Great Expectations, the Miss Havisham Cake by the Hotham Street Ladies. If you've never read Great Expectations (or the very funny Lost in a Good Book), Wikipedia explains:
As an adult, she fell in love with a man named Compeyson, who was only out to swindle her of her riches. Her cousin Matthew Pocket was but tempted to be careful, but she was too much in love to listen. At twenty minutes to nine on their wedding day, while she was dressing, Havisham received a letter from Compeyson and realized that he had defrauded her and she had been left at the altar.See also: The Garden of Armageddon. Via.
Miss Havisham with Estella and Pip. Art by H. M. Brock.
Humiliated and heartbroken, Havisham had all the clocks stopped at the exact point in which she had learned of her betrayal. From that day on, she remained by herself in her decaying mansion, Satis House, never removing her wedding dress (as a result of being in the process of getting dressed when she receives the letter, she only has one shoe on), leaving the wedding cake uneaten on the table and only allowing a few people to see her.
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