Friday, January 27, 2012

Today is...

National Chocolate Cake Day

Today is National Chocolate Cake Day! Cakes have a rich culinary history. In Greece, cakes (or “plakous”) were heavy and flat, and people served them with nuts and honey. The Romans made cakes that were more like cheesecake or pastry, and presented them as offerings to the gods. In Medieval England, people used the words “bread” and cake” interchangeably to refer to anything made with flour dough.
A company called O. Duff and Sons pioneered the first boxed cake mix in the late 1920s. In 1947, after years of research and development, General Mills released the first “just add water” Betty Crocker cake mixes. The available flavors were Ginger, Spice, Yellow, and White. In 1948, Pillsbury introduced the first chocolate cake mix.
Today, the most popular kind of cake is chocolate. There are many different types, including Black Forest, Devil’s Food, Flourless, Fudge, Ganache, German Chocolate, Lava, and much more.
Head to your local bakery or whip up your favorite recipe to celebrate National Chocolate Cake Day!
Today is also Thomas Crapper Day
This week is Sundance Film Festival & Slam Dance Week 
January is Get Organized Month & National Oatmeal Month

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History
for January 27

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.


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Reflections on Life "The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person."

--Agnes Repplier

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