Description
This storage jar is shaped like a birthday cake, and it is the kind of piece that makes people smile before they have even lifted the lid. The lid is the top of the cake, with icing that drips over the edge, raised strawberries set around the rim and a striped candle standing in the middle that doubles as the handle. The body is banded like layers of sponge and filling, with a wavy piped line around it and a row of polka dots. Around the candle, the top is scattered with painted dots like sprinkles. It is made of 100% stoneware, multicoloured and painted by hand, 14.5cm across and 17.5cm tall, and it holds 800ml.
Because it is approved for food, it can hold what you would hope to find in a cake jar: biscuits, sweets, macarons or a batch of something homemade. At 800ml it is a useful kitchen size, roomy enough for a proper stash of treats yet compact enough to live on the worktop or a shelf without crowding it. It suits a family kitchen where the biscuit jar is the most visited spot in the house, and it comes into its own on the table at a children's birthday tea. Filled and wrapped, it also makes a cheerful present for someone who loves to bake.
Stoneware is dense and sturdy, and at 1KG the jar sits firmly where you put it. The decoration is painted by hand, so the bands, dots and strawberries carry the small irregularities of a brush rather than the flat sameness of a print. Care is simple: it goes in the dishwasher and the microwave, but it is not for the oven. To style it, give it a spot of its own on an open shelf or a clear stretch of worktop, where the candle and the strawberries around the rim can be seen from the side.
Specification
| Height |
17.5cm |
| Diameter |
14.5cm |
| Material |
100% Stoneware |
| Colour |
Multi |
| Finish |
Handpainted |
| Capacity |
800ml |
| Dishwasher safe |
Yes |
| Microwave safe |
Yes |
| Oven safe |
No |
| Food safe |
Yes |
| Weight |
1KG |
Frequently Asked
What is the cake jar made of?
It is made of 100% stoneware and painted by hand, which gives it a dense, sturdy body that weighs 1KG.
Can it go in the dishwasher and the microwave?
Yes, both. It goes in the dishwasher and the microwave, but it is not suitable for the oven, so keep it out of there.
How big is it and how much does it hold?
It is 14.5cm across and 17.5cm tall and holds 800ml, a good size for biscuits or sweets kept out on a worktop or shelf.
Can I keep biscuits and sweets in it?
Yes. It is approved for food, so biscuits, sweets, macarons and homemade treats can all go straight into the jar.
What comes with it?
You get the jar and its lid. The lid forms the top of the cake, and the striped candle in the centre is the handle you lift it by.