Interesting Facts

At nearly 400 years old, the sponge cake is the oldest recorded cake. (The earliest recipe was recorded by the English poet, in 1615. in the wonderfully titled "The English Huswife".)

23rd August 2013 National Sponge Cake Day.

Greek sponge divers discovered the oldest computer in 1901. It is a 2,100 year old device and may have been used to calculate the dates for the Olympic Games. (It's called The Antikythera Mechanism. I'm very glad the name didn't catch on, otherwise PC World would have a very long name.)