#1 : The word ‘cake’ comes from Middle English kake, and is probably a borrowing from Old Norse (compare the modern Norwegian kake, as well as Icelandic and Swedishkaka). It is also related to the Ge word for cake, Kuchen. Interestingly, the French, Spanish, and Italian words for ‘cake’ do not share a common root; they are gâteau,pastel, and torta respectively. They are, however, related to the English words ‘gateau’, ‘pastry’, and ‘tart’.
#2: The meaning of ‘cake’ has changed over time, and the first cake (according to the original Oxford English Dictionary definition), was:
‘A comparatively small flattened sort of bread, round, oval, or otherwise regularly shaped, and usually baked hard on both sides by being turned during the process.’
#3: Cakes were a part of strange rituals million years ago. Have you heard of Celtic people? They celebrate a festival by name Beltane festival. During this festival, they lit bonfires atop a hill and will roll down round cakes from the hill. If the cake doesn’t break, they believe it will bring good fortune - - bakistryblog
#4: Birthdays used to be celebrated quite differently, as the first birthday cake was originally a cake given as an offering on a person’s birthday. The first citation of ‘birthday cake’ in the OED, from 1785, reads ‘His birth-day cakes crowd on him in such store, The house abounds.’ - - http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/
#5: despite the thousand types of cakes we have on Earth, cakes can be classified into 4 major classes based on their major ingredients, Yeast Cakes, sponge cakes, Cheese Cakes, and Butter Cakes, though other classifications like FruitCakes and Flourless Chocolate Cakes exist - -Wikipedia
