Interesting Facts about Cakes

Cake has been around for centuries. From flattened, hardened bread, the concept of ‘cake’ has changed significantly to become an essential part of our culinary culture. Here are some interesting facts about Cakes that you must need to know-

1. National cake day-November 26^th also known as National Cake Day in the United States, this unofficial holiday whose origins are unknown, celebrates and honors cake, the food of champions.
2. World’s Chocolate Day-7th of July is celebrated as the world chocolate day. If the legends are to be believed, world chocolate day celebrates the introduction of chocolate to Europe in 1550
3. Kake to Cake-The word ‘cake’ comes from Middle English kake, and is probably a borrowing from Old Norse.
4. Meaning of Cake-The meaning of ‘cake’ has changed over time, and the first cake was a comparatively small flattened sort of bread, round, oval, or otherwise regularly shaped, and usually baked hard on both sides by being turned during the process.
5. World’s Largest Cake-Back in 2004 the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, USA received the Guinness World Record for the largest wedding cake. Weighing a whopping 6.18 tones it was made as a display piece for a bridal fayre.
6. World’s Tallest Cake-The tallest cake measured 33 m (108.27 ft) and was made by Hakasima-Nilasari Culinary School for the event Amazing Christmas and exhibited in Senayan City, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 28 November to 8 December 2008
7. World’s Most Expensive Cake:-The world’s most expensive cake, christened the “Pirates Fantasy,” cost a whopping $35 million.
8. First Birthday Cake-The first birthday cake was originally a cake given as an offering on a person’s birthday. The first reference to ‘birthday cake’ came in 1785.
9. Belief with Fruitcake-During the 17th century, in England, people believed that keeping fruitcakes under the pillow of those who are unmarried will give them sweet dreams about their fiancée.
10. Largest Cupcake-The largest cupcake weighs 1,176.6 kgand was achieved by Georgetown Cupcake at Georgetown Cupcake’s national shipping headquarters in Sterling, Virginia, USA, on 2 November 2011.
11. Maximum Cupcake Eating record-The world record for cupcake eating is 72 in six minutes and was set by Patrick Bertoletti in 2012.
12. Royal Icing-Queen Victoria was one of the first to have pure white icing on her wedding with Prince Albert’s  cake that is why it’s called “royal icing”

3. The first wedding cakes were loaves of -One of the first traditions associated with wedding cakes was in Ancient Rome, where bread was broken over the bride’s head to bring good fortune to the couple.

4. Red velvet cake gets its name from the texture not the color-You would assume looking at a serving of red velvet cake that it gets its name from the color, which is like crushed velvet. But no, it’s actually from the smooth texture of fine cake crumb.

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