January 27, 2023 - National Chocolate Cake Day | National Big Wig Day

Welcome to January 27th, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate having your cake and eating it too and thinking like a Big Wig. Here in America, chocolate was consumed primarily as a beverage until the 1840s. According to the Dover Post, the chocolate cake was born in 1765 when a doctor and a chocolate maker teamed up in an old mill. They ground up cocoa beans between huge millstones to make a thick syrup. The liquid was poured into molds shaped like cakes, which were meant to be transformed into a drink. It wasn’t until 1947 that a popular Philadelphia cookbook author, Eliza Leslie, published the earliest chocolate cake recipe in The Lady’s Receipt Book. Then in 1947 Betty Crocker released their first dry mix cake. On National Chocolate Cake Day celebrate having your cake and eating it too. Today is National Big Wig Day, and in honor of the Look Good Feel Better Campaign, folks across the country host parties to raise money for cancer patients. It’s a way for people to show their inner Big Wig by taking on the role of philanthropist. No matter how you make a living, today is your chance to pool resources with like minded people to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for the cancer charities of your choice. Show your support on National Big Wig Day by sporting lovely locks and giving as generously as you can. I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices