Cake Collection (page 3)

A Friend at the Picnic by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Children enjoying a picnic with their nurse feed a friendly passing donkey. Date: c. 1930

Tables of Shewbread
Shewbread or showbread are the cakes or loaves of bread which were always present on a specially dedicated table, in the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering to God. Date: circa 1880s

Queen Victorias twelfth cake 1849
Queen Victorias twelfth cake. The cake was designed and made by her Majestys confectioner, Mr Mawditt; it was approximately 30 inches in diameter. Date: 1849

WRAF on a motorcycle, having a tea break, WW1
WRAF on a motorcycle, having a tea break, First World War -- Strictly Rationed Cake. circa 1918

Trade Catalogue for dessert and cake baskets 1930
Selection of sterling silver pierced dessert and cake baskets. 1930

Advertisement for the 10ft high royal wedding of the Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, placed by McVitie and Price of Edinburgh, who strangely, call themselves biscuit makers

Pulled-Sugar Flowers Date: 1935

Piped Flower Samples Date: 1935

Narcissus Cake Date: 1935

Bird and Roses Cake Date: 1935

Wedding Cake Date: 1935

Birds Nest and Rose Cake Date: 1935

Girl with Bouquet Cake Date: 1935

Rose Basket Cake Date: 1935

Easter Bunny Cake Date: 1935

Tulip and Scrolls Cake Date: 1935

A Courtship Cake Date: 1935

Twelve Cake Wedges Date: 1935

Domed Cakes and Tarts Date: 1935

Girl Makes a Wish Date: 1950

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visiting McVitie & Price Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visiting
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002) (later Elizabeth, The Queen Mother) visiting the McVitie & Price factory in Edinburgh, Scotland

Twelfth Night 1841
Twelfth Night celebrations - crowds of people on the pavement outside a shop. Date: January 1841

Twelfth Night in France 1852
Twelfth Night tradition, a bean and pea are hidden inside the Twelfth-night cake, the man who finds the bean in his slice of cake becomes King for the night

A BRIDE AND GROOM
Newlyweds pose for the camera as they make the first cut into their wedding cake. Date: late 1960s

FISH CAKE
Fish cake in sauce, garnished with lemon and parsley and served on a fashionable glass plate. Date: 1940s

CAKE ICING GUN
For filling flans or icing cakes, this icing gun is invaluable. It is supplied with several attachments for making different fillings and icing designs. Date: 1930s

MUMMY BAKES A CAKE 1926
Mummy bakes a cake Date: 1926

NEW YEAR CAKE, IRELAND2
Breaking the New Years cake on New Years Eve, Ireland Date: 1850

West Street from Beach Road - Durban, South Africa Date: circa 1908

Duke and Duchess of York, Party of Not-Forgotten Association
Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI 1895-1952) and Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900-2002)

Sandra Paul marries David Wynne-Morgan
Wedding reception after the marriage of publicist and London Life contributor David Wynne-Morgan and Sandra Paul, model, held at Annabels club in Berkeley Square

Old Eccles Cake Shop, Eccles, Salford, Lancashire
Ye Old Eccles Cake Shop, Eccles, Salford (Greater Manchester), Lancashire. The building is called Ye Olde Thatche, claiming to have been built in 1094

Toddler with cake by Muriel Dawson
A toddler standing on a chair to eat a cake, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

The cake surrounded at Queen Charlottes Ball, 1938
A huge white cloud of debutantes around the traditional huge cake wheeled out at Queen Charlottes Ball and cut by the guest of honour, in the case of this year, the Duchess of Gloucester

Golden Wedding Cake with Gum Paste Molding Date: 1936

Advert for Mappin & Webb Princes Plate household items 1929
Mappin & Webb Princes Plate advert containing prices for cutlery set in a wooden box, octagonal cake basket, round pyrex dish, octagonal three tier cake stand, sauce boat

Greetings card in the shape of a cake on a plate -- May you take the cake. Date: circa 1890s

Boy with a cake on a cutout New Year card -- For a Good Boy. Date: circa 1890s

Cutout advertisement for Birds Egg Powder. Date: early 20th century

Handmade Christmas card in the shape of a cake, with Santa Claus standing in the middle and a removable slice on the right. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

MAKING CHRISTMAS CAKE
Making a Christmas cake, beating eggs to add to the butter and sugarr, with other ingredients, such as flour, dried sultanas, etc. to be added later. Date: 1930s

Supper Table -- how we entertain our friends. Accompanying an article entitled How I keep house on 250 per annum. 1885

Clara Peeters (1594-1657). Painter from the Flemish school
Clara Peeters (1594-1657). Was a still-life painter from the Flemish school. Table with Orange, Olives and Pie. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Hungarian Wedding Cake
These Hungarian peasant women in traditional headscarves are decorating a wedding cake with painted gingerbread swords, hearts and edible babies. Date: 1930s

Cutting Wedding Cake
A caterer in gloves explains how long in took to make their wedding cake as the newlyweds slice into the bottom tier! Date: 1960s

In Dahomey by Jesse A Shipp
In Dahomey by Jesse A. Shipp; music Will Marion Cook et. al. First produced in England at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 16th May 1903

Stationery, Fortnum & Mason Ltd, London
Stationery, Fortnum & Mason Ltd, Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, London, with handwritten details. 1915

Suffragette Voting Cake in Oven. Mrs. Jones (Who represents Every Woman) goes to vote but suddenly remembers she has left a cake in the oven. Typical empty headed woman. Date: circa 1909

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