Dumb [or "silent] Cake "A Halloween Dainty"
In the 1914 Table Decorations & Delicacies by Hester Price, a guide for hostesses, the Dumb Cake is specified to be a "Halloween Dainty". The cake however, which had to be both prepared and consumed in complete silence, was featured at several holidays, including St Agnes’ Eve, St Anne’s Eve, Halloween, and Christmas Eve,
In the 1914 Table Decorations & Delicacies by Hester Price, a guide for hostesses, the Dumb Cake is specified to be a "Halloween Dainty". The cake however, which had to be both prepared and consumed in complete silence, was featured at several holidays, including St Agnes’ Eve, St Anne’s Eve, Halloween, and Christmas Eve,













