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Line 1: − When, after an individual he's already consumed a sufficiently sized, and ineffably satisfing meal, he desires something extra-special which he doesn't really need, something for dessert; he will find it neccesary to create a confection unlike any other previously concevied food.+ − Cake is the product of five thousand years of people striving to make a delicious thing to eat which no one truly needs. Thus it is the very essence of human gluttony. + − − It is originally derived from [[bread]], only with different sweet things added to it. The [[Egyptians]] had honeycakes, the Greeks had "plakous"; the name came from the word for "flat". This also used [[honey]] and [[nuts]]. Cake gradually evolved to a smaller, sweeter, more expensive form of bread: bakers used only the finest ingredients avalible. If a person ate cake on a semi-regular basis it was a status symbol. You had to be a rich man. − − With the [[Industrial Revolution]] ingredients became cheaper, and the common people could indulge in Cake. Now cake is eaten pretty often <ref>1</ref> and in all sorts of flavors and sizes; and in many different countries. The freedom of excess is more accesible than ever before in human history. − − − '''References''' − Cake Stats[http://www.census.gov/epcd/ec97/industry/E311813.HTM]
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'''Cake''' is a desert food usually consisting of [[bread]], sugar, eggs, and other ingredients added for various flavors. The [[Egyptians]] made honeycakes, and the [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greeks]] had "plakous", which were emade of [[honey]] and [[nuts]].
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