Pre 1970, fairly large format, color illustrated (vintage style) children’s book of fairy tales/nursery rhymes contains a story with an old woman baking a cake for a young male. Cake has prominent tubular peaks covering the surface. I think the illustration was on a left-hand page.
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New format, same book stumper solving.
I’m doing the round of searching again and wanted to add that the illustrations may have been in the style of Maxfield Parrish.
Trying to add further details. I remember the illustrations as being detailed watercolor, not cartoonish.