Cake Informative Speech

What is the most common treat you think of when you hear dessert? Maybe you think of ice cream, cookies, brownies, and maybe even cake! Cake has been around for a long time, even before an oven was even made. How did they do that, well you will find out in a few short minutes.Today you will learn about the history of it, when different flavors were invented, and other different questions you may have about cake. Now let’s get straight into this article.

The first cake was made in the early times of the Egyptian era. The Egyptians didn’t create cake, they were just the first ones to start baking, so it lead up to the wonderful creation of cake. Then in the 13th century the oxford dictionary found traces of the word cake in it. The word cake came from an Old Norse word “kaka”.This cake was more or less like a piece of bread with honey on it. Then in the European's made cakes like fruit cake and other kinds like that. Those cakes lasted for months because of the ingredients they used. The first traces of cakes nowadays went back to the 1700’s when they started putting frosting and decorating it for looks. That is also when they invented ovens, and other technology like that to make baking easier. Wait how did they make cakes without ovens? They just simply put it in on a fire and it flipped it often.
The best baker right now is Pierre Herme, a french pastry baker. Pierre is from Paris, France. Paris is a hard place to be when you are starting a bakery. The shops there are top of the line. One of the greatest cake baker’s is Buddy Valastro. He is from Hoboken, New Jersey. He has his own show called “Cake Boss” and makes the craziest cakes for the craziest customers. Now onto something really interesting, cake