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CAKE (continued): • Order up tiramisu for dessert, and you’ll receive layers of ladyfingers soaked in espresso liqueur and layered with a custard mixture, topped with chocolate shavings. Ladyfingers, light sweet sponge cakes about four inches long, have been around since the late 1400s, when they were created to celebrate a visit of the King of France to Italy. They are also used in trifles, a layered dessert that incorporates cake, jam, custard, fruit and whipped cream. The trifle is served in a clear glass bowl so that all the beautiful layers can be seen. • Bundt cakes have been around since 1950, when the fluted tubular pan was created by the founder of the kitchenware manufacturer Nordic. A group of Jewish women in Minneapolis approached David Dahlquist, asking him to design a pan based on an old European kugelhopf mold brought from the old country. The name “Bundt” was derived from the German word bund, which translates “community” or “gathering of people.” • German chocolate cake, that rich chocolate layer cake with coconut pecan filling topped with chocolate frosting and more coconut, has nothing to do with Germany or its inhabitants. Back in 1852, an employee of the Walter Baker chocolate company developed a milder, sweeter baking chocolate than the bittersweet chocolate that was commonly used. That employee, an Englishman, was named Sam German, and the Baker company named the invention after him. • Do you know where the pound cake gets its name? Developed in England during the 1700s, the recipe called for a pound each of butter, eggs, flour and sugar. Maybe it could also mean how much you’ll gain from eating this delicious confection! • Smith Island, Maryland, located in Chesapeake Bay, is home to that state’s official cake, aptly named Smith Island Cake. The recipe dates back to the late 1600s and consists of 10 to 12 thin layers of yellow cake sandwiched together with chocolate fudge icing. • A dome-shaped cake filled with mousse and/or custard is known as a bombe, from the French word meaning domed or rounded. The cake is flipped from its dome-shaped mold onto a plate, then covered with a layer of chocolate or meringue. • What’s full of spices, frequently “re-gifted” and the subject of comedians’ jokes? That’s right, a fruitcake! Although this dense cake dates back to Roman times, its popularity increased greatly in the 1800s, when it became the preferred choice at Christmas gatherings and weddings. Loaded with glazed dried fruit, raisins and nuts, fruitcakes are often soaked in brandy, whiskey or liqueur. Continued on page 7
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