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A great cake~ or Twelfth Night cake~ was traditionally
served in England and the colonies on the feast of the
Epiphany~ at the close of the twelve days of Christmas. It
was a spicy plum cake with a hard white icing. At the ball
described by Nicholas Cresswell below~ the guests drew
slips of paper to determine the Twelfth Night King and
Queen when the cake was served. An earlier tradition
called for a bean and a pea to be baked in the cake. If a
gendeman was served the slice with the bean inside~ he
was declared king for the evening, and host for next year's
ball. If a lady received the pea, she became queen and had
the honor of baking next year's cake!
"Al~xillldrJ3. V4.. !illluilry 7. LilSt
llight J W~llt to th~ hilll ... il filrg~ rich
Ci1K~ is provid~d illld cut illto smilll
pi~ces illld hillld~d roulld to th~
compillly who ilt th~ Silm~ tim~ drilW il
ticK~t out of il Hilt with som~thillg
m~rry wrot~ 011 it. H~ thilt daws th~
King Jus th~ HOllor of tr~iltIng th~
Compilll y with il Billl th~ ll~xt y~ilr.
which g~lluill1y costs him six or S~V~ll poullds. Th~ fildy
thilt drilws th~ QUUll hilS th~ trouhl~ of milKIng th~ Ci1K~. "
The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell
1775
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| Full Text | 12 A great cake~ or Twelfth Night cake~ was traditionally served in England and the colonies on the feast of the Epiphany~ at the close of the twelve days of Christmas. It was a spicy plum cake with a hard white icing. At the ball described by Nicholas Cresswell below~ the guests drew slips of paper to determine the Twelfth Night King and Queen when the cake was served. An earlier tradition called for a bean and a pea to be baked in the cake. If a gendeman was served the slice with the bean inside~ he was declared king for the evening, and host for next year's ball. If a lady received the pea, she became queen and had the honor of baking next year's cake! "Al~xillldrJ3. V4.. !illluilry 7. LilSt llight J W~llt to th~ hilll ... il filrg~ rich Ci1K~ is provid~d illld cut illto smilll pi~ces illld hillld~d roulld to th~ compillly who ilt th~ Silm~ tim~ drilW il ticK~t out of il Hilt with som~thillg m~rry wrot~ 011 it. H~ thilt daws th~ King Jus th~ HOllor of tr~iltIng th~ Compilll y with il Billl th~ ll~xt y~ilr. which g~lluill1y costs him six or S~V~ll poullds. Th~ fildy thilt drilws th~ QUUll hilS th~ trouhl~ of milKIng th~ Ci1K~. " The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell 1775 |
