An England baker’s annual holiday display has become a global sensation after she recreated the suburban Chicago house from “Home Alone” out of cake.
Grace Hunt of Grace Eva Cakes revealed her 2025 window display in mid-November, not realizing what would come of her creation. This year’s display, she said, held special significance.
“Every year I do a Christmas window reveal for my shop and the local community and I thought, ‘Well, I know that the film turned 35 years this year in the same month that I did’ so I thought, ‘What better cake to do than something that resonates with me?’ It’s very nostalgic, it’s my favorite Christmas film and I thought, ‘Well, it’s also my birthday month’ so it had to be celebrated,” Hunt told NBC Chicago.
But when she posted her big reveal on social media, it became a global hit. Her original post of the reveal received thousands of likes and comments across social media platforms.
“I did not expect this reaction,” Hunt said. “This has gone worldwide. It’s crazy.”
Even the realtor who sold the home in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka reached out about the cake, she said.
Hunt said the cake, which is made of vanilla sponge cake and chocolate ganash covered in fondant, took four weeks to create and was hand painted.
Fans of the holiday classic may notice several odes to the film in the cake, including the dancing scene, the wet bandits, the bronze statue, the tarantula, Little Nero’s pizza delivery, the wet bandits van and more.
Hunt’s bakery has been open just over five years in Beverly East Yorkshire in England. The annual window reveal tradition has become a highlight for the store and its community, but Hunt said this particular display may last longer than year’s past.
“I don’t think I’ll be getting rid of it anytime soon,” she said.
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