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Cake History

The original origins of Cakes
started back over 2000 years ago.The exact date is unknown because it
undetermined what ingredients would make up a real cake.Some of the earliest
cakes were made from combinations of flour, honey, nuts, eggs, milk, and
others flavorings.Soon after these early cakes were baked, fruit was added.
Four is the main ingredient that first made cakes possible.
The earliest word for cake was "plakous" which came for the Greeks. The
word came from the Greek word "flat". Next when the Greeks would make a
larger heavy cake they named it "satura". These are the earliest names used
in describing cakes. Archaeologists have discovered in Neolithic villages
simple cakes were made from crushed grains, then moistened and cooked. These
early cakes were likely oat or corn cakes.
In later times 1900s, cakes began to be much more complicated. More
forms of flour and processed flours, along with leavening agents (for rise)
made cakes what they are today. Of course there are now easier methods of
baking or not baking cakes, all made possible by box cake mix. Thanks to box
cake mix, everyone can now easily conjure up extravagant cake recipes. Even
cake making utensils have come far and make baking a cake as easy and baking
a cake.
Now back to Roman time. During this time the name for cake was "placenta".
Another name they used was "Libum" and these cakes were used in religious
ways. The Placenta cake was much like a cheesecake on top of a pastry base
For some time the words, bread and cake, were close in meaning and
interchangeable in their use. The words, bread and cake come from the Greek
and English influence. When people of wealth would make us bread with all
the finest ingredients, then they would call it a cake.
Early cakes were made with yeast as a rising agent. Later eggs were
used as a primary leavening or rising agent. Early cake pans were simply a
ring of a pan put on top of wax paper and cooked. Later pans would have the
same round shape and also now have a bottom. And so the modern round cake
pan was born. The next big improvement is cake recipes came when baking soda
and baking powder were
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