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Introduced as part of CBS's "Secret Slumber Party" weekend-morning children's show block, Cake was one of the few live-action series produced by the DIC animation firm. Using the "show within a show" format, the half-hour series chronicled the adventures of a 13-year-old girl named Cake, who hosted her own Martha-like cable access TV show. Inspired by her Grandma Crystal , Cake specialized in using everyday items to make new and extraordinary "creations", with the help of her handy-dandy hot glue gun. "You can't buy individuality", advised Cake from within the confines of her garage "studio", "but you can make it." Others in the cast were Keegan McFadden as the show's entrepreneurial producer Benjamin, who also ran the camera but who refused to ever appear ON camera (it seems that he suffered from a profound case of stage fright!); Anna Maria Perez DeTagle as Miracle Ross, a spoiled rich kid whose credit cards had been frozen by her parents and who thus approached Cake for clever ideas to stretch her now-meager weekly allowance; and Emily Ross Everhard as Cake's 10-year-old cohost Amy Carson, whose willingness to expound on any subject was matched only by her inability to maintain "focus." Doling out equal parts entertainment and education, Cake made its first appearance on September 17, 2006.