The Cake Sale was a collective of mostly Irish musical artists, with Swedish singer-songwriter Nina Persson of the Cardigans and Australian musician Nick Seymour of Crowded House.
[1] The group released a self-titled album that year, with sales proceeds going to Oxfam Ireland's Make Trade Fair campaign.
The Cake Sale was recorded by a group of Irish and international musicians organised by Brian Crosby to raise funds for the charity Oxfam Ireland's Make Trade Fair campaign.
[2] Proceeds from the album's sales were added to the charity's "unrestricted fund" to support projects in ten African countries, including Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, and Sudan.
[2] Crosby has said that the album's success "completely exceeded expectations", with the artists initially hoping it would go Gold just to cover their costs.