Why eat cake on Christmas, do you know the long line outside Tabar bakery?


By the hands of the British, this food called cake has entered the heart of Bengalis. Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, promotions—everything is now celebrated by cutting a cake. Even at weddings, the wedding cake is present at the end






If there is no winter mood and cake, Christmas is not perfect for Bengalis. Now, however, various types of cakes are available in the market. Cake is now an art form. No matter how much you play with cream, fondant, Christmas cookies taste different



Christmas is not complete without rich plum cake, fruitcake. Bengalis now eat so many kinds of cakes throughout the year that the taste buds of their tongues have also been elevated to another level. However, the taste of homemade cake made with mulberry, cherry, egg, flour, sugar, butter is different



By the hands of the British, this food called cake has entered the heart of Bengalis. Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, promotions—everything is now celebrated by cutting a cake. Even at weddings, the wedding cake is present at the end


Long lines can be seen outside Nahums, Saldanha or Ajmiri bakeries before Christmas. But very few people know about the origin of this cake. There are also local bakeries in the neighborhood


It is said that the word cake comes from the Old Norse word kaka. And in Swedish it means sweet. The first traces of cake making can be found in the ancient Greek civilization. It is also said that the Romans made the first fruitcake by mixing different types of dried fruits


No matter how Europeans rave about cakes, the method of baking cakes was first discovered on the continent of Asia. It is known that the first traces of cake baking can be found in ancient Egypt At the very beginning, cake decorating icing was made from powdered sugar, egg whites and flavorings. And dry fruits and lemon were mixed before baking. Cakes changed in the 19th century. It is known that the electronic oven was invented in 1892


And since that time, white flour and baking powder have been used. The price of sugar and chocolate was very high then. So it was considered expensive food or food of the rich