One day in the future cakes will be made by a form of 3D printing and everyone will be able to download plans for their dream cake of the Internet. Subsequently a bunch of really poncy chefs will proclaim that the old ways are the best and extol the virtues of cracked cakes with gooey centres and messy icing. Soon afterwards Masterchef 2050 contestants will be saying that it’s the black flecks of burned stew scraped off the bottom of the pot that give it integrity.