TYPE OF CAKE BY ORIGIN

Types of cakes by the Country of origin

                                   Angel Cake   -  United Kingdom

                                  Angel Food Cake - United States

                                Aranygaluska -  Hungary/ Romania

Apple Cake - Jerusalem

                                               Babka - Poland

                                            Ballokume - Albania

Basbousa - Somalia

Boston Cream Pie - United States

Banana Cake - United States

Banoffee Pie - United Kingdom

Bara Birth - Wales

Battenberg - United Kingdom

Baumkuchen - Germany

Bibingka - Philippines

Bee Sting Cake (Bienenstich) - Germany

Black Forest Cake - Germany

Blondie - United States

Brownie - US, Canada

Buccellato - Sicily

Budapestlängd - Sweden

Bundt cake - United States

Butter Cake - United Kingdom

Butterfly Cake - United Kingdom

TYPE OF CAKE BY CONTENT

Cake be distinguished by the content in it. One type contains fat, also known as shortening and the other foam (without fat). In some cases you find the third type that combines both shortening and foam usually called chiffon.

SHORTENED CAKE

Is a cake made from large amount of butter or other shortening like cream. Oil cakes are also included in this group.

These types usually contain leavening agents and are tender and moist.

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UNSHORTENED OR FOAM CAKE

They usually contain no fat and are made from beaten white eggs which make them light and somehow airy. As the name suggest is in a foam-like form. Example is Angel food cake and sponge cake.

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TYPES OF CAKES

Guess you are now wondering so what is the difference between the cakes you enjoy. You’ll find how to even prepare cakes on this blog and on video. Thanks to the internet you can also be a master chef, may be cake expert. 

We all love cakes…

Yes there is a difference in the cakes you enjoy and it can be categorized according to:

     

     1.   Content, and

     2.   Country of Origin

Keep reading to know your favorite cakes or click on a type to know more.

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ORIGIN OF CAKES

Modern day cakes as we enjoyed today originated from the Ancient Egyptians. They were naturally great bakers producing large scale breads and cakes on hot stones. They used natural yeast to produce the cakes and flat breads.

The modern day of whipping eggs for cakes started in somewhere the 18^th Century. Formerly baking soda was used and later baking powder was discovered.

Modern day technology has provided us with other sweeteners and ingredients for producing cakes amidst devices with regulated temperatures for delicious cakes.

                    Keeping enjoying your cakes, we will tell you more.

SOME PICS OF CAKE

Check out some pics of cakes. You will wet your appetite by the time you finish scrolling down.

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WHAT IS A CAKE?

Cake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape (credit: wikipedia)

Also you can define cake as an item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated.

Simply put a cake is an item of savoury food formed into a flat round shape, and typically baked or fried.

Happy reading, check out some pictures of cakes in our next post.