History of Cakes
Modern Cakes
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What was the first culture to show evidence of advanced baking skills?
The ancient Egyptians
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What is cake made of today?
Flour, sugar, eggs, and butter or shortening
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What was cake originally?
A small mass of dough baked by turning on a spit
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What are cakes iced with?

Frosting

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What was cake sweetened with and what did it often contain?
Cake was sweetened with honey and often contained fruits or nuts
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What is cake?
A dessert at many ceremonial occasions
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What did Medieval Europeans often bake?
Fruitcakes or gingerbread
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What is the hardest part about baking a cake?

Baking it just right!

A burnt cake is not tasty!!

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When did boxed cake mixes become widely available?
After World War II
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Who can bake a cake?

The most amateur baker can!

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