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Pictures of cake picnic in Clark Park

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Close to 100 ornately decorated homemade cakes were displayed - then eaten - in the second annual West Philadelphia cake picnic in Clark Park on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

Tufting artist Florian Francis adjusts a custom-knit cake hat while hosting the second iteration of their West Philadelphia cake picnic in Clark Park on Sunday.
Tufting artist Florian Francis adjusts a custom-knit cake hat while hosting the second iteration of their West Philadelphia cake picnic in Clark Park on Sunday.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer

The free event’s rules were simple: Everyone brings a cake to exchange and it cannot be store-bought under any circumstances. Cake picnics have become the next popular grassroots trend after one in San Francisco went viral for bringing together over 1,300 cakes.

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