Shoofly Pie
Shoofly pie [ ʃuːflʌɪˈpʌɪ ] is an American cake ( coffee cake ), the invention of which is attributed to the German-born Pennsylvania Dutch in the 19th century . It is a high cake baked in a round shape, which consists essentially of flour , butter and brown sugar or molasses and crumble and is a variant of a classic German crumble cake . Shoofly pie is now also available with fruit fillings. Traditionally there are two variants: a preparation with "wet bottom" (soft filling and crumble as a topping) and one with "dry bottom" (filling and crumble are mixed), the latter is also eaten for breakfast at the Pennsylvania Dutch. Today, the cake is usually served warm and with whipped cream with coffee .
Some cultural historians consider this cake to be a modification of the centennial cake that has been known in Philadelphia since 1876 and that is prepared in a similar way. Others consider the Rivelkuche (crumble cake) of the German immigrants as a model, which has been documented as a "crumb cake" in Pennsylvania since the 1860s. The name Shooefly cake first appeared in a manuscript in Pennsylvania around 1890, but did not appear as a printed recipe until 1926.
The term "to shoo flies" in English means " fly scare"; the name probably alludes to the fact that the sweet cake in the household attracted the flies, which therefore had to be constantly scared away.
Shoofly Pie in the Arts
Shoofly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy , lyrics: Sammy Gallop, music: Guy Wood, is a 1945 song that became a hit in versions by Dinah Shore and the Stan Kenton Orchestra with June Christy as the singer. Wood says he saw recipes for Shoofly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy in a dentist's waiting room, tried out the sound and rhythm of this linguistic combination, and then wrote the song. It was a gag song; the text simply explains that these dishes brightened the mood and delighted the stomach.
In Patricia Highsmith's novel The Forger's Tremble , the fictional character Kathryn Darby mentions this specialty from Pennsylvania and thus distracts the main character of the novel, Howard Ingham, from his depression.
swell
- John F. Mariani: The Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink , 1999, p. 293
- Andrew F. Smith: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in Amerika , Oxford 2004, article German American Food
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Whorf: American Popular Song Composers , MacFarland, Jefferson (North Carolina) 2012, pp. 226 ff.