RECIPE: Atomic Bomb Cake » UrbanDomesticDiva (2024)

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What was the atomic cake controversy? ›

In late 1946, a minor controversy erupted over a published photo (shown at left) of Vice Admiral Blandy and his wife cutting an "atomic cake" in an event celebrating the disbandment of the team behind Operation Crossroads.

Typically, it's built like this: banana cake on the bottom, topped with Bavarian custard, sliced bananas, and whipped cream; then chocolate cake, topped with strawberry glaze, sliced strawberries, and whipped cream; then yellow cake topped with a layer of fudge, and the entire cake covered in whipped cream.

The Atomic Cake may be new to you, but it's been a mainstay of bakeries on Chicago's South Side since the 1950s. The exact origin of this sweet cake is unclear, with a few variations of it purportedly being first made by George Kremm. Kremm was an employee at Calumet Bakery, where the cakes are still made today.

Origin. Yellow Cake dates back to the 19th century when leavening agents such as baking powder replaced yeast or egg whites to incorporate air into the batter. It is known in the US as a celebration cake and is thought to be derived from the English pound cake.

It was a glorious mistake when one baker, intending to make one of his bakery's traditional German yeasted coffeecakes, made a ratio-swapping error. Far too much butter was added to the coffeecake topping in proportion to the sugar and flour. Now, the baker might have simply tossed out the ingredients and started over.

Devil's Food Cake

There are a few theories as to how it got its name. One, it's the decadent counterpart to angel food cake. Two, it's sinfully delicious. Finally, devil's food cake came about during a time when food that was spicy, rich, or dark was described as deviled, like deviled ham and deviled eggs.

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Welcome to the world of Atomic Cake, where layers of banana melt into fluffy custard, tangy reverberations of strawberry are cut short by deep, rich chocolate, and everything is shrouded in a blanket of whipped cream.

Keep your cake refrigerated until about 30 minutes to an hour before serving and let sit at room temperature. Any leftovers wrap in cling wrap and return to the refrigerator.

The cake is free of additives; no dairy or oil is added and time-treasured techniques are employed to make sure the cake has a perfectly fluffy, dense, and moist texture and subtly sweet flavor. Another unique characteristic of castella is that the cake is embellished with a well-toasted, crystallized sugary crust.

Where did the devil dog cake come from? ›

Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Devil Dogs have been the golden, chocolatey child of Drake's Cakes since 1926. Now beloved around the nation, you can't call yourself a true Drake's Cake fan without having tried this delicious classic.

The first baumkuchen in Japan was baked a hundred years ago by Karl Juchheim during his time in a prisoner-of-war camp in Hiroshima, when the prisoners were asked to put on an exhibition at the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, better known today as the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Before it's served, you'll add a layer of cream cheese frosting and sprinkle candied pecans on top for some crunch. Internet lore would have you believe this pineapple-topped concoction was Elvis Presley's favorite cake, that he even asked his grandmother to make it for him as a kid.

The material is a mixture of uranium oxides, which can vary in proportion and color from yellow to orange to dark green (blackish) depending on the temperature at which the material is dried (which affects the level of hydration and impurities), with higher drying temperatures producing a darker and less soluble ...

Yellowcake is what remains after drying and filtering. The yellowcake produced by most modern mills is actually brown or black, not yellow; the name comes from the color and texture of the concentrates produced by early mining operations.

Before long, he had come up with an innovative new scheme. He suggested a "Layer Cake" design, which would consist of alternating layers of hydrogen fuel and uranium. High explosives surrounding the "Layer Cake" would be used to implode and ignite an atomic bomb at the center of the device.

Cakes were a form of confectionery in the galaxy. A magnificent wedding cake could also be found at celebrations for the occasion of a marriage. A sweet cake mix was used as an ingredient for certain cakes such as Citros snow cake and Pyollian cake.