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According To Google, “Cupcake Recipes” Are The Fastest Growing Recipe Search

People around the country indulge every October 14th on National Dessert Day! Celebrated by way of the local bakery, grandma’s house or chocolate shop, desserts include candies, pies, ice cream, fruits, cookies, pastries, cobblers, and donuts, too.

  • The origin of the word dessert comes from the French “desservir,” a word which here means “to clear the table.” This, of course, referenced the dish that came after the clearing of the main dishes served as part of the meal.
  • Its first known use was in 1600, in a health education manual entitled Naturall and artificial Directions for Health, which was written by William Vaughan.
  • Chocolate chips were invented after chocolate chip cookies.
  • The “German” of German chocolate cake fame was actually a man named Samuel German, who was an employee of an American chocolate company.
  • What we commonly call “Baked Alaska” was dubbed as such by the famous Delmonico’s Restaurant in New York City in 1876 to celebrate Alaska’s annexation.
  • The world’s largest gingerbread house topped out at 2,520 square feet and contained 35.8 million calories.
  • Girl Scout cookies were originally homemade.
  • Boston cream pie is actually a cake.
  • As of 2010, Armenia holds the title for the world’s biggest chocolate bar, which weighed over 9,000 pounds.
  • The Industrial Revolution in America and Europe caused desserts (and food in general) to be mass-produced, processed, preserved, canned, and packaged. Frozen foods, including desserts, became very popular starting in the 1920s when freezing emerged.
  • According to the food historians, the precursors of modern cakes (round ones with icing) were first baked in Europe sometime in the mid-17th century. This is due to primarily to advances in technology (more reliable ovens, manufacture/availability of food molds) and ingredient availability (refined sugar).
  • The cupcake evolved in the United States in the 19th century, and it was revolutionary because of the amount of time it saved in the kitchen.
  • According to Google, “cupcake recipes” are the fastest growing recipe search.
  • Before 1886, the origin and history of fudge is unclear, but fudge is thought to be an American invention.
  • In the late 17th century, fudge was a verb meaning ” “to fit together in a clumsy or underhand manner.”
  • Then around 1800, the word was used to mean a hoax or cheat.
  • By mid-century, the use of the term “Oh, fudge!” as a kid-friendly expletive had come into favor, and was often used when something had been messed up. It’s believed that the first batch of fudge was created when someone was trying to make caramels and “fudged” up. The name stuck.
  • Jell-O’s inventor hit upon the first successful gelatin dessert recipe in the course of his side work as a manufacturer of patent medicines like cough syrups and laxatives (he was a carpenter by trade).
  • In 1897, LeRoy, New York resident Pearle B. Wait and his wife, May, added strawberry, raspberry, orange, and lemon flavoring — probably because they were already on hand from Pearle’s medicinal concoctions — and the original four flavors were born.
  • According to NASA, ice cream is among the top three items most missed by astronauts on space flights. The others are pizza and fizzy drinks.
  • Loukoumades (Greek Donuts) (Image: Athena Gyro, Lagrangeville, NY)

    There are approximately over 10 billion doughnuts made in the United States each year.

  • The most different desserts on display is 2,232 and was achieved by Dubai Shopping Festival in conjunction with the Emirates Culinary Guild (both UAE) at Uptown Mirdiff, Dubai, UAE, on 13 February 2009. A total of 2,232 different desserts from over 30 countries were prepared for the record attempt.
  • The first macarons dates back to 8th century Venetian monasteries, where the cookies were made as single round cookies with a crunchy outside and soft inside.
  • While many ancient civilizations enjoyed flavored ice, the Chinese are believed to be the first to make a frozen dairy product, with descriptions of such a product existing as early as the 7th century. However, dairy ice cream may not have arrived in Europe until the 1600s, when it showed up in Italy and quickly became a favorite among royal families across the continent.
  • In the mid 1700s, ice cream began appearing on the tables of wealthy Americans who had the means to build ice houses and were willing to pay for the price of sugar.
  • As for today, ice cream is still a crowd-pleaser in the US, eaten by a whopping 96% of Americans.
  • Did you know that cheesecake likely came from Greece and might have even been served during the first Olympic games in 776 BC? Greek couples also used it as a wedding cake.

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