Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1916 — NEW YEAR’S EVE CAKE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEW YEAR’S EVE CAKE.

So excellent is the German New Year’s cake that it cannot be used for a charm, like the New Year’s eve cake of Ireland, for this was thrown against tiie wail and was broken into pieces. The first fragment to touch the ground was eagerly sought, for he who ate it was sure of a year’s happiness. There was much pleasure iu the baking ol the cake. It was placed on a gridiron before the open fire, and incantations were sung to secure the success of the charm. Iu many countries the baking and eating of New Year’s cake have been attended by quaint customs and beliefs.—New York Times.