• Cakes are often baked to celebrate things, such as a birthdays or weddings. Popular flavors include chocolate and vanilla, cakes that involve fruit, liqueurs or herbal flavors are common as well. A simple cake can offer an opportunity for dramatic decorations.

• Fast Facts

  1. Normally made with flour, sugar, and eggs
  2. Often dessert of choice at ceremonies
  3. Decorated with frosting

• Variations

  • Cakes come in all different categories depending on ingredients and cooking techniques.

  1. Yeast cakes are the oldest form of cakes such as babka and stollen.
  2. Cheesecakes uses cream cheese, mascarpone or ricotta making it much different from the ordinary confection cakes.
  3. Sponge Cakes are the first cakes to be made without yeast. Beaten eggs or baking powder are sometimes used to aid in leaving. Such cakes consist of Italian/Jewish pan di Spangna and the French Genoise.
  4. Butter cakes, pound cakes and devil's food cakes, rely on butter, eggs, and baking powder for texture and lift.

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