Ingredients
2 cup all-purpose flour
2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup margarine
1 cup coca-cola
3 tbsp cocoa
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
In large mixing bowl, combine flour and sugar; set aside.
In small, heavy saucepan, bring margarine, cola and cocoa to boil;
pour ovr flour and sugar and mix thoroughly. Add buttermilk, eggs,
baking soda, vanilla and miniature marshmallows.
Pour into prepared pan and bak 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted
into center comes out clean. While cake bakes, prepare Coca-Cola
Frosting (you will be frosting the cake while it is still hot).
Assorted recipes from the Detroit News, entered by Diane Pahl
Servings: 12 servings
Coca-Cola Cake (Tdn) Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Cake; Dessert
The History of Recipes
Written recipes as an idea can be tracked way back into antiquity, at least as far into history as the Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. Having said that, in the main part, these ancient recipes were just very simple hieroglyphic instructions for food preparation.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe discovered so far, according to academics are a few ancient tablets in the Sumerian language which describe the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making anyone who tried it feel exhilarated and blissful. Progressing into Roman times 25BC a roman called Apicius compiled a number of documents detailing recipes cooked by wealthy roman citizens. In his scrolls, he tells us how the roman meals were separated into hors d`oeuvres, main meal and dessert, something that is very familiar to us today. Aspicius informs us how the ancient Romans used many different spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs such as bay, rue and asafoetida. Continuing our culinary historical journey, there were two recipe books from the 14th Century - a cookery book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary named `Curye on Inglish`. Perhaps surprisingly, these books are unconnected to the indian food that appears on menues today, but rather descriptions of the types of meals prepared by the cooks of the upper classes of that period. Later on, in the 15th century, people returning from the crusades brought us many foods, spices and herbs from Arab cuisine, such as coriander, parsley, and basil. These new foods and spices created an eruption in recipe publications, some of which still exist in academic collections. Over the succeeding few centuries, the rich and powerful families of Wesstern Europe competed to offer the best banquets, and because of this cooks and their recipes were at a premium. Nevertheless, it wasn`t until the 19th century that haute cuisine and recipe publications really came of age. The Famous Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the USA, devoted their lives to collating, testing, and publishing recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. When we get to the twentieth century, cookery books were in great demand, due to higher levels of literacy, more free time and having more disposable income. |
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