This window display contains a large amount of cake molds. As you can see, most of them are made of copper and are of French, German and English production. In the first row at the bottom, however, you can see a whole series of large earthenware and ceramic molds of Italian production, dating back to the end of the nineteenth century, even large ones such as n.1: a splendid Italian multiple-mold dating back to this period. The copper molds exhibited here were all produced between the early nineteenth century and the end of the century: among the most beautiful we must point out n. 2, while among the most significant we cannot fail to mention the series of Charlotte moldsidentified with n. 3, 4, 5, 6 coming from the English royal kitchens and datable to the early nineteenth century. It should be noted that in those years the great chef Careme – whose book “Le patissiere pittoresque” of 1842 is exposed on the left – invented the Charlotte cake: these could be some of the very first molds known! If you are curious, you can go and read the article on the site dedicated to the history and invention of this immortal sweet.