Cake Collection (#12)

Wedding of Bunny Austin and Phyllis Konstam
The wedding of Henry Wilfred Bunny Austin (1906 - 2000), British tennis player and Phyllis Konstam (1907 - 1976), British actress who were married on 14 November 1931 at Hampstead Parish Church

Royal Wedding 1947 - selection of presents
A photo montage of the wedding gifts received by Princess Elizabeth on her marriage to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947

Royal wedding: Princess Victoria Melita & Prince Ernst Ludwig
The wedding cake and gifts presented to Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Prince Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse on occasion of their marriage on the 19th April 1894 in Coburg, Germany

Royal Wedding 1934 - the wedding cake
A most decorative wedding cake for Princess Marina of Greece and the Duke of Kent who were married at Westminster Abbey on 29 November 1934

Making cakes 1952
Making a Baumkuche -- tree cake, Landskrona, Sweden, 1952. Date: 1952

Cakestands Etc
No tea-table is complete without a cake-stand on which to stand the cake(s) : you will also need a gong to summon your guests, or failing that, a bell... Date: 1930

Swedish Caf, Malmo
Cafe in Malmo, Sweden, about 1910. Date: 1910

Dogs Birthday Party
One dog cuts slices of birthday cake for his doggy friends. Date: early 1930s

CREAM CAKE
A home-made cream cake, with a cake slice beside it. Date: 1980

Petits Fours
A tempting plate of petits fours cakes. Date: 1980

Making a Cake
Cracking eggs into a cake mix in a baking bowl. Date: 1980

Scones and Jam
Freshly baked scones, served with jam and butter curls. Date: 1980

Cakes with Dad
Children scoffing a large chocolate cake with their Dad on a hideous chocolate coloured sofa! Date: 1981

Celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
Children tuck in to sausage rolls and cake whilst celebrating the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II during a street party in Essex. 1977

Picture No. 10508193
Anon 1. Pat-a-cake

Mrs Beetons rich bride or christening cake, 1891
Recipe for a rich bride or christening cake, 1891. Date: 1891

Cake stand for wedding of Duke and Duchess of Kent
A girl admires her reflection in the mirror like surface of a huge silver cake stand for one of th ecakes at the marriage of the Duke of Kent

Cake and cake maker, 1898
Advertisement for Robert McGhies icing powder, as produced by the British Malt Products Co, London. Used by all the icing experts and leading confectioners of the world. Date: 1898

Decorating Cakes - Swedish Scouts
Sweden - Scouts and Guide decorating cakes. circa 1950s

Coronation Tea Party (advertisement)
As part of an advertisement for Bowater Paper Corporation Limited, artist Illingworth previews the typical scene in British villages during Coronation week. Date: 1953

Picture No. 10508214
Anon 5. Pat-a-cake

Picture No. 10508217
Anon 6. Pat-a-cake

Picture No. 10508209
Anon 4. Pat-a-cake

Elephant at a Party
A baby elephant gate-crashes a childrens birthday party and attempts to whisk away the birthday cake with its trunk! Date: 1960s

Naughty Boy Eats Jam
A naughty boy eats straight from the jam pot, despite having promised not to. Date: 1939

Party Cakes, 1937
A selection of party cakes: Three Bears cake, Butterfly cake, and Dickory Dock cake (complete with mouse). Date: 1937

Birthday Cake Cut
Cutting the Birthday Cake Date: 1879

Cake Walk, Virginia
Three finely dressed black ladies perform the cake walk before an enthusiastic audience at Richmond, Virginia. Date: 1871

Twelfth Cake
Serving the traditional Twelfth Cake Date: 1913

Slab Cake Selection 1937
A range of handsome and high class slab cakes are offered, including the Waverley, Oxford, Melbourne, Dundee and West End. Date: 1937

Art deco illustration of afternoon tea, 1920s Date: 1920s

Art deco illustration of childrens birthday, 1920s Date: 1920s

Royal Wedding 1874 - distribution of bridal cake
Distribution of wedding cake in Edinburgh after the marriage of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (second son of Queen Victoria) to Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia in January 1874

Royal Wedding Cake, 1923
A full page advertisement in the April issue of The Sphere covering the royal wedding of the Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, placed by McVitie and Price of Edinburgh, who strangely

The royal wedding cake
The immense wedding cake of King Faruk and Queen Farida of Egypt

Little boy enjoying a Silver Jubilee tea in the street
A little boy enjoying a Silver Jubilee tea out in the street. He is wearing an enormous home-made hat with 25 YEARS written on it, and is tucking into his glass of jelly

The birthday surprise
A small girl stands on a cushion in order to savour the sight and aroma of a plate full of cakes, presumably made for her birthday

Royal Pier, Southampton
Entrance to the Royal Pier, Southampton. The pier pavilion was extended in 1922 and the present gatehouse, described at the time as " wedding cake architecture"

Biskra - Southern Algeria - Cake and Date Seller
A Cake and Date seller in Biskra, Southern Algeria

An assortment of graters, cake and breadmakers

Presenting a woman with milk and cakes
An Illustration accompanying an extract from Lily Watsons book A Child of Genius showing Katharine giving Miss Percival, the drawing mistress, cake and milk

Dog Eats Cake Aldin
Towser helps himself to afternoon tea in the drawing room

Dog Knocks over Cakes
No longer hungry, Towser knocks over the cake stand

Dog Fights Tiger Rug
After eating so many cakes, Towser feels strong enough to fight the tiger rug

A French kitchen
A chef and maid prepare a sumptuous meal in a French kitchen. Dough has been rolled out on the side board and the chef decorates a three-tiered cake with flowers

The Confectioners Shop. A little girl in red dress and bonnet holds onto both her umbrella and a large paper bag, stuffed to the rim with cakes

Queen Elizabeths wedding cake
The final preparations being carried out to Queen Elizabeths wedding cake. A wedge is prepared for her to cut with her bridegrooms sword

Lear / Nonsense / Berlin
There was an Old Person of Berlin, whose form was uncommonly thin; Till he once, by mistake, was mixed up in a cake, so they baked that Old Man of Berlin

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