These Vintage Cakes Are A Buttercream Dream

If you grew up in the ’80s or ’90s with boring white-sheet cakes, you’re going to love these gorgeous vintage cakes. Decorated in either a Lambeth or Wilton cake style, these ornate creations are popping up on baking shows, social media, and hopefully one day, a plate in front of us.

What Are Vintage Cakes?

Vintage cakes are vintage or “retro” because they’ve been around (and around and around) for centuries. They’re known for their frilly, over-piped design and can be traced back to the French Rococo style of the 1700s – an age known for its ornate and gilded designs. And like…a few beheadings.

As the years and the decades went on, there were some different takes on this detailed cake design. Today, you’ll also see a variation on that’s a knockoff of Wilton cake decorating, which was popular in the fifties, sixties and seventies.