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
mages and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/
for January 27 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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"The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person."
--Agnes Repplier
"The entire sum of existence is the magic of being needed by just one person."
--Agnes Repplier
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