Cake were modifications of breads, but  now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate depending on the occasion.   By definition, cake is an item  of soft savoury food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated.   Cake is art.... It is science (home)   more  importantly it is a skill which one can only get better at .     The way cooking requires a level/degree of expertise to bring out great taste; same rule applys to baking, more reason why you get different taste from different bakers.    
Personage Kitchen Of Cakes