The Cake Story The term cake has a long history. The word itself is of Viking origin, from the Old Norse word "kaka". In ancient Rome, basic bread dough was sometimes enriched with butter, eggs, and honey, which produced a sweet and cake-like baked good. Cakes were called “plakous” by the Greeks, from the word for “flat.” These cakes were usually combinations of nuts and honey. They also had a cake called “satura,” which was a flat heavy cake. During the Roman period, the name for cake (derived from the Greek term) became “placenta.”According to the food historians, the ancient Egyptians w...
