Cake. All sorts of images come to mind when we think of these delectable confections. And tastes. Who doesn't have the memory of a perfect cake?

Cakes were initially called 'plakous' by the Greeks, which is a similar word to 'flat.' These were a combination of nuts and honey made into a flat treat.

It's not surprising that the borders between cake and bread, biscuit and bun are indistinct.

As techniques for baking and leavening developed and eating patterns changed, what were originally regarded as forms of bread came to be seen as categories of their own and named accordingly. Certain Roman breads, enriched with eggs and butter, must have achieved a cakelike consistency and thus approached one of these indistinct frontiers.