Heathers Tea And Cake Quiz C/d 24Th June

[slimseeker]

help needed please on last one. subject cakes no number of letters given.
no 5 in which decade have the first references to birthday cake been found

[Fibonacci]

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcakes.html#birthdaycake

[Jackdaw33]

Is the answer to the OP found in there? It's too long to read and small print as well.

[slimseeker]

thank you Fibonacci and jackdaw33 I found it

[Jackdaw33]

Can you tell me then, just out of curiosity

[slimseeker]

19th century

[Jackdaw33]

But that is not a decade!

[slimseeker]

1800's

[Jackdaw33]

...and that is not a decade either. I was expecting something like 1850s. A decade is a period of 10 years.

[slimseeker]

maybe we should ask Fibonacci to enlighten us then

[Jackdaw33]

If it had said 'century' I would have no problem.

[Fibonacci]

Mid 19th century seems to be as specific as one can get according to most websites I've looked at. Still with three weeks to go before the quiz closes I suggest you keep looking to see if someone can pin the date more exactly.

[Fibonacci]

Good luck with the search. Hopefully you will have your cake and eat it.