the Berlin Zoo, Germany, April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Mooncakes with Chinese words Hongkonger are seen at Wah Yee Tang Bakery in Hong Kong
Mooncakes with Chinese words " Hongkonger" are seen at Wah Yee Tang Bakery in Hong Kong, China July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Greek Baklava and Coffee. Rethymnon Old Town Restaurant, Crete, Greece

Cake Display, Cafe Central, Vienna, Austria, Central Europe

A slice of Original Sacher - Torte cake with whipped cream at Hotel Sacher, Vienna, Austria. (PR)

Apple Strudel and Coffee, Cafe Diglas, Vienna, Austria

Portuguese Custard Tart, Eastern Algarve, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Cakes from a traditional bakery. Skansen, Stockholm. Sweden

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"Cake: A Sweet Delight that Transcends Time and Borders" Indulging in a slice is like taking a bite out of history, culture, and joy. From the iconic capitalist pyramid depicted in the 1911 American Socialist poster to the whimsical contraptions showcased in Heath Robinson's Drawing Room series, it has always been intertwined with human expression. Who can forget the adorable Shirley Temple enchanting audiences while enjoying her favorite treat? Cake knows no age or boundaries; it brings smiles to young and old alike. And speaking of variety, a selection of jelly and cake moulds showcases the endless possibilities for creative confections. Sometimes, though, cake becomes an instrument of playful mischief as seen when one man gleefully smashes it on another's face. It reminds us that even amidst laughter and silliness, there is room for sweetness. Buttered crumpets offer a different kind of delight—a warm embrace on chilly mornings accompanied by tea or coffee. These comforting treats have become synonymous with British tradition. Venturing further into global flavors, we encounter Basbousa—an Egyptian semolina cake that tantalizes taste buds across Middle Eastern cuisine. Its rich texture reflects both Egypt's culinary heritage and its place within North Africa. Meanwhile, Iced cupcakes add a touch of elegance to any celebration—tiny canvases adorned with swirls of frosting and sprinkles that bring joy with every bite. Easter celebrations around the world introduce us to Colomba cakes—the dove-shaped Italian specialty symbolizing peace and renewal. Served alongside cream sauce or enjoyed alone, these delicacies honor traditions passed down through generations. And let us not forget Australia's beloved Lamington—a sponge cake coated in chocolate icing then rolled in coconut flakes—a true national treasure Down Under. Cake unites people from all walks of life; it transcends borders as effortlessly as it satisfies cravings.