Today is Thursday January 27, 2011
National Chocolate Cake Day
Cake has been around since the discovery of flour thousands of years ago. Since these ancient times, a variety of cake recipes have emerged throughout the world.
In Medieval England, cakes were flour-based sweet foods described as breads. The words bread and cake were actually interchangeable for sometime among Neolithic villages. In Greece, cakes were heavy and flat and were called "plakous." During the Roman period, cakes were primarily used as an offering to their gods. These types of cakes were also more like a cheesecake or pastry.
Today, cakes, breads, and pastries have all differentiated themselves and each are now in their own baked good categories. Within the cake category of baked goods there are a wide array of sizes, shapes, and flavors of cake. The most popular type of cake though is chocolate. From German, dark, white, and black forest, to even chocolate beer cake, it's difficult to pick just one type of chocolate cake to enjoy.
Celebrate National Chocolate Cake Day by heading to your local bakery or whipping up a chocolate cake in your kitchen. Then enjoy a piece with a nice tall glass of milk. Yum!
Today is also Thomas Crapper Day
This week is Sundance Film Festival
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On this day in History:
| 1888 - The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, DC. 1943 - During World War II, the first all American air raid against Germany took place when about 50 bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven. 1944 - The Soviet Union announced that the two-year German siege of Leningrad had come to an end. 1951 - In the U.S., atomic testing in the Nevada desert began as an Air Force plane dropped a one-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats. 1967 - More than 60 nations signed the Outer Space Treaty that banned the orbiting of nuclear weapons and placing weapons on celestial bodies or space stations. |
Quote of the Day:
"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for."
--Benjamin E. Mays
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