If you're Australian, you definitely know about the Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book.
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If your parents didn't ever make one for you, then surely you've at least eaten one at a birthday party back when you were a kid.
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The author of the 1980 book, Pamela Clark, sat down with ABC to chat about the cakes, and she gave us a damn perfect interview.
The best line was when she shared how damn hard the truck cake is to make.
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Pamela also revealed that often they'd only make the cake once, with no practice, and shoot it then and there.
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The Women's Weekly would get sent letters and photos from parents who made the cakes for their kids.
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Pamela's favourite cake is, of course, the Dolly Varden cake, because "it is so mindbogglingly simple".
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She also showed a picture of a goth version she made for her granddaughter, which is truly iconic.
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You can watch the full video on ABC News' Facebook page. And never forget:
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