Bacon cake

A savory bacon cake is like a potato cake, and can be made with potatoes or other root vegetables such as parsnips.{{cite book|last=Grimes|first=Lulu|title=Cooking from Scratch|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNEmzOdfyx0C&pg=PA138|year=2006|publisher=Murdoch Books|isbn=9781740457903|page=138}}{{cite book|last1=Rogers|first1=Juliet|last2=Scarlett|first2=Kay|title=Meals Made Easy|year=2010|publisher=Murdoch Books|isbn=9781741969030|page=35}} An 1830 cookbook offers a simple recipe consisting of cooked bacon, flour, salt, and water.{{cite book|last=Dolby|first=Richard|title=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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oeal_3rew3UC&pg=PA35|year=1830|publisher=Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley|page=35}}

Estonian pekikook is a bacon cake not unlike a quiche,{{cite book|last=Kärner|first=Karin Annus|title=Estonian Tastes and Traditions|year=2005|publisher=Hippocrene Books|isbn=9780781811224|page=221}} made with eggs and a small amount of flour.{{cite web|url=http://www.pulmad.ee/pulmad/pulmablogid/toitlustamine/traditsioonilised-pulmatoidud |title=Toitlustamine |last=Jaani |first=Virgo |date=14 August 2006 |publisher=Pulmad.ee |language=Estonian |access-date=24 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324185118/http://www.pulmad.ee/pulmad/pulmablogid/toitlustamine/traditsioonilised-pulmatoidud |archive-date=24 March 2014 }}

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A sweet bacon cake typically has bacon as a flavor accent or topping.{{cite web|url=http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/maple-bacon-upside-down-cake/ea516c58-442c-4087-b30d-3c7ac2e7d467|title=Maple Bacon Upside Down Cake recipe from Betty Crocker|year=2013|publisher=Betty Crocker|access-date=24 March 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/02/how_to_make_apple_bacon_cinnam.html|title=How to make Apple Bacon Cinnamon Cake: Bacontine's Day|last=Hatmaker|first=Julia|date=12 February 2014|work=The Patriot-News|access-date=24 March 2014}} Bacon pairs well with chocolate, and recipes for chocolate bacon cake are numerous.{{cite web|url=http://noblepig.com/2014/02/chocolatey-bacon-cake/|title=Chocolatey Bacon Cake|date=17 February 2014|publisher=Noble Pig|access-date=24 March 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bhg.com/recipe/chocolate-cakes/bacon-laced-chocolate-cake/|title=Bacon-Laced Chocolate Cake|work=Better Homes and Gardens|access-date=24 March 2014}} A related item is the bacon cupcake.{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Recipes/story?id=7207632 | title=Bacon Cupcakes, Bacon Cake? Why Not? | work=ABC News | date=30 March 2009 | access-date=25 March 2014 | author=Andreadis, Cleopatra}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thenovicechefblog.com/2010/09/chocolate-bacon-cupcakes-with-maple-frosting/|title=Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes with Maple Frosting|date=11 September 2010|publisher=The Novice Chef|access-date=24 March 2014|archive-date=25 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325193334/http://www.thenovicechefblog.com/2010/09/chocolate-bacon-cupcakes-with-maple-frosting/|url-status=dead}}

Bacon cake as a guilty pleasure is found among various American authors including Dan Savage{{cite book|last=Savage|first=Dan|title=Skipping Towards Gomorrah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjrS4RtW_LAC&pg=PT107|year=2003|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781101118139|page=107}} and Garrison Keillor.{{cite book|last=Keillor|first=Garrison|title=O, What a Luxury: Verses Lyrical, Vulgar, Pathetic and Profound|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ls9W391HMNoC&pg=PT89|year=2013|publisher=Grove/Atlantic|isbn=9780802193032|page=89}}

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• Dutch-Indonesian spekkoek – the name translates as bacon cake, but it contains no bacon.{{cite book|last=Kraig|first=Bruce|title=Street Food Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XCjAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA333|year=2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781598849554|page=333}} The name refers to its striped appearance.{{cite book|title=Warm Bread and Honey Cake|first=Gaitri |last=Pagrach-Chandra |publisher=Anova Books |year=2009 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0nu8Rj8BN4C&pg=PA132 |isbn=9781862058415|page=132}}

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• {{cite news | url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/you/Bacon-of-hope/articleshow/20722084.cms | title=Bacon of hope | newspaper=Mumbai Mirror | date=June 23, 2013 | access-date=25 March 2014 | author=Pate, Neil}}

• [http://allrecipes.com/recipe/189283/bacon-breakfast-cake/ Bacon Breakfast Cake]. Allrecipes.com.

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