[2] The next appearance is in Mother Goose's Melody (c. 1765) in the form: Marking pastry or baked goods with an identifiable mark may stem from a time when households without an oven of their own could take their items to a local baker or bake house, paying to have their items finished for a small fee.

[3] The earliest version set to music appears in James Hook's "A Christmas Box" (1796).

[2] The "pat-a-cake" song and clapping game was used by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in their series of "Road to" films.

The gag worked by means of adding a synchronised punch into the clapping game routine, allowing them to make their escape.

[5] Patty-cake appears as a plot point in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, where it is made out to be the cartoon equivalent of sex.