Legacy Matters

Taking a Recipe to the Grave

He kept the secret of his cinnamon cake for more than 75 years and vowed to take it to his grave.  Did he ever. 

He had the recipe etched on his gravestone. 

Mourners at the funeral of Jaakov Topor, 93, from Kibbutz Naan in Israel turned up for the funeral to find all the details for his cinnamon cake recipe etched in stone.

"Everyone in the community had tried at one time or another to get the recipe out of him as it was a best seller, but he vowed he would never tell anyone while there was still breath in his body," said his grandson.

The recipe, secret for more than 75 years, included:
a kilo of flour,
50 grams of yeast,
a pinch of salt,
three eggs,
seven spoons of sugar,
200 grams of margarine,
one and a half glasses of milk
cinnamon to taste.

There's a thought if you're thinking of a distinctive grave marker.