A Reminder Of What Cakes Looked Like Before Baking Shows Ruined Our Expectations Forever

Paris Hilton's birthday cake during her birthday party at the GQ Lounge in Los Angeles, 2002.

Actor Carmen Electra blows out the candles on her birthday cake at the Tangier Club on April 20, 2002, in Los Angeles.

Michael Jordan "dunks" a cake basketball as he celebrates his 33rd birthday on Feb. 12, 1996, at Michael Jordan's Restaurant in Chicago.

Then-president Bill Clinton cuts his birthday cake given to him by the crew aboard Air Force One on his way to a vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on Aug. 19, 1993.

A cake shows the faces of publisher Hugh Hefner and Playboy model Tiffany Holiday during her birthday party at Koi restaurant on Sept. 12, 2002, in Beverly Hills, California.

Then–Texas governor George W. Bush is presented with a birthday cake on July 6, 1999.

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher looks at her birthday cake in Washington, Oct. 23, 1995.

To mark his 43rd birthday, Prince Charles is presented with a birthday cake at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow in 1991.

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, receives a cake for her 40th birthday at the Dummer Cricket Centre.

President Bill Clinton stands behind a cake on Aug. 19, 1996, in New York City.

Former president Ronald Reagan blows out the candles on his 82nd birthday cake at his Los Angeles office, Feb. 5, 1993.

Tina Turner blows out the candles on her birthday cake after a concert in Dortmund, on Nov. 26, 1996.

Prince Philip stands at a Royal Gala dinner celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Duke of Edinburgh Award at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on March 13, 1996, in New York City.

Nelson Mandela blows candles on a cake for his 72nd birthday, the first he has celebrated as a free man since 1960, on July 18, 1990.

Sean "Puffy" Combs and actor Angie Harmon pose together before a giant cake during his birthday party in New York City, Nov. 4, 1998.

Matthew Perry gets a surprise birthday cake from RJ Helton of American Idol during an appearance on TRL to promote his new movie Serving Sara at the MTV Studios in New York City.

Avril Lavigne blows out her birthday cake candles during her 18th birthday party.

Knife-wielding comedian Jerry Lewis and wife Sam sit in front of a huge cake at his 69th birthday party at Planet Hollywood restaurant.

Actor Phyllis Diller poses for a portrait with her 79th birthday cake which reads "Happy Birthday from the National Enquirer" on July 17, 1996, in Los Angeles.

With the help of her mother, actor Marla Maples, Tiffany Trump blows out the candles on her Titanic-themed cake during her fifth birthday party at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, Oct. 13, 1998.

President George W. Bush eats a slice of cake as he pays a visit to his vice president, Dick Cheney.

Baseball legend Hank Aaron blows out candles on his birthday cake in Atlanta during a salute to Aaron's 65th birthday and 25th anniversary of the home run he hit breaking Babe Ruth's career record of 714.

Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert (left) and New York Gov. George Pataki eat a piece of chocolate mousse cake carved out of a replica of the Western Wall in Jerusalem during a celebration of the 3,000th birthday of the city of Jerusalem held in New York City.

Rapper Fredro Starr (aka Fred Lee Scruggs Jr.) of the rap group Onyx celebrates his 25th birthday with a cake at the offices of Def Jam Records on April 12, 1996, in New York City.

Rodney Dangerfield and his 82nd birthday cake during Comedy Central's first annual Commie Awards in 2003.