Minimal flat editorial illustration with fine, clean black contour lines, smooth colour fields and a dusting of printed grain, pale values of ivory ground, powder pink, peach, mint, aqua and lavender with black as the only deep accent. A cake slice in a tall frame: a single wedge slice of three-layer sponge cake with lavender frosting between the layers and a peach glaze on top, standing on a small plate with a fork beside it, a pale mint backdrop with a round shadow.
Light: flat even light, the sponge layers in peach and ivory fields, the frosting in lavender, the glaze in powder pink, fine black contour lines around the wedge, plate and fork, a dusting of printed grain; palette of ivory, powder pink, peach, mint, lavender and black; clean, quiet, pale.
Tall 9:16 portrait frame, composed vertically with the main line of the scene rising through the height of the frame. No text, lettering, numbers, candles with writing, logos or labels; the cake is plain with no written message.
