[Sca-cooks] cakes

[Terry Decker]

According to the OED, pound cake is a cake containing one pound each of the 
principle ingredients with the first reference in a work by Thackery in 
1841.

A cake in period would have been a round, flattened loaf like a galette.

Bear

>I have a question in regards to cakes that I thought I
> would pose to the list.  I know cakes as we know
> them, the texture of birthday cakes you get at the
> bakery, or from a store bought mix  or home made cake
> are not period.  My question is, when abouts did cakes
> w/ the texture of pound cake come into play?  I have
> only found a recipe for 'an excellent cake' and by no
> means was it cake like we know of today, more like a
> cookie type of thing.
>
> Alexa