Bacon cake

Savory Bacon Cake

Bacon cake is a dish made with bacon, either savory or sweet, and generally baked in an oven, although it's sometimes cooked in a skillet on a range top.[1]

Savory bacon cake

A savory bacon cake is like a potato cake, and can be made with potatoes or other root vegetables such as parsnips.[2][3] An 1830 cookbook offers a simple recipe consisting of cooked bacon, flour, salt, and water.[4]

Estonian pekikook is a bacon cake not unlike a quiche,[5] made with eggs and a small amount of flour.[6] Dutch-Indonesian spekkoek, which translates as "bacon cake" (or "lard cake") is not made with bacon[7] and is named thus because its stripes give it the appearance of bacon.[8]

Sweet bacon cake

Cake with a topping of bacon

A sweet bacon cake typically has bacon as a flavor accent or topping.[9][10] Bacon pairs well with chocolate, and recipes for chocolate bacon cake are legion.[11][12] A related item is the bacon cupcake.[13][14]

Bacon cake as a guilty pleasure is found among various American authors including Dan Savage[15] and Garrison Keillor.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bacon Cake Made Right in Skillet". The Palm Beach Post. 20 April 1972. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Grimes, Lulu (2006). Cooking from Scratch. Murdoch Books. p. 138. ISBN 9781740457903.
  3. ↑ Rogers, Juliet; Scarlett, Kay (2010). Meals Made Easy. Murdoch Books. p. 35. ISBN 9781741969030.
  4. ↑ Dolby, Richard (1830). The Cook's Dictionary and House-keeper's Directory: A New Family Manual of Cookery and Confectionery, on a Plan of Ready Reference, Never Hitherto Attempted. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 35.
  5. ↑ Kärner, Karin Annus (2005). Estonian Tastes and Traditions. Hippocrene Books. p. 221. ISBN 9780781811224.
  6. ↑ Jaani, Virgo (14 August 2006). "Toitlustamine" (in Estonian). Pulmad.ee. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Kraig, Bruce (2013). Street Food Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 333. ISBN 9781598849554.
  8. ↑ Pagrach-Chandra, Gaitri (2009). Warm Bread and Honey Cake. Anova Books. p. 132. ISBN 9781862058415.
  9. ↑ "Maple Bacon Upside Down Cake recipe from Betty Crocker". Betty Crocker. 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Hatmaker, Julia (12 February 2014). "How to make Apple Bacon Cinnamon Cake: Bacontine's Day". The Patriot-News. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Chocolatey Bacon Cake". Noble Pig. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  12. ↑ "Bacon-Laced Chocolate Cake". Better Homes and Gardens. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Andreadis, Cleopatra (30 March 2009). "Bacon Cupcakes, Bacon Cake? Why Not?". ABC News. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes with Maple Frosting". The Novice Chef. 11 September 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  15. ↑ Savage, Dan (2003). Skipping Towards Gomorrah. Penguin. p. 107. ISBN 9781101118139.
  16. ↑ Keillor, Garrison (2013). O, What a Luxury: Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic and Profound. Grove/Atlantic. p. 89. ISBN 9780802193032.

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