The end of the decade approaches.
To celebrate the occasion, a food blog has created a throwback video featuring the most popular cakes from the last 100 years.
It’s a century of exciting bakes – from the unicorn cake (still a very big hit) to the Baked Alaska and everything in-between.
The video has since gone viral, racking up over 8million views and 44,000 shares so far. It was released by So Yummy, a food blog known for its ‘bite-sized’ cooking and baking clips.
Have you tried all the cakes? Here are the nine treats, each more delicious than the next.
The 20s: Pineapple upside down cake
Cooking cakes upside down wasn’t a new skill for this decade; people had been doing it for hundreds of years.
However, the device that cuts pineapples into slices, known as the Ginaca Machine, was only invented at the beginning of the century (1911-1913).
As far as cakes go, this one is pretty straightforward: it takes just under an hour to make, and requires minimal effort.
It’s also pretty festive, with its red cherries.
The 30s: Ice cream cake
At the time, it was particularly popular in the US – though it still features at children’s parties to this day.
The layered dish is made with sponge cake, stuffed with cookie crumble and ice cream. Make the sponge first, then freeze it, and continue on with your other layers, freezing each as you go along.
How many you add is up to you, but have fun with this cake; add sprinkles, glitter, a bit of cream – there are myriads of recipes to choose from in 2019.
The 40s: Icebox cake
It’s the ultimate no-frills, no-fuss cake.
You whip up some cream, and layer it into a cake pan with your choice of cookies (Oreos is a good shout).
Pop your masterpiece into the freezer and you’re done.
There are variations of the recipe, with some calling for custard, too, or a sprinkle of lemon zest to add a kick.
The 50s: Baked Alaska
Most fancy dinner parties in the 50s ended with this pudding, which originates from the US.
Never had a Baked Alaska? It’s considered the soufflé of the decade, thanks to its fancy meringue topping, which is browned before the cake is served.
Inside however, the dish is filled with ice cream.
Fun fact: it’s also called the Norwegian omelette.
The 60s: Tunnel of fudge
The Bundt pan, which gives the tunnel of fudge cake its distinctive look, is still used now.
It was inspired by Gugelhupf, a traditional cake in Central Europe, but the cake itself was invented by Ella Helfrich from Texas in the 1966 Pillsbury Bake-off.
After the event took place, organisers received over 200,000 letters asking for the recipe for this delectable chocolate nut and fudge treat.
The 70s: Jello poke cake
It’s colourful, it’s creative, it’s just as psychedelic as you’d expect from the 70s.
The Jello poke cake is super easy to put together.
Start by making a regular sponge cake. Once it has cooled down, poke small holes in the cake, mix up a batch of strawberry-flavoured gelatin and water, and pour it over the cake.
Be sure to fill the holes completely, then add whipped cream on top and a jazzy pattern, if you want. Cool and serve.
The 80s: Dirt cake
OK, so it looked a bit creepy and reminded us of slimy worms, but cakes are meant to be fun, right?
Just like most things in the 80s, sweet treats took a creative twist.
The dirt cake, made with crumbled sandwich cookies and vanilla pudding, can be adjusted to look like pretty any muddy scene you’d like (a graveyard, perhaps?).
Most of the time, however, bakers stuck with shoving worm-shaped sweets into it. Yum.
The 90s: Barbie cake
Pretty much every girl (and probably some boys) wanted a Barbie princess cake in the 90s.
The icing could be moulded into marvellous fashion ensembles, and you could choose your favourite doll for the baker to include in the treat, which made it all the more special.
Back then Barbie was all the rage, but the cake has returned with new characters since then, such as in the shape of Queen Elsa from Frozen.
The 00s: Unicorn cake
The best thing about unicorn cakes is that it’s so hilarious when they go wrong.
Like the one that was so bad, it ended up in a court case or the one where the horn looked like a giant golden penis.
It’s said that the cake was originally created in 2016 by the twin sisters behind Jenna Rae Cakes in Canada.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/16/20s-00s-popular-cakes-every-decade-century-11915950/
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