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"We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes"

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There is a quiet, almost comic friction in this line: the glamour of global demand reduced to the humble logistics of cake orders. Coming from Jane Asher - a public figure whose fame has always been braided with a certain British domestic polish - the sentence lands as an offhand flex dressed up as customer service. It sounds like small talk, but it’s also brand management: reassuringly ordinary while signaling that the business is so reputable it pulls in international attention.

The specific intent is practical (people abroad want to buy; the speaker is noting a pattern), yet the subtext is cultural. Cakes aren’t just baked goods here; they’re edible identity. “Overseas people” implies a soft center of Britishness being exported: tradition, craftsmanship, maybe nostalgia, all packaged in buttercream. The phrasing is tellingly casual, not “international clients” or “global markets,” but “overseas people,” as if the world is popping by the shop window.

Context matters because Asher isn’t only an actress; she’s long been associated with baking as a public persona. Celebrity commerce works best when it feels like an extension of the person rather than a pivot into “influencer” territory. This line keeps the tone grounded: not a pitch, not a manifesto, just a matter-of-fact report that quietly confirms what fans want to believe - that the taste of something familiar can travel, and that the famous can be approachable in the most domestic way possible.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Asher, Jane. (n.d.). We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-get-a-lot-of-overseas-people-wanting-to-order-85664/

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Asher, Jane. "We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes." FixQuotes. Accessed February 2, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-get-a-lot-of-overseas-people-wanting-to-order-85664/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/we-get-a-lot-of-overseas-people-wanting-to-order-85664/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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Jane Asher (born April 5, 1946) is a Actress from United Kingdom.

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