Before Instagram and delicious. became our main source of birthday baking inspiration, there was the Australian Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake Cookbook. Whether you remember artfully icing a figure 8 racetrack complete with lollypop stop signs or blowing out the candles on a blue jelly swimming pool, no birthday party was complete without one of these lolly-topped creations. Thankfully, the party isn’t over. MFWF has joined forces with the NGA to put on an exhibition that will include 75 of your favourite cakes from the book in all their buttercream glory. The 8-day exhibition invites you to take a walk down memory lane, as you marvel at all the cakes you had, as well as those you bitterly wanted (ie. the piano with the teeny, tiny candelabra). Take the Cake will be held at The Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria Australia from 9am – 5pm, March 18-25, 2020.
Take the Cake