On the Proper Heat and Humble Conduct Required in the Baking of Cakes -by King Alfred the Great (circa 892)
Year: c. 892 Length: 47 pages This short but sternly instructive volume, believed to have been written shortly after the famous incident in which Alfred, distracted by matters of state, allowed a peasant woman’s cakes to scorch, lays out the king’s uncompromising rules for achieving a morally upright cake. Alfred devotes an entire chapter to … Read more