Not really. The loss of one colony didn’t affect the Empire, which went on to expand greatly in the century after 1783.
And as for this cake, Americans need to remember WHY we burnt the WH. If in doubt, ask a Canadian.
All I said was that we lost potential photographic evidence of our old white house - nothing about Empire, expansion, Canada, cake or anything else. I have absolutely no interest in refighting the War of 1812. If you want to go on about this, I wish you’d go to the Guardian pages.
Also, to others, we lost many historical records when the White House was burned - genealogical records that have hampered Americans researching their past.