Metal Pastry and Cake Mold

In the Ottoman Empire, even the ordinary meals were accompanied by a dessert. Whereas on the Ramadan tables and banquets, there was almost a dessert feast. With desserts from zerde to kadayif, baklava to rice pudding, and ashura to cakes, the tables used to be filled with joy. The richness and diversity of the metal cake molds in our collection also indicate how important and popular cake culture was then. The collection of food objects is just as valuable and important as a historical document in terms of giving clues about the personal and social preferences, aesthetic perceptions and preferences of its period.

Here are some of the metal cake molds in our collection. Exquisite examples of the dessert table of the cuisine culture. Metal pastry and cake molds shaped as watermelon slice, pear, rose, daisy, seashell, walnut, and orange. Which cake mold would you like to use for making your cake?