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City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Domestic object - Kitchen Equipment, household soap, c1900
Common soap was made from mixing animal fat with potash a form of the potassium based alkali present in plant and wood material. Early settlers, made their own soap from the waste fats and ashes they saved from their daily work. They did not then have to rely on waiting for soap to be shipped from England and waste their goods or money in trade for soap. In making soap the first ingredient required was a liquid solution of potash commonly called lye. Animal fat, when removed from the animals during butchering, must be rendered to remove all meat tissues and cooking residue before soap of any satisfactory quality can be made from it. To render, fats and waste cooking grease were placed in a large kettle with an equal amount of water. Then the kettle was placed over the open fire outdoors, because the smell from rendering the fats was too strong to wish in anyone's house. The mixture of fats and water were boiled until all the fats had melted. After a longer period of boiling to insure completion of melting the fats, the fire was stopped and into the kettle was placed another amount of water about equal to the first amount of water. The solution was allowed to cool down and left over night. By the next day the fats had solidified and floated to the top forming a layer of clean fat. All the impurities being not as light as the fat remained in water underneath the fat. In another large kettle or pot the fat was placed with an amount of lye solution ( known by experience ). This mixture was boiled until the soap was formed - 6-8 hours - a thick frothy mass, and a small amount placed on the tongue caused no noticeable "bite". The next day a brown jelly like slippery substance was in the kettle and this was 'soft soap' . To make hard soap, common salt was thrown in at the end of the boiling and a hard cake of soap formed in a layer at the top of the pot. But as salt was expensive most settlers used 'soft soap',. The soap could be scented with oils such as lavender for personal use. These 3 cakes of home-made soap are examples of the self sufficiency of the early settlers as they had to be self reliant ,growing food and making and mending their own farm equipment, tools and clothes while establishing their market gardens in Moorabbin Shire3 cakes of home-made, white hard household soap. 1 cake of soap eaten by a brush tailed possum when he entered the Cottage via the chimney 27/4/2014soap making, market gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin, brighton, dendy's special survey 1841. kitchen equipment, laundry equipment, bentleigh -
Kiewa Valley Historical Society
Icing Set
... cakes ...Square cardboard box with a coloured illustrated lid with 'Tala' / Icing Set / How to Ice a cake. On one side of the box - 12 icing tubes in this set; Tala Icing set containing syringe, 12 tubes, turn table, icing book no. 1730, copyright design made in England. On the other 2 sides (opposite to each other.) Let all your kitchen ware be Tala - illustrated. Turning table is tin. 200mm outer stand, circle turntable 140 mm. Book: 'How to decorate a cake booklet' - 130 mm long x 195 mm wide and 5 mm thick; Pink plastic tray indented to hold metal cones 12 cones tubes each with different opening at the point. Icing syringe (nickel silver with brass collars). Plastic icing cone, Tala ware, Made in England 320 mm long, circumference 30 mm at point x 210 mm wideSee description.cooking, baking, icing, cakes, domestic, decorating -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia
Cake Server stawell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - CAKE TIN
Circular cake tin with depictions of Australian birds aroud the sides and word cake on lid.domestic equipment, food storage & preservation, cake tin -
Melbourne Legacy
Slide, Intermediate Legacy Club Fete, 1959
A colour slide of a cake stall at a fete at Legacy House in Swanston St in 1959. There two ladies serving behind a table of food. Was with many other slides taken in the 1950s and 1960s. The slides have been photographed to make digital images and moved to archive quality sleeves. In many cases the original images were not well focussed and the digital image is the best available.A record of fetes being held at Legacy House.Colour slide of people serving food at a fete in Legacy House, in a brown Super Anscochrome cardboard mount.Printed in red ink 'ANSCOCHROME / View from this side / Made in Australia". Handwritten in blue pen "Cake Stall ILC Fete 1959". Imprinted by indentation "JUL 59". Imprinted with black ink '12'.ilc, fete -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Photograph, Ringwood Jubilee 1924-74 - Jubilee Cake
Written on backing, 'Ringwood Jubilee - Jubilee Cake'. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia
Round Cake - Pedestal Standstawell -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Cake Slice
White China Cake Slicedomestic items, crockery -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Memorabilia - Realia, c1900
Hand Operated Cake Mixer stawell -
Greensborough Historical Society
Domestic object - Soap, J. Kitchen and Sons Pty Ltd, Velvet Soap, 1950s
Velvet soap, commonly used for washing of both hands and items such as dishes and clothingTwo cakes of Velvet soap"Velvet" molded on face, J. Kitchen and Sons Pty Ltd on obverse; colour yellowsoap, laundry soap -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1993
Black and white photograph five named students Secondary College preparing cakes for cake stall. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Cake Stand, Beginning of the 20th Century
This cake stand was hand turned from osage orange wood. The wood was sourced from a grove of osage orange trees in the Fisken/Taverner Street area. This grove was planted by Mr A C Simon, an orchardist, who brought the seeds from North America in the 1860's to create a protective hedge for his plants The wood from these plants produces a beautiful toned affect of dark brown and yellow/orange when turned and polished. The significance of this cake stand is that it has been carved from the osage orange which grows well in Bacchus Marsh although originated in America. Mr Simon made many items from this wood. This gives it local significance.This polished wooden stand would have been used for cake to be displayed It consists of a round 'plate' of wood as the top, with a fine narrow turned wood pedestal and a round base. The stand is made of osage orange giving it the unique tones of dark brown and orange wood.turned wood, osage orange, food stand, food display, brown orange wood, wooden, cake stand, parlour item, table centre piece, polished wood, ornamental stand -
Clunes Museum
Leisure object - FINGERNAIL CAKE POLISH, Northam Warren Corporation
Small cake of Cutex nail polishCutexpersonal grooming, cutex -
Park Orchards Community House
Newspaper, Classes at POLTA and the Park Orchards Community House 1984
28 February 1984, chess and cake groups as well as others -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Dish
Metal oval cake/pie dish, rustedflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Dish
Metal oblong cake/pie dish, rustedflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Cup cake tray
A silver-grey coloured round cake tin. -
Melton City Libraries
Photograph, Edna Barrie and friend, Unknown
Edna Barrie and her friend are cutting a cakelocal identities -
Mont De Lancey
Tin, circa 1920
Barker cake containers with paper patty papersbaking tins, trays -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Cake tin, Willowglo, c1940
Owned and used by Mrs Daisy ParkinOblong cake tin,made in Australia by WillowgloWillowglo - Made in Australiakitchenware -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Lew Zilles Cutting a Cake
"After the war Pipe-Major Duncan McLennan, moved to Ballarat and took up a position as cadet instructor and leader of the Ballarat Highland Pipe Band and the Ballarat Ladies Pipe Band. " (Victorian Historical Journal Vol. 85, No. 1, June 2014) Lew Zillles was associated with pipe bands in Ballarat. Coloured photograph of Lewis Zilles cutting a cake. photograph, coloured photograph, cake, lew zilles, highland pipe band -
Canterbury History Group
Photograph - Interior of Brittany Cake Shop at No. 114 Maling Road, Jan Pigot, 27/03/1993 12:00:00 AM
Coloured photograph of a customer being served inside the Brittany Cake Shop at 114 Maling Road. Good view of the cakes baked on site by the French Pastry Cook.canterbury, maling road, shops, french patissieres -
Lakes Entrance Regional Historical Society (operating as Lakes Entrance History Centre & Museum)
Photograph, 1993
Black and white photograph unnamed two girls students home economics class, Post Primary school making cakes for cake stall. Lakes Entrance Victoriaschools -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Domestic object - Server, Cake
Used at the Stag Inn now Seacombe HouseBone handled silver cake slice with filigreed bladeStag Hotel (silver stamps)local history, domestic items, cutlery -
Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Rev. Keith & Allison Pither, 1967
Keith Pither was born at Shepparton in 1914 and grew up on a farm. Attended Otira Methodist Home Mission Training College from 1936 and by 1939 was a probation minister at Burnie (Tas.). Enlisted in the army 1939 and served in the Middle East and Northern Australia. In 1943 he was ordained in the field as a chaplain and later served in New Guinea. Married Allison (Alison?) Brown in 1945 and they had four children, Brian, Rhonda, Andrew and Howard. Completed his studies at Melbourne University 1946. Placements were Red Cliffs, Carlton Methodist Mission, Benalla, Portland, Sandringham and Ivanhoe. Died 19/6/2008.The Pithers are holding a knife about to cut an anniversary cake."Rev. K. M. Pither and Mrs Allison Pither 1967"pither, keith, red cliffs, carlton methodist mission, benalla, portland, sandringham, ivanhoe -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Cup cake trays
Seven round silver grey coloured cake tins. -
Coal Creek Community Park & Museum
Cup cake trays
Twelve round silver-grey coloured cake tins -
Mont De Lancey
Cake basket
Presented to Miss Quale by a few friends in the congregation Dec 1894 Lilydale on her retirement as organist.Ornate silver cake basket with plain base and handle.Presbyterian Church Lilydale - Presented to Miss Quale by a few friends in the congregation December 1894baskets, cake baskets -
Canterbury History Group
Ephemera - Cake surprize
Photocopy of Alice Maling's handwritten recipe for Cake Surprize.canterbury, maling family, recipes, food -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Domestic object - Cake cooler, 1940's
Made and used by internees at Camp 3Rectangular wire cake cooler, supported by 6 "feet"cake cooler, hoefer family, camp 3, tatura, ww2 camp 3, domestic, cooking