https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/06/the-ceremony-of-the-baddeley-cake/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/06/the-ceremony-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-2018480 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:22:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142025#comment-2018480 Most interesting article – thank you. I wonder if the photo ‘Harry Nicholls cuts the Baddeley Cake with the cast of ‘Babes in the Wood’ in 1908’ is in the public domain or if you retain the copyright? Each year our small company designs a Christmas booklet pro bono for a local charity Justice First which supports asylum seekers in the area. I would very much like to include the photo as part of the booklet as this year it has information about Twelfth Night and its celebrations.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/06/the-ceremony-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-1069297 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 18:04:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142025#comment-1069297 A few days ago, popping in to the Albion for a scone , are they rock cakes? Enticed by a huge cake thing on the table I lashed out on two slices. The assistant mumbled something about taking care as an inedible gift was hidden inside.
Forgetting this advice – at the counter the assistant having now cut me my slices informed me the gift was in a slice and I had won a coffee and “will I have it now or later?” Back home ,- coffee in hand – I discovered there was indeed a gift inside a slice. A tiny porcelain figure resembling Nell Gwynn. Perhaps a contemporary take on your Baddeley cake?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/06/the-ceremony-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-1067933 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:13:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142025#comment-1067933 Thank you for this delightful story. My birthday is 6 January and in future there will be a Baddeley Cake included in the celebrations!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/06/the-ceremony-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-1067872 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:14:41 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142025#comment-1067872 And did Baddeley leave anything to Sophia?

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/06/the-ceremony-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-1067853 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 15:01:01 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142025#comment-1067853 With almost every entry I delight in the customs and traditions of England. Keep writing for all of us not living there anymore!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/06/the-ceremony-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-1067849 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:35:12 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142025#comment-1067849 This is really wonderful, having trod the boards myself (at the opera). Love your blog!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/06/the-ceremony-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-1067845 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 13:57:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142025#comment-1067845 Lovely to see traditions this old still being practiced, and long may they continue.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/01/06/the-ceremony-of-the-baddeley-cake/#comment-1067693 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 03:07:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=142025#comment-1067693 Gentle Author, in New Orleans there remains the tradition of the King Cake, which seems related to the Twelfth Cake.

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