Medieval Europeans thought that birthdays were the day when the soul was most vulnerable to the invasion of demons, so on birthdays, relatives and friends would gather together to give their blessings and send cakes to bring good luck to drive away demons.
At first, only the king had the right to eat birthday cakes. Up to now, no matter adults or children, they can buy a beautiful cake on their birthdays and enjoy everyone's blessings.
The origin of full moon cake
When the baby is full moon, it is inevitable to pray to God for ancestor worship, and then shave the fetal hair. Adults always want their babies to grow up quickly. On the day of the full moon, grandparents will send many full moon cakes to their babies, hoping that their grandchildren will win the first prize and live a full life.
With the progress of the times, giving cakes at the full moon means "puffing", wishing the baby a prosperous future.
The Origin of Wedding Cake
Wedding cake is said to have first appeared in ancient Rome. The word cake comes from English, and its original meaning is flat bread. At the same time, it also means "happiness".
In ancient times, when the children of rich families held a wedding, they had to make a special cake. Not only did the bride and groom eat the cake at the wedding reception, but they also invited the guests who congratulated them to eat the cake. The guests hope that they can share the happiness of the newlyweds. Therefore, the cake was cut on the bride's head.
In Europe, guests invited to the wedding also have a habit of stacking their own bread and spices on the table, so that the bride and groom can kiss each other on both sides of the "bread mountain". At this time, the bread mountain also symbolizes happiness.
At first, cake was made no different from bread. The cake is made by kneading milk and flour into a flat circle. Nowadays, wedding cakes are becoming more and more exquisite and luxurious.
The Origin of Black Forest Cake
In fact, it should be more appropriate to translate Schwarzwaelder Kirschtorte into "Black Forest Cherry Cream Cake". Because Schwarzwaelder means black forest in German, and Kirschtorte means cherry cream cake. After careful study, it is found that the Black Forest is really just a "cherry cream cake without chocolate".
According to legend, in ancient times, whenever there was a good harvest of cherries in the Black Forest area, farmers not only made extra cherries into jam, but also generously placed them in the interlayer of cakes or decorated them one by one when making cakes. When making whipped cream for cakes, a lot of cherry juice will be added ~ and this cake, which is mainly made of cherries and whipped cream, will become the so-called "black forest cake" after it is spread from the black forest to other places!
Although most pastry chefs in Germany use a lot of chocolate when making black forest at present, the real protagonist of black forest cake is delicious and rich cherries! In the past, there were cases in Germany where consumers sued the black forest cake for its low cherry content. Therefore, the German government has also made relevant regulations on this national treasure black forest. For example, the cream part of the black forest cake must contain at least 80 grams of cherry juice!
So black forest really doesn't mean black. And black forest cake is not synonymous with chocolate cake! The Black Forest is a mountainous area in the southwest of Germany, belonging to the Black Forest area from baden-baden, baden-baden to Frejborg. Even if you come to the black forest today, you may not be lucky enough to taste the black forest cake with no chocolate everywhere. However, when you have a chance to enjoy the black forest here, you may wish to pay attention to the small cherry in the cake, so that you can get to know the black forest again, and don't forget to feel the freshness hidden in the depths of the taste buds.
The Origin of Vienna Chocolate Almond Cake
The Imperial Hotel opened in A.D. 1873, and was once a gathering place for powerful people. From the "k.u.k Hof-imperial" in the imperial period to the later "Hotel lmperial", it has always been the best hotel in Austria. 1994 was selected as one of the best hotels in the world.
There is also a little legend here. In order to celebrate the opening of the restaurant and show the glory of Emperor Franz Joseph, the cake with special taste baked by pastry chef Xaver Loibner was not only loved by the emperor, but also named it "Imperial Cake" and regarded as "sweet greeting". Taste it carefully. First of all, you will taste the delicious milk chocolate on the outer layer of the cake, and it will slowly melt with the sweet almond taste on the tip of your tongue. Then the broken almonds in the cake will fill your taste and release the fragrance of cocoa, leaving it in your mouth perfectly and exquisitely.
The origin of cheesecake
Cheesecake, or cheesecake and cheesecake, is a western dessert. It has a soft top layer, mixed with special cheese, such as ricotta cheese or cream cheese, plus sugar and other ingredients, such as eggs, cream and fruit. Cheesecake usually has biscuits as the bottom layer and has several fixed flavors, such as vanilla cheesecake and chocolate cheesecake. As for the surface decoration, it is often strawberries or blueberries.
Sometimes cheesecake looks more like a pie than an ordinary cake.
As we all know, cheesecake originated in ancient Greece and was the dessert of the 776 Athens Olympic Games. Then the Romans spread cheesecake from Greece to Europe. In the19th century, it followed immigrants to America.
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In new york, USA, the most delicious cheese cake shop is called "Junior", which is located in Brooklyn. In Taipei, Taiwan Province Province, the most delicious cheesecake shop is located in Tianmu.
The origin of brownie cake
Chocolate brownies, also known as brownies, walnut brownies or Boston brownies. This is a small cake with rich layers and baked with a lot of dark chocolate. It is named Brownie because of its luxurious brown color.
There is a very interesting story about the origin of Brownie. It is said that a fat black mammy wore an apron and baked a soft and delicious chocolate cake in the kitchen. As a result, she forgot to send the cream first, but the cake that should have been thrown away was delicious when the old mother tasted it. Brownie cake, a "lovely mistake", has become the most representative cake in American families.
Italian dessert-the origin of tiramisu
There is a warm story about the origin of Tiramisu: during World War II, an Italian soldier went to war, but there was almost nothing at home. In order to prepare dry food for him, his dear wife made cakes out of biscuits and bread that could be eaten at home. This kind of cake is called Tiramisu. Whenever a soldier eats Tiramisu on the battlefield, he will think of his home and his beloved family.
Tiramisu, Tiramisu, in Italian means "take me away", taking away not only delicious food, but also love and happiness.
The Origin of Austrian Dessert-Sharjah Cake
Sand cake originated from 1832. Franz, the chef of the prince. Satchell developed a sweet chocolate trap, which was deeply loved by the royal family. Later, at that time, Sache Ho-te, a sand restaurant frequented by nobles, also used sand cakes as a signature snack. However, what is its exclusive secret recipe is still an endless dessert lawsuit. Demel, a pastry shop, claimed to have bought the original cookbooks provided by Shajia family members with a large sum of money, while Shajia restaurant insisted that only their cakes respected the traditional taste of the founders. Although the lawsuit has not yet been solved, the unique combination of chocolate cake and apricot peach has already spread all over the world, and has been constantly multiplied and created by thousands of pastry chefs, becoming a national treasure dessert representing Austria.
Austrian dessert-the origin of stolen cakes.
For hundreds of years, the shape is simple, the practice is complex and the proportion of materials is chaotic. Only a few old pastry chefs can do it. In Australia, the value of Stallone cake is rare, and its value is not less than that of sand cake. Chaonuo Cake Shop is the source of mysterious and delicious Stallone cakes. It is said that its taste and shape have never changed since19th century, and it is all handmade, except that its ingredients are almonds, hazelnuts, sugar, chocolate and Austrian unique round cake (Oblaten). As for recipes and practices, only two chefs in Chaonuo Cake Shop know. Stallone cake is crisp and sweet with a long aftertaste, so people who are not sweet can't eat more. Even in Chaonuo old shop, Stallone's annual output is only 1300.
The origin of Japanese dessert Castella cake.
/kloc-in the 0 th and 7 th centuries, Portuguese missionaries and businessmen traveled across the ocean to Nagasaki. The things they brought, such as glass, tobacco, bread, etc., are all novel to the local people. In order to establish mutual friendship, these foreigners thought of some ways to please the locals. Missionaries distributed wine to nobles and desserts to civilians, hoping to spread Christianity. Businessmen make a lot of cakes and distribute them to people in the street. At that time, a cake made of sugar, eggs and flour was very popular. The Japanese asked about desserts in the Kingdom of Castela. Therefore, the Japanese mistakenly handed down Castella as the name of dessert, which is the origin of Castella.
Saha cake, a famous French product (France)
It is said that it was invented in 1832 by French "Saha", a full-time chef of Australian diplomats in France, at the age of 16. Because the diplomat "Metz Thirny West" likes sweets, he tastes different desserts every day. Therefore, "Saha" tried to combine many ingredients that are not usually used for snacks, and finally completed this "Saha cake". Later, in 1876, Saha's son Edward founded Saha Hotel, which was developed with his wife Anna and became one of the famous cakes in France.
Christmas logs, New Year snacks-(France)
"Yule is actually the old name of Christmas, from vikings to winter celebrations until today. The traditional Christmas in Britain is to cut wood in the Woods and then drag it back to the fireplace. Continuous burning from Christmas Eve 12 days. This kind of wood is called Yulelog!
At first, it was a necessary holiday snack for French people to spend Christmas. On Christmas Eve, no matter where the French work, vagrants will hurry home for reunion. Just like China people, they have the habit of family reunion and vigil. When staying up until midnight, the whole family usually gather in front of the heater to eat wooden cake with coffee or black tea, on the one hand, to drive away the chill, on the other hand, to take this opportunity to contact the feelings of their families.
A famous school in the newspaper-Boston University (USA)
Actually, this is not a pie, but a sponge cake (muffin).
It is said that the name originated in 1855, and a new york newspaper published a recipe called Pudding Cake, which did not contain the unique chocolate syrup in Boston today. Later in 1856, a man named Harvey D. Parker opened a Parkhouse restaurant in Boston, and there was a chocolate syrup pudding pie on the menu. It is said that this is us.
The birth of the middle ages-souffle)-(France)
Why do people invent this kind of Shu Lifu that makes people feel that they haven't eaten after eating? This is closely related to the insatiable and insatiable social atmosphere at that time. At that time, the rich ate several times more than they worked. It is often a dinner party for three or four people, and there are ten or twenty dishes to eat. Finally, the guests only moved their knives and forks and tasted them. After the banquet, all afternoon, I only heard a series of hiccups. This social phenomenon of "afternoon burping" lasted for half a century, until the people who caused social cleansing came to an end, "even nothingness" could not escape materialization and was doomed to collapse due to excessive expansion. 」。
In order to correct the corrupt diet, chefs specially use tasteless weightless protein to turn it into this nihilistic food; However, chefs are afraid of over-inflated nihilism, and as predicted, they will eventually collapse, so they try their best to keep the elegance and fluffy of Shufuli before serving it to their guests.
Fluffy taste-cake) (USA)
Cake generally includes sponge cake/sponge cake and Qifeng cake/Qifeng cake. Chiffon actually refers to a kind of cloth, which is similar to silk T-silk, but not as difficult to maintain as silk. This is Georgette. Because the taste and texture of this cake are particularly soft and smooth, it is called ChiffonCake. Sponge cakes rely entirely on eggs (whole eggs or divided eggs) to form pores in the cake tissue. A typical sponge cake contains only eggs, flour and sugar. The taste is tight and dense, and it is easy to choke (compared with Qifeng).
Qifeng cake is an improved sponge cake method, which was invented by an American chef. In addition to eggs, flour and sugar, vegetable oil and water are added (to increase tissue humidity and make the taste fluffy and moist), but since the batter is wet and not easy to swell, BP should be added to help the batter foam and swell. Because Qifeng batter is wet, you need to climb the baking mold wall when baking, otherwise the batter will not grow tall, the cake will be flat, and the structure will be a little hard without pores.
Evergreen Products-Swiss Rolls-(Switzerland)
It is a sponge cake, which was first introduced to America from Switzerland. In 1950s, in order to promote American flour in Taiwan Province Province, the American Wheat Association vigorously promoted this kind of cake to Taiwan Province Province. Because it has been popularized for a long time, it is a very common cake in Taiwan Province Province. Almost every West Point bakery must have an evergreen product. It is not a special product of Switzerland, but it was first discovered in Switzerland by people from Taiwan Province province.