Today is Monday August 23, 2010

National Sponge Cake Day

Light and airy, sponge cake is the perfect dessert for a hot summer night. Though it typically only contains the basic ingredients of eggs, sugar, and flour, the key to making the perfect sponge cake is to beat the batter thoroughly to create volume. After it has been cooked in the oven but before it has cooled, sponge cake is very flexible. This allows the creation of rolled cakes such as the Swiss roll or other variations on the typical sponge cake. The Victoria Sponge Cake which contains jam between two sponge cakes, was named after Queen Victoria who enjoyed having a slice with her afternoon tea. Bake one today and enjoy National Sponge Cake Day!

• August is National Peach Month & National Goat Cheese Month & National Water Quality Month 

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On this day in History:

1839 - Hong Kong was taken by the British in a war with China. 1914 - Tsingtao, China, was bombarded as Japan declared war on Germany in World War I. 1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty. 1966 - The Beatles' movie "Help!" premiered in the U.S. 2000 - Richard Hatch was revealed as the winning castaway on CBS' "Survivor." Hatch won $1,000,000 for his stay on the island of Pulau Tida in the South China Sea.

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Quote of the Day:
"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."

--Oscar Wilde