Every person has a relationship with food, whether it be love hate or love love, we all love food. But when did it all start? We have all of these wonderful foods that we have easy access to through the grocery store and recipes, but who was the first person to enjoy them. Frosting, a very simple and easy to make dessert topping must have been around for almost as long as the cakes they occupy. Although cakes have been around since Roman times, frosting did not show up in history until the 18th century. These original recipes were cooked frostings made of sugar and egg whites that were then poured on the cake which was returned to the oven to be cooked longer. The first record of frosting as a recipe was found from 1769 by Elizabeth Raffald in the Experienced English Housekeeper.
Cooked frostings would remain as the primary frosting in use until the early 20th century with the arrival of buttercream frostings. The first documented buttercream frosting is a recipe from 1915 by Mrs. Fred W. Gurney. The next notable person to embrace buttercream style frostings was Fannie Farmer who started writing recipes in 1918. From this point they became the most popular frosting and remain the most popular to this day. Since then many other types of frosting such as cream cheese frosting and whipped cream frosting have become more popular, most of which have a very similar recipe to homemade buttercream frostings.
Since the humble beginnings of frosting, it has exploded in popularity becoming more than just a cake topping, and are put on almost all things sweet from doughnuts to fruit. Frostings and more generally cakes have become more popular as well being eaten on most special occasions like weddings and birthdays, even though they have been a part of birthdays since the middle of the 19th century and the tradition of wedding cakes began in medieval times. Frosting has also made its way out of the kitchen and into the grocery store. A walk through the baking isle proves that icing has made it as a main staple in our annual diet, even though homemade frostings are still generally of higher quality and have a richer taste than those from the store.
Frosting has a relatively short and fast-pace history driven by technology. But regardless of where it came from, it is a culinary masterpiece.
For some great frosting recipes visit Homemade Frosting How.
For more information about frosting and history visit the Wikipedia icing page or www.foodtimeline.org.
Cooked frostings would remain as the primary frosting in use until the early 20th century with the arrival of buttercream frostings. The first documented buttercream frosting is a recipe from 1915 by Mrs. Fred W. Gurney. The next notable person to embrace buttercream style frostings was Fannie Farmer who started writing recipes in 1918. From this point they became the most popular frosting and remain the most popular to this day. Since then many other types of frosting such as cream cheese frosting and whipped cream frosting have become more popular, most of which have a very similar recipe to homemade buttercream frostings.
Since the humble beginnings of frosting, it has exploded in popularity becoming more than just a cake topping, and are put on almost all things sweet from doughnuts to fruit. Frostings and more generally cakes have become more popular as well being eaten on most special occasions like weddings and birthdays, even though they have been a part of birthdays since the middle of the 19th century and the tradition of wedding cakes began in medieval times. Frosting has also made its way out of the kitchen and into the grocery store. A walk through the baking isle proves that icing has made it as a main staple in our annual diet, even though homemade frostings are still generally of higher quality and have a richer taste than those from the store.
Frosting has a relatively short and fast-pace history driven by technology. But regardless of where it came from, it is a culinary masterpiece.
For some great frosting recipes visit Homemade Frosting How.
For more information about frosting and history visit the Wikipedia icing page or www.foodtimeline.org.
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