Food in Books

Do you ever read about a food found in books and think, "What is that?" Or, are you like me, and you go on Pinterest and do a search for a recipe? I can't help it. I love to learn about new foods. Let me rephrase that: I love food!
And it's always fascinating to me to read about new foods in books. A few weeks ago, I was reading The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek for our book club (If you want to know what I thought of it, that's another conversation, but feel free to ask!). In the book, the main character makes a Scripture cake. Do you know what a Scripture cake is?

Apparently, there are several different variations of it. The one I decided to make was in a sheet pan, but other recipes called for a bundt pan or an angel food cake pan. I was going for easiest possible.
A Scripture cake is a fairly normal cake, almost like a coffee cake or other breakfast-y baked good. The recipe, though, is written in scripture references. Yes. You have to look up each verse to find out what you need two cups of. Butter, milk, honey, raisins, etc. When I started looking up recipes, my kids joined in and wanted to know what it was. I showed them the written recipe with all the verses and explained how to find what the ingredient was. They sat right down and looked them all up. It was like a scavenger hunt that led to dessert!
The story goes that sometime in the past, maybe a minister's wife or someone like that, wanted the ladies to get into the scriptures more, so she wrote her cake recipe out that way to encourage them to open their Bibles. Guess it's still working today.
I made the cake and took it to book club. Most of us tried a piece and decided it was yummy. In fact, my kids and I finished it off for breakfast the next day. ;)
Have you ever made a recipe of a food you read about in a book? I'd love to hear about it!