Scale Cake
Overview
Origin & History
Hórdra sighed and put the rest of the door away. The old wood had crumbled under the blunt force he had administered, so it was the doors right to crumble. Dust and splinters floated through the stale air and he coughed as the dust reached his nostrils.
He looked around in the bakery. The ingredients behind the counter were dry and had crumbled to dust long ago, even the mold was old and dry, but the entire bakery was tidy, like the baker had cleaned the bakery, got up and left never to return.
The counter was tidy, scrubbed clean, except for a wooden ledger, the cover cracked because of dry air and age. Hórdra inspected the rest of the bakery, but except for a tad bigger oven the bakery was the same as the other ones he had inspected.
Hórdra turned the ledger around, small clouds of dust emerged from the countertop. With the creak of dry leather he opened the large book and was surprised that the scripture was neat and very good to read. Not what he had expected from a baker who worked the entire day with his or her hands.
There was no name, but that shouldn't be a problem if the old archives had documents about the inhabitants of the buildings in the area. But the table of content was more than enlightening and in the dim light he could read through the recipes. It made him hungry.
Cultural Importance
Yummy Tales
"Exactly what I just need..." silent sobbing
During the first days of Winter and Spring the festivities took place. They were a week-long spectacle where the Dragons would made their appearance and their judgement.
The bakeries ran hot during this time, one could hear the yelling, screaming, laughing and swearing from all corners of the nation. The highlight? Of course the Scale Cake Competition where bakers from all over the Empire presented their Scale Cakes to the Dragons in all sizes and variants. Cakes and Dragons that is.
After a day of testing, pondering, praising, the Dragons made their choice and it was a glory for all baker, winner or not.
Recipe & Appearence
Ingredients (for one cake)
- 1kg chocolate sponge cake
- roughly 1kg premade orange cream dough (p. 117)
- 3-6 oranges (depending on size)
- 350ml orange juice from said oranges
- a few spoons of orange peel
- Gold leafs
- optional orange liqueur
Instructions
Appearence
A slice of Scale Cake by CrazyEddie via Midjourney
Item type
Consumable, Food / Drink
Und schon habe ich Hunger auf Kuchen... Klingt wirklich schmackhaft. Auf Gold würde ich beim Nachbacken zwar verzichten, einfach zu teuer... aber vielleicht ein paar mit Honig überzogene Mandelplättchen als Schuppenersatz... Tolle Idee! Auch dass es die Drachen waren, die dann den Schokokuchen bewertet haben. ^^
A lot of unofficial Challenges
Essbares Gold kostet kaum etwas, also Blattgold. Mandelplättchen mit Honig benetzen und dann das Blattgold drauf kleben klingt nach einem guten Plan :P