虽然确切了巴特恩伯格蛋糕的起源are unclear, it is generally believed that it was invented to celebrate the wedding of Louis Battenberg to Princess Victoria 1884. The first records of battenberg actually described a cake with nine squares, and it wasn’t until it began to be industrially produced that the number was scaled down to four. Even with only four squares, this cake is still a real test of precision and technical skill – cutting all of the squares to the same size and encircling in an even layer of火星锅相当棘手。从经验中说话，在选择红色食品着色时，请确保购买烘烤安全凝胶 - 液体着色是不起作用的，粉末浆果将最终转动你的海绵是一种可爱的紫色色调。
