Armenian Highlands lands, including Cilicia. The apricot was known by the Romans as the "prunus armenicus" (the Armenian plum) and was brought to Europe from the Armenian plateau. Armenian Highlands The Armenian Highlands (; also known as the Armenian Upland, Armenian plateau, Armenian tableland, or simply Armenia) is the central-most and highest of three land-locked plateaus that together form the northern sector of the Middle East. To its west is the Anatolian plateau which rises slowly from the lowland coast of the Aegean Sea and converges with the Armenian Highlands to the east of Cappadocia. To its southeast is the Iranian plateau,
Plum cake leavened with yeast. In New England, large election cakes weighing around would traditionally be served while people waited for election results. It has been stated that the first published election cake recipe appeared in 1796 in "American Cookery". Plum cake recipes in the fruitcake style appeared in early cookbooks in the Southern United States, and did not actually call for plums. After 1830 plum cake was often referred to as fruit cake or black cake. In 1885, in a description of plum cake that sounds like plum pudding, it was described as "mucilaginous" - a solid, dark-colored, thick cake with