Wednesday, November 4, 2009

5+ Interesting Facts about Cake

  1. The birthday cake is 200 years old.
  2. The largest cake ever created weighed 128,238 pounds and 8 ounces and had 16,209 pounds of frosting. It was created for the celebration of Fort Payne's 100th birthday. It was also made into the shape of Alabama because it is in Alabama.
  3. In a wedding, the marriage would finalize by having a loaf of bread being broken over the bride's head. And the guest would then throw pieces at her. This was in the ancient times.
  4. In some countries, they would bake a ring or something into a cake. This would then be a symbol to represent love, or happiness.
  5. They say cake in many different languages. For example;

Welsh – cacen

French – gateau

German – kuchen

Spanish – torta

Portuguese– bola

Tajik– tort.

2 comments:

  1. Well done. My kids love to watch "Ace of Cakes" and "Cake Boss" on the food network. ---Mr. Cohen

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