Bacon cake explained

Bacon cake is a cake made with bacon, either savory or sweet, and generally baked in an oven, although it's sometimes cooked in a skillet on a range top.^[1]

Savory bacon cake

A savory bacon cake is like a potato cake, and can be made with potatoes or other root vegetables such as parsnips.^{[2] [3]} An 1830 cookbook offers a simple recipe consisting of cooked bacon, flour, salt, and water.^[4]

Estonian pekikook is a bacon cake not unlike a quiche,^[5] made with eggs and a small amount of flour.^[6]

Sweet bacon cake

A sweet bacon cake typically has bacon as a flavor accent or topping.^{[7] [8]} Bacon pairs well with chocolate, and recipes for chocolate bacon cake are numerous.^{[9] [10]} A related item is the bacon cupcake.^{[11] [12]}

Bacon cake as a guilty pleasure is found among various American authors including Dan Savage^[13] and Garrison Keillor.^[14]

See also

• List of bacon dishes
• Pizza cake
• Dutch-Indonesian spekkoek – the name translates as bacon cake, but it contains no bacon.^[15] The name refers to its striped appearance.^[16]

Further reading

• News: Bacon of hope . . June 23, 2013 . 25 March 2014 . Pate, Neil.

External links

• Bacon Breakfast Cake. Allrecipes.com.

Notes and References

1. News: Bacon Cake Made Right in Skillet . The Palm Beach Post. 20 April 1972 . 25 March 2014.
2. Book: Grimes, Lulu. Cooking from Scratch. 2006. Murdoch Books. 9781740457903. 138.
3. Book: Rogers. Juliet. Scarlett. Kay. Meals Made Easy. 2010. Murdoch Books. 9781741969030. 35.
4. Book: Dolby, Richard. The Cook's Dictionary and House-keeper's Directory: A New Family Manual of Cookery and Confectionery, on a Plan of Ready Reference, Never Hitherto Attempted. 1830. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. 35.
5. Book: Kärner, Karin Annus. Estonian Tastes and Traditions. 2005. Hippocrene Books. 9780781811224. 221.
6. Web site: Toitlustamine . Jaani . Virgo . 14 August 2006 . Pulmad.ee . Estonian . 24 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140324185118/http://www.pulmad.ee/pulmad/pulmablogid/toitlustamine/traditsioonilised-pulmatoidud . 24 March 2014 .
7. Web site: Maple Bacon Upside Down Cake recipe from Betty Crocker. 2013. Betty Crocker. 24 March 2014.
8. News: How to make Apple Bacon Cinnamon Cake: Bacontine's Day. Hatmaker. Julia. 12 February 2014. The Patriot-News. 24 March 2014.
9. Web site: Chocolatey Bacon Cake. 17 February 2014. Noble Pig. 24 March 2014.
10. News: Bacon-Laced Chocolate Cake. Better Homes and Gardens. 24 March 2014.
11. Web site: Bacon Cupcakes, Bacon Cake? Why Not? . . 30 March 2009 . 25 March 2014 . Andreadis, Cleopatra.
12. Web site: Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes with Maple Frosting. 11 September 2010. The Novice Chef. 24 March 2014. 25 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140325193334/http://www.thenovicechefblog.com/2010/09/chocolate-bacon-cupcakes-with-maple-frosting/. dead.
13. Book: Savage, Dan. Skipping Towards Gomorrah. 2003. Penguin. 9781101118139. 107.
14. Book: Keillor, Garrison. O, What a Luxury: Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic and Profound. 2013. Grove/Atlantic. 9780802193032. 89.
15. Book: Kraig, Bruce. Street Food Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. 2013. ABC-CLIO. 9781598849554. 333.
16. Book: Pagrach-Chandra, Gaitri . Warm Bread and Honey Cake. Anova Books . 2009 . 9781862058415. 132.