Guide to Kendal mint cake
The invention of the Kendal mint cake is credited to Joseph Wiper who created the mint cake in 1869. Apparently, the Kendal mint cake was created by accident. Rumours say he had intended to make glacier mints but he took his eye of the pan for a moment and came back to a cloudy mixture now known as the Kendal mint cake had formed.
When Joseph Wiper retired, he left his business to his great nephew. It was his great nephew who marketed the Kendal mint cake as an energy supply. He supplied the 1914-1917 Trans Arctic expedition and the 1st Everest Expedition with Kendal mint cakes. Fun fact: his mint cake was eaten on the top of Mount Everest! This new marketing strategy was a major influence in the Kendal mint cake’s success.
Did you know, in the 1950s mint cake was banned from entering New York because products labelled cake should have flour in them. As a result the whole shipment of mint cakes were dumped in the Atlantic ocean!
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Sources:http://www.kendal.mintcake.co.uk/History.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2005/04/02/mint_cake_feature.shtml
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