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Coup de Cake are returning with ‘Cake Confessionals’ to spread awareness on understanding peace of mind – one iced bake at a time.
Coup de Cake – a political community forged in icing – are teaming up with artist agency hen house to bring their ‘Cake Confessionals’ icing workshop to East London.
Using vegan cakes provided by the community, attendees will gather to decorate the bakes. The theme for this weekend’s upcoming event is ‘Cake Confessionals’.
Armed with a piping bag, anyone is welcome to come and exhibit their deepest darkest secrets or embarrassing moments on top of a freshly baked cake.
The idea behind the workshop is to utilise the therapeutic medium of cake in a community setting, to create a positive environment that promotes open conversations and, in turn, change.
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Coup de cake’s goal in running these workshops is to spread awareness for social issues. Each workshop explores themes surrounding mental health, feminism, and politics.
By creating a safe space for conversation and using cake icing as a form of expression, coup de cake hopes to become a pioneering force in turning hard-hitting issues into ‘digestible’ conversation.
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The London initiative started this summer when art student Honor Freeman invited women to ‘ice what you want to say to men’ on top of cakes she’d baked.
The workshop saw women icing messages like, ‘stop staring at my tits’ and ‘call out your mates’ on top of their cakes. By the end of the workshop clear themes around consent, sexual harassment and accountability had been expressed across the cakes, which were then used to create a cake quilt by Honor.
Honor credits the Amish tradition of quilt-making for her inspiration, a practice which fosters collectively in female communities.
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