Oscar Wilde- 'I can resist everything except temptation'

 I left the cakes in my university communal studio with plates and forks but with no other incentive to help themselves e.g there were plates and forks to eat the cake after they had made a decision to eat it but no knife to indicate it was ok, they would have to intentionally go get a knife to cut the cake. It was metaphorical for adultry in the sense someone's temptation would result in a void and the cake would never be whole again. Sad really.