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A pedestal that promotes dessert to centerpiece and dares you to behave.
means A raised serving plate, usually on a single central pedestal or short legs, used to display and serve cakes and other baked goods.
from A plain compound of "cake" and "stand." "Cake" came into English from Old Norse "kaka," a Scandinavian word for a baked lump of dough — a cousin of the German "Kuchen" — arriving with Norse settlers. "Stand" is the old Germanic verb-turned-noun for something that stands or holds things up. Stitched together, the word does exactly what it says: a thing for the cake to stand on. The fancy pedestal versions belong to an era when serving food was as much performance as nourishment.
- victorian flex
- Tiered stands signaled wealth at high-society tea parties
- dome physics
- Glass cloches trap moisture, keeping cake fresh longer
- height matters
- Elevation makes any cake look intentional, not just baked
- rotating kind
- Lazy-Susan versions let bakers frost without touching the cake
three-tier cake stand — the victorian standard design popularized by wedgwood pottery in the 1800s for afternoon tea service