The history of cake is a very long and complicated history and the origins of it are not known by many people. How did all of the traditions related to cake start? Why is cake round? What were the first cakes made of?
Cakes have been discovered and recorded throughout history. To find the true ancestors of the cake as we know it, one would have to look back to before modern civilization to when people were still mostly traveling nomads. Their main source of sustenance had always been meat. However, people could not rely on meat alone to keep them alive since that depended upon always being surrounded by animals. When farming was started man began growing many different types of produce, one of which was wheat and grains. The most primitive people in the world began making cake shortly after learning how to make flour. In fact, the remains of their cakes have been found in the ruins of Neolithic villages. “The cakes found there were extremely simple and consisted of crushed grains that were moistened, compacted, and probably cooked on a hot stone.” (Stradley, 1) The cakes then were closer to crackers though than the cakes we know of now, but they were definitely the beginning of the idea.
The word cake is said to have been used as early as the 13th century and is derived from the word “kaka”, an old Norse word for a baked flour confection sweetened with sugar or honey. According to food historians, the first people to show modern baking skills were the Egyptians, who started the concept of filling their breads with nuts and fruits. (the History of Birthday Cake, 1) After the Egyptians, the Greeks and Romans both started their concept of cake, which will be discussed later.
After them the English and their neighbors began...
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...chy and can never be known for certain due to their long history but they have definitely helped with many celebrations throughout the years.
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Have you ever wondered what people ate in the Elizabethan Era? The Elizabethan Era had foods that are in common with foods that we ate today, but there are a few different types of foods that they ate then that we don't eat now. This paper will tell readers the things that the Elizabethan Era ate, and their different eating times.
In the year 1871, a man by the name William Russell Frisbie moved to bransford Connecticut where his dad had operated a grist mill. he was hired to be the manager of a branch of the bakery, William soon after bought the bakery and renamed it the Frisbee pie company, this company offered a plethora of different cookies and pies and from this little company you get the Frisbee. There are two stories to the origin of the first Frisbee. The first is that the Pie-Tin School. “The pie-tin people claim Yale students bought Frisbie's pies (undoubtedly a treat in themselves) and tossed the prototype all over Eli's campus. These early throwers would exclaim "Frisbee" to signal the catcher. And well they might, for a tin Frisbee is something else again to catch.”. “The Cookie-Tin School. Now the cookie tin people agree on these details save one: they insist that the true, original prototype was the cookie-tin lid that held in the goodness of Frisbee's sugar cookies.” (history of Frisbee, WFDW).
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In Mesopotamia, more specifically the city of Ur, agriculture reigned supreme. Every ingredient required for the palace cake were important to their culture. From the date-palm, which was glorified by religious connections, agricultural advancements, and trade, to the milk and butter which relied on the domestication of animals by humans to be produced, everything was utilized to create a cake fit for the palace halls. Although it was meant to be enjoyed by only the elite members of Mesopotamian society, the recipe for palace cake that shows us the significance of a piece food history to be enjoyed by all.
From all historical accounts, it seems that fruit pies as we now know them were invented by the Pennsylvania Dutch. Women in the southeastern counties of the state made delicious, crispy pies encasing every fruit in the region. “It may be,” states Frederick Klees, “that during the Revolution men from the other colonies came to know this dish in Pennsylvania and carried this knowledge back home to establish pie as the great American dessert” (191). Additionally, this pie gained popularity at the triumphant end of the war and the beginning of our country. The recipe migrated north, farmer’s wives learned to make this more involved pie, and consumption swelled. Colonists loved pie so much they ate it for every meal, but, notably, not every farmer could afford it. Thus, pies evolved into a symbol of status. Thomas Jefferson made his own recipe, Ben Franklin grew prize apples in his backyard for his pies, and Martha Washington even served this dessert at diplomatic dinners! Indeed it is the fruition of this unique, thick, two-crusted apple pie, rather than the thin, one-crust English pie, in which we invest our pride. Ever wonder why July 4th parties are marked by apple pies? It’s a carryover from first Independence Day celebrations when the apple pie was at its peak importance to Americans.
Chocolate cake was a four layer cake. It likes a normal chocolate cake, having a perfect structure.
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The origins of ice cream go way back to the 4th century B.C. In the 13th century, Marco Polo learned of the Chinese method of creating ice and milk mixtures and brought it back to Europe. It became a fashionable treat in Italy and France.
Cake decorating is a famous work of art today. I chose this because my aunt is a cake decorator and I have seen the work she has done, and I am very impressed. The well-known cake decorator today is Buddy Valastro, from Cake Boss. It is art because it’s a way people can express themselves. The purpose is to make cakes for people upon their request. It gives you a sense of satisfaction when you look at it. There are lots of different tools needed depending on the type of cake you’re doing. For a basic cake, you need an offset spatula for smoothing frosting, rubber spatula for stirring frosting, bench scraper for smooth, clean lines, rolling pin for smoothing fondant, piping bags to hold your frosting, and piping tips to get designs for your
Let’s face it, a good, creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people” said Audrey Hepburn and I agree. As we’ve settled more into the 21st century year after year , people come up with the coolest ideas on serving desserts. The biggest trend over the past few years is cupcakes. I once read that “desserts spelled backwards is stressed” and that’s exactly how I feel after a long week of chaos. What better to easy that then trying one of the new modern types of cupcakes or desserts. People are coming up with new and creative ways of satisfying that crave.
It was my mother’s birthday, I forgot which birthday it was. Two weeks before that day, I was thinking about what should I do for her birthday. I thought about getting her a present and a card, but it seemed to me too dull. I wonder what can I do to let her remember that birthday for the rest of her life, although I cannot remember which birthday it was. I thought of one thing that I always wanted to change about birthday — the cake. I was young and I believed that the cake was really important for birthdays. Previously, the cakes were standard, they taste and look average, they were either chocolate or vanilla flavored with standard bakery decorations on the them, on top, they were always slapped on a white chocolate “Happy Birthday” sign. There I go, I can bake a cake for her from scratch, a unique one which she will never forget about.