Bacon cake is a dish made with
bacon
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the bacon, lettuce, and tomato sand ...
, either savory or sweet, and generally baked in an oven, although it's sometimes cooked in a skillet on a range top.
Savory bacon cake
A savory bacon cake is like a
potato cake, and can be made with potatoes or other root vegetables such as
parsnips. An 1830 cookbook offers a simple recipe consisting of cooked bacon, flour, salt, and water.
Estonian
Estonian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
* Estonian cuisine
* Estonian culture
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''pekikook'' is a bacon cake not unlike a
quiche
Quiche ( ) is a French tart consisting of pastry crust filled with savoury custard and pieces of cheese, meat, seafood or vegetables. A well-known variant is quiche Lorraine, which includes lardons or bacon. Quiche may be served hot, warm or co ...
, made with eggs and a small amount of flour.
Sweet bacon cake

A sweet bacon cake typically has bacon as a flavor accent or topping. Bacon pairs well with chocolate, and recipes for chocolate bacon cake are numerous. A related item is the bacon cupcake.
Bacon cake as a
guilty pleasure is found among various American authors including
Dan Savage and
Garrison Keillor
Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor (; born August 7, 1942) is an American author, singer, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He created the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show ''A Prairie Home Companion'' (called ''Garrison Keillor's Radio ...
.
See also
*
List of bacon dishes
*
Pizza cake
Pizza cake is a Canadian multiple-layer pizza baked in a pot or cake pan. First invented by Boston Pizza, recipes were posted online as early as April 2014, though they did not become viral until the Pillsbury Company posted an example in Sept ...
* Dutch-Indonesian
spekkoek – the name translates as ''bacon cake'', but it contains no bacon. The name refers to its striped appearance.
References
Further reading
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External links
Bacon Breakfast Cake Allrecipes.com.
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