wheat cake

A big cake requires a big festival, and Augustus was happy to comply.

The Stollen was paraded through the city of Dresden, and later an appointed “Stollen girl” cut the cake.

Now, it is the most traditional and celebrated Christmas cake in Germany—and definitely not associated with fasting.

He had a special knife designed to cut the dense loaf, and a ceremony to precede cutting the cake.

The tasteless bread was transformed into a sweet cake that included ingredients, such as dried fruit and marzipan.

In 1205 wheat was worth 12 pence per bushel, which was cheap, as there had been some years of famine previous thereto.

Wheat gives place to Rye about the same time, and the Potato, at first comparatively rare, becomes universal.

He had the land in Tripp County that was broken into winter wheat, while that in the next county east was rented.

They would feed him apples, potatoes and sometimes bits of cake that Bob's mother gave them.

For most of the way the country is flat and fertile, and in good part devoted to Grazing, though considerable Wheat is grown.