Celebrate Cake Month

We are always looking for excuses to eat cake, well here’s a perfect one.

The Anglo Saxons called February ‘Solmonath’ or cake month because cakes were offered to the Gods during this month.

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Sol’ is the old English word for ‘mud’ and traditionally the name referred to the difficulty farmers had with muddy fields. Something we can certainly relate to today with all the rain!  The reference to cakes comes from an Old English Charm used to make the fields fertile.

So there’s your excuse. Here are some unusual cake ideas to give you inspiration. Why not try them? Pop into The Gastronomy Shop and see what ingredients we have to help you.

F aworki
     Origin: Poland
     Traditional sweet crisp dough pastry strips, deep fried and sprinkled with sugar.

E sterhazy torte
     Origin: Austria
    Hungarian cake composed of spiced buttercream between layers of almond macaroon dough.

B oston Cream Pie
    Origin: America
   A cream or custard filled cake with a rich chocolate topping.

R um Baba
    Origin: Italy
   A small yeast cake soaked in rum and filled with whipped cream.

U pside-down Cake
      Origin: America
     A fruit based cake, best served upside-down.

A ngel Cake
  Origin: UK
  A layered sponge cake in pink, white and yellow with a thin layer of icing.

R uske kape
   Origin: Bosnia
   Round chocolate or vanilla flavoured cakes coated with coconut and topped with chocolate.

Y ōkan
    Origin: Japan
    Sliced jellied desert made of red bean paste, agar and sugar.