THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN
One claim is that soul cakes were made during Samhain, the ancient Druid festival of the dying sun god. This festival featured bonfires to ward off evil spirits. Samhain was also known as Summer's End, a celebration of the harvesting of nuts and berries.
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A soul cake, also known as a soulmass-cake, is a small round cake which is traditionally made for Halloween, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day to ...
Oct 31, 2022 · The answer lies in the arrival of Christianity in the British Isles around the 9th century BCE and the inevitable culture clash it caused with ...
Oct 24, 2007 · Explanations on the origins of soul cakes vary. Some say that cakes were baked for the bonfires and that they were a lottery: pick the burnt ...
May 27, 2020 · The basic recipe used by the Soul Cake Bake was recorded around 1604 by Lady Elinor Fettiplace in her household book. As a woman from a ...
Oct 29, 2019 · The tradition of giving alms in the form of bread or cookies on All Saints and All Souls has medieval roots but was once part of a far older ...
Oct 25, 2013 · Each cake would represent a prayer for a departed soul stuck in Purgatory thus the name Soul cakes. This tradition later spread to children ...
Oct 26, 2011 · They would stop at homes and beg for a "soul cake" and promise in return to pray for the household's deceased family members to be released from ...
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Oct 21, 2022 · Soul cakes are a Christian Hallowtide tradition dating to the medieval period in England, Wales, and Ireland.
Nov 4, 2017 · Soul cakes, sometimes referred to as souls, are the precursor to Halloween trick or treating that dates to medieval England and Ireland.