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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

4/12/2025 • 70 min

Cake has been around for a long time, but mostly less than great forms. It took the Industrial Revolution, the advent of plentiful sugar, and some good old American know-how to come together to make the cake we know and love today. Find out all about it in this classic episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Play episode

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