This Is the Incorrect Way to Send a Cake in the Mail

When King Charles I opened up the Royal Mail service to the public in 1635, the gesture undoubtedly heralded a new era for the common man, making it possible to correspond with fellow Englishmen in the far reaches of the isles. Such a benevolent gift from the most gracious King, to strengthen the bonds of English brotherhood!

Luckily for Charles, he isn't around today to see the work of one sad sack descendent of the halcyon English empire who attempted to shove an entire cake into one of his Royal Mail boxes.

Yup, didn't fit.

The cake smashing reportedly occurred on Saturday night on Whiteladies Road, the actual name of a street in Clifton, England. According to the Bristol Post, which called the incident the "most half-baked attempt ever at posting a cake" and a "cakey catastrophe," the cake hadn't been cleared from the mailbox as of press time on Monday. The Post cited one person who speculated that the pastry in question was a Victoria Sponge cake.

Metro, on the other hand, wondered if the mess came as the end result of a legitimate effort to mail a cake or as a misguided attempt to leave a treat for the mailman. If either were indeed true, that cake would have been sitting there for some time, and was well past peak freshness given that the next pickup date was Monday at 4 PM.

In America, where our public mailboxes have larger openings in which to put mail, the cake might have actually fit. That's pretty much all we've got going for us right now.