Staesz gingerbread spice and Hayma nine-egg

Gingerbread, honey cake, and spice cake are often regionally rooted names for a special pastry that is closely associated with emotions. They are inseparably linked to happy memories of fairs and the Christmas season. It is the cake spices from mostly tropical countries that have conveyed these memories to us since childhood. They are components of recipes that turned the baked goods made from them into regional specialties. In the 1920s, the pharmacist Robert May from Elbing in West Prussia had the idea to bring together housewives from East and West Prussia in a baking competition. The award-winning collection of the best recipes discovered in this way inspired him with a brilliant business idea. This book illustrates how the resulting company developed and how the family behind it has been connected to the business through the ages, now reaching the fourth generation.