In 1666 London burst into flames when a spark from a lonely baker oven on Pudding Lane set off a destructive fire. On September 2 a forgotten flame grew under strong winds in the densely packed wooden city. Although Mayor Thomas Bloodworth hesitated to create firebreaks by demolishing houses the inferno raged for four days, with heat so fierce it melted pottery and reduced thousands of homes to ashes. In a strange twist the blaze swept away the rats and fleas that spread the plague, paving the w

In the heart of London, a small bakery business on Pudding Lane became the source of a historic inferno in 1666. An unattended oven sparked a blaze that consumed the timber-framed city, a terrifying spectacle that destroyed over 13,000 homes and vast amounts of commercial property, leaving the local economy in ruins. Yet, from the ashes of this disaster came a startling discovery. The very flames that consumed London also purged it of the Great Plague, a shadow that had long haunted its citizens

The banana pudding bar at Magnolia Bakery is such a sweet lil treat. Head to their locations in UWS or Hudson Yards for the pudding bar! | Secret NYC