Celebrities — they’re just like us when it comes to cake. In honor of today’s National Cake Day, here are some scenes of cakes in the movies.
A Magnolia Bakery cake appears in Taylor Swift’s new short film All Too Well. This article helpfully explains how civilians can get a taste for themselves.
Sex and The City fans are eagerly anticipating the December premier of the And Just Like That sequel on HBO. The costume designers recently posted an image of a tote bag from a Sex and The City episode involving cake.
In “What’s Sex Got to Do with It?,” the Miranda character decides to use chocolate cake as a substitute for sex. In response to sticker shock at the price of a boutique cake, Miranda buys Betty Crocker cake mix and bakes for herself. At one point, she becomes disgusted with herself and throws the cake in the trash, only to go back and eat a piece from the bin.
She self-diagnoses and leaves a voicemail for Carrie saying, “I feel that you need to know your good friend Miranda Hobbes has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You’ll probably need this information when you check me into the Betty Crocker clinic.”
Pastry artist to the stars Sylvia Weinstock died this month. She was known for designing elaborate cakes for celebrities and presidents from Oprah to the Clintons. Her impact on celebrities is evident in “Padma Lakshmi, Marcus Samuelsson and others pay tribute to baker Sylvia Weinstock.”
Weinstock was a judge on the Food Network’s Chopped Sweets and Netflix’s Nailed It!
These examples speak to the emotional power of cake to represent anxieties, aspirations, and fantasies. No wonder the popular appeal of cake (and cupcakes) endures in the entertainment industry and everyday life.
Andrea Adleman | Cupcakologist 