Answer:
The story you're referring to is "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" by Leo Tolstoy. In the story, Ivan Ilyich's master, Peter Ivanovich, gives him a cake as a gesture of condolence after Ivan's death. Inside the cake, there is nothing hidden. The cake is simply a symbolic gesture of sympathy and condolence, given to Ivan's widow by Peter Ivanovich and his colleagues as a formality. It serves as a superficial expression of sympathy, contrasting with the deeper emotional turmoil experienced by Ivan's family and friends following his death.
