Many people today give credit to the wrong person/people when they hear the phrase "how sweet it is". Just for the record it became a well known phrase when first uttered by Jackie Gleason on his variety show, which first ran in 1954. Of course that doesn't have anything to do with the actual subject today.
I was wondering why cake became the dessert most associated with birthdays,and though I didn't find a clear answer to that question I did find out about cake. For the most part Germany gets credit for the birthday cake tradition which started in the Middle Ages. Cakes in that time were more like bread than cake and they didn't much resemble today's cakes until the 17th century but weren't affordable,except by the wealthy until the 18th century. There is some argument over who first used candles on birthday cakes, some insist it was Ancient Greeks who placed candles on cakes for the goddess Artemis to represent the glow of the moon while others credit the Germans with the tradition. I still want to know why cake??? Why not pie? or cookies?
I was wondering why cake became the dessert most associated with birthdays,and though I didn't find a clear answer to that question I did find out about cake. For the most part Germany gets credit for the birthday cake tradition which started in the Middle Ages. Cakes in that time were more like bread than cake and they didn't much resemble today's cakes until the 17th century but weren't affordable,except by the wealthy until the 18th century. There is some argument over who first used candles on birthday cakes, some insist it was Ancient Greeks who placed candles on cakes for the goddess Artemis to represent the glow of the moon while others credit the Germans with the tradition. I still want to know why cake??? Why not pie? or cookies?
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