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Is cake a sort of bread? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So according to Merriam Webster bread is: a usually baked and leavened food made of a mixture whose basic constituent is flour or meal

And cake is: A: a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened B: a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (such as baking powder)

And yet some people don't think that cake is bread.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Cake was bread historically

I think all other dough-based dishes derive from bread really, since I believe it's the most basis dough recipe ye can make...

Nowadays, my definition of modern cake = bread + defined-sweetness + fluffiness and softness

My proof that cake was bread; look at pound cake, one of modern cake's forerunners, and tell me no one thought and baked it, thinking "how about bread, but more deluxe?"