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Cake Fun Facts
- By Admin
- 26/10/2020
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What is common in all our special occasions & festivals? Apart from the enjoyment of the mind, it’s in fact cakes that unite all those glitzy affairs. The traditional sort of cake is much different from what we eat today. it had been more sort of a bread sweetened with honey to which nuts and dry fruits were added occasionally.
Food historians say that the forerunner of recent cakes (the round cakes with icing) was first baked in Europe in the 17th Century. Of course, that was possible due to the supply of higher technologies and utensils. Post-industrial revolution, the cake baking industry saw a paradigm shift. Imagine, without the economic revolution, how gloomy our celebrations would have been?
As the history of cakes dates back to over 4 centuries, there are many interesting trivia and fun facts to find out about cakes. Does one know that the word cake comes from the Old Norse term Kaka and therefore the Latin word for cake is Placenta and has its reference to Plakos of Greek language meaning flat.Check out some interesting facts about cakes below.
