Happy holidays from the Hammer Museum! Over the next two weeks, we will be sharing holiday-themed artworks for the #HammerHolidays.
No holiday celebration is complete without desserts! Everyone has heard of figgy pudding, which makes an appearance in the English Christmas Carol, “We Wish you a Merry Christmas.” Figgy pudding is actually an English Christmas cake made with nutmeg, cinnamon, and, of course, figs. Try the American classic and common gift, the fruitcake, which is filled with candied fruits, nuts, and alcohol. Gingerbread, which is not only construction material for houses and small people, is also a great material for a Christmas cake. The Yule log, or Buche de Noël, is a French roll cake which is decorated to look like a fire log. There are countless cake options for the holidays. This year, consider a whole meal of desserts?
Daniel Socha, A Prune Cake Delight, 1968. Color lithograph. Sheet: 23 1/8 x 31 1/2 in. (58.8 x 80 cm). Collection UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Hammer Museum. Gift of the UCLA Art Council.