On today’s Saturday Matinee, we crack open our cookbooks to learn about the history of cake making in America and how the introduction of "pearl ash" revolutionized baking from the 18th century and beyond. Link to The History of American Food: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser. Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.