Cake

Fun Facts

• January 27th is National Chocolate Cake Day
• The word ‘cake’ comes from Middle English kake, and is probably a borrowing from Old Norse
• The world’s largest wedding cake weighed 15,032 lb and was made by chefs at the Mohegan Sun Hotel and Casino, Uncasville, CT in February 2004.
• The world’s tallest cake stood 108 feet, 3 inches high Hakasima-Nilasari Culinary School in Jakarta, Indonesia
• The first reference to ‘birthday cake’ came in 1785.
• cakes were originally just sweetened bread
• the tradition of eating cake on someone's birthday originated from Greece where they would take cakes to Artemis' temple as an offering
• Wedding cakes originated from many different ancient cultures, however, the modern wedding cake
• According to an old English superstition, putting a fruit cake under your pillow would make you dream about the person you will marry.
• Queen Victoria was one of the first to have pure white icing on her wedding cake. That’s why it’s called “royal icing.”
• Earlier, people used to blow candles one at a time so that the smoke carries their prayers to heaven.
the cake was offered to the Goddess of Moon and the candles were symbols of moon’s shining light

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