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🍯 Ancient Egyptian Tiger Nut Cake | 3,400-Year-Old Dessert Recipe

Welcome to Rediscovering Foods, where we explore the forgotten flavors of history.

In this episode, we journey back over 3,400 years to ancient Egypt to recreate one of the oldest known dessert recipes in human history — the tiger nut cake, inspired by hieroglyphics found in the tomb of Rekhmire, vizier to Pharaohs Thutmose III and Amenhotep II.

This isn't just a dessert — it's a story carved into stone. A dish shaped by religion, mythology, and ritual. Together, we uncover the symbolism of the cone shape, the role of tiger nuts (chufa) in Egyptian food culture, and how offerings like this connected people to their gods — especially Amun-Ra, the king of the deities.

Using ingredients like dates, honey, and tiger nuts, we recreate this sacred offering in a modern kitchen — giving you a chance to taste the past with your own hands.

By the end of this episode, you won’t just have made a cake.
You’ll have participated in a culinary tradition that spans millennia.

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🧠 Featured Topics

Ancient Egyptian Cuisine

Historical Cooking Techniques

Sacred Food Offerings

Tiger Nut History

Recreating Ancient Recipes

Symbolism of the Benben Cone

Rituals and Food in Ancient Religions

📋 Try the Recipe Yourself!

2 cups boiling water

2 cups pitted dates

4 cups dried tiger nuts

1 cup honey

1/3 cup warm water

1/2 cup ghee, butter, or oil


📚 References and Citations

Tasting History with Max Miller. Ancient Egyptian Tiger Nut Cake. YouTube, Aug 31, 2021.

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Lockwood Online Journals. Tiger Nuts: A Revival of an Ancient Egyptian Plant. JARCE, Dec 14, 2021.

The Past is a Foreign Pantry. Tiger Nut Cake: c. 1400 B.C. Sept 16, 2020.

Google Arts & Culture. Nuts About Tiger Nuts. Ancient Egyptian Food History Collection. 🖼 Image Credits

Seti II Disrobing Amen-Re
Image source: Wikimedia Commons
Image is in the public domain or licensed under Creative Commons. Refer to the individual file page for exact licensing.

Ra and Amun – Tomb of Ramses IV
Photo by kairoinfo4u, via Wikimedia Commons
License: CC BY-SA 4.0

Image courtesy of The Past is a Foreign Pantry
Original blog post: Tiger Nut Cake: c. 1400 B.C.
Used with thanks for educational and illustrative purposes.

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