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Flódni

This multi-layered treat has become a potent symbol of Hungarian-Jewish identity.
Lakeland, Florida

Publix Cake Water Tower

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.
Munich, Germany

Kuchentratsch

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.
Barbie cakes are a birthday classic.
dolls

Before Barbie and Barbie Cakes, There Was Dolly and Dolly Varden Cakes

These toy-filled birthday cakes have an intriguing connection to both Charles Dickens and Australia.
Cathleen Freedman July 20, 2023
It's not hard to find the ingredients for this simple vegan cake.
food

Lost Something? Make This Greek Saint's Cake

Fanouropita has a mystical reputation.
Rossi Anastopoulo June 27, 2023
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Doberge Cake

This towering treat is a slice of New Orleans immigrant history.
The entrance to Konditorei Buchwald.
Berlin, Germany

Konditorei Buchwald

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”
The first “red” chocolate cakes were barely red at all.
food

Red Velvet Cake's Journey to The Juneteenth Table

Make the dessert that first inspired the popular crimson slice.
Diana Hubbell May 15, 2023
The Gloucester Cathedral–shaped lamprey pie for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.
medieval

5 of Our Favorite Odd Traditions of English Royalty

From a coronation pie made of lampreys to someone to chat with you in the loo.
April White April 26, 2023
Seattle, Washington

Byen Bakeri

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.
Maple Bourbon Cream, Hazelnut Nutella Crunch, Ginger Molasses Stout, Pumpkin Brown Butter, among others.
Seattle, Washington

Deep Sea Sugar & Salt

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.
Bolo-rei often comes with a coin—signifying good fortune—and a bean—signifying who buys the next cake—inside.
food

7 Weird and Wonderful King Cakes From Around the World

From slips of Bulgarian fortunes to copulating French figurines, international king cakes hide many surprises.
Matt Haines February 20, 2023
The top tier of Shizuo and Frances’s wedding cake, which has miraculously survived since they were married in 1943.
objects of intrigue

Found: An 80-Year-Old Wedding Cake With a Tragic Past

Frances Nishimura preserved this sweet keepsake for generations.
Natasha Varner February 16, 2023
A floral-studded cake.
cake

How a Groundbreaking Pastry Chef Bakes Outside the Lines

A conversation with Natasha Pickowicz on cross-cultural inspiration and her upcoming cookbook.
Diana Hubbell January 17, 2023
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Tottenham Cake

This pink cake celebrates a long-ago football victory.
The finished chocolate sauerkraut cake.
food

Who Decided to Put Sauerkraut in Chocolate Cake?

The infamous ‘Don’t Ask Cake’ is better than it sounds.
Diana Hubbell November 10, 2022
A cake by Sarah Jackson showing isotope fractionation in Antartica.
science

How Scientists Are Using Cake to Share Their Research

Transforming PhDs into pastries.
Anne Ewbank August 8, 2022
Don't be deceived by the Meat Fruit.
List

7 Incredible, Edible Imposters

Creative chefs have been designing trick foods long before anyone ever asked "Is it cake?"
Sam O'Brien April 6, 2022