'Tis a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake, or so it was told. And 'tis true, a plain sponge works easily enough, but is this enough to be proclaimed "pretty"? Indeed, it seems to me that an attractive cake requires skills that could be years in the gaining. Is it not an injustice to the patissier, to claim their work to be simple? Let the art be praised, not for its ease, but for the dedication and skill evident in its execution.