No. 15 || Cake It 'Till You Make It (continued)

It's part II of The Cakewalk's 1st Anniversary Issue! And I promise, it's more than just icing on the cake. ;)

Apr 21, 2025

Dear Readers & Cake Eaters!

Once again, thank you for celebrating one year of The Cakewalk with me!!!
I hope you enjoyed reading what all my lovely friends had to say about cake in the previous send out - Part I. Those quotes make me warm and fuzzy inside.

so the original image is from a 1958 issue of *Woman’s Day* magazine but I found this gem on Pinterest. No idea who did it but I LOVE IT!

I’ll cut to the cake here and keep it short because there’s enough to read as it is. Before we begin, please just answer me this:

Now, let’s dig in! xx

À La Carte

JW Anderson Victoria Sponge Cake Clutch
The Art of Cake by Alice Oehr - incredible illustrations of cake
Cherry Cheesecake Candle by Cereria Introna
Cake Slice Purse by Rommy de Bommy
Cherry Cake Ma Cherie Coin Purse by Kate Spade
Vintage 1990’s Neiman Marcus Silver Plated Shoe & Purse Cake Serving Set
Ceramic Baby Cake by Maddie Cakes (decor you can even put candles in!)
Frosted Cake w/Fruit Mirror
Edible Sugar Gemstones by Isomaltcrystaljewels (for cake decorating, etc.)
Cake Bong by Burning Love
another Cake Bong by Canna Style cause, why not?
Pretty Shitty Cakes UO Exclusive Cake Jewelry Box
Ladyfinger Cake Tabletop Lighter by Edie Parker

photo by Alejandra Hauser for The Cake Shoppe

“Icing on the Cake” Purse from The Cake Shoppe - in case you’ve never checked out this online concept store from yours truly, here’s your chance! This bag is a one-of-a-kind piece, exclusive to the shop. It’s like a child to me!

Double Layered Cake Hand Bag by Maryam Keyhani

Double Layered Cake Hand Bag by Maryam Keyhani
Absolutely NO notes, she’s PERFECT!!! It’s already in my cart and if you also get your hands on one, you better believe I demand pictures!

And lastly, this scrumptious Buttercream Frosting Necklace by Tisbé - the necklace is available for purchase through their Whatsapp - HERE and it’s listed as COP 910,000. Also shout out to
Talía Cu
- founder of
Latin Zine by Talía Cu
because that’s where I first set eyes on this beauty!

Desserts

In this issue, we’re focusing on several artists because you need to know about them and also, cake is art, duh!

via @theschooloflifelondon || art by Wayne Thiebaud

all images and text courtesy of @theschooloflifelondon

I quite enjoyed reading this post on Instagram by The School of Life London (above) and obviously, it was quite appropriate for this issue so I thought I’d share with y’all. Wayne Thiebaud also happens to be my favorite artist.

Sharon Core, “Thiebauds – Cakes” (2003) || see the Wayne Thiebaud version HERE

Now if you’re familiar with Wayne Thiebaud’s work at all, you’ll have seen some of his famous cake paintings. (Food wasn’t his only focal point but certainly some of the most iconic.) The image above however, is not the work of Wayne Thiebaud. It is in fact, the work of Sharon Core, an artist and photographer who painstakingly reproduced several of Thiebaud’s paintings IRL, and consequently photographed them. (And yes, by reproduce I mean she baked these cakes and frosted them too.) Not gonna lie, when I first saw this image along with a few others come up in a “Thiebaud” Google search, I just thought it was some sort of restored version as it’s slightly clearer” and more “vibrant” than other pieces by Thiebaud. . . only to realize that this was the work of an entirely different artist. Enter Sharon Core.
Sharon Core, ”Thiebauds – Pies, Pies, Pies” (2003) || see the Wayne Thiebaud version HERE
“Core’s photographs do not compete with the original paintings; instead, they ask what a re-contextualization tells us about the intervening span of time, both technologically and emotionally.”
You can read more about Sharon Core and just how cerebral her work is in a great piece called “A Poetics of Appropriation: On Sharon Core” written by Donna Stonecipher for Hyperallergic. This piece does a wonderful job of addressing the questions that Core’s work invites us to ask like “How many “lives” does a still life have?”, the role of technology in art and consequently for women, “original” content vs. a “copy” of it, and more. Core’s work deserves recognition whether it be for the sheer impressiveness of the hard work involved and consequently the aesthetics or the thought-provoking discourse it elicits.

Wedding Cake Joana Vasconcelos — image via Marie Claire || © Bénédicte Drummond

Do you know about Wedding Cake built by Portuguese artist, Joana Vasconcelos on the ground of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire back in 2023? Stuff of dreams. Learn more about it in the short video below: