When you see a set of Lincoln Logs — or anything built with
them by a child — you probably don’t immediately think “Frank Lloyd Wright!”
And yet they were invented by his son John in 1916, and modeled after the
eminent architect’s design for Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel. The hotel was built to
withstand earthquakes, which it did admirably.
It is curious then, that Lincoln Log kits are so clearly
reminiscent of the kind of frontier houses that President Lincoln was born in. Originally,
sets came with instructions for building a future president’s log cabin as well
as Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Hmm.
While logs that link sound like “Lincoln [linkin’] Logs” and thus create a neat auditory knot, we don’t usually associate them with cake.
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| The original Mr. Log |
But if you want to make a house out of cake, you may very
well use this recipe for Lincoln Log — a jelly roll and ice cream concoction
that Lloyd Wright might not exactly deem earthquake-proof.
Holiday Cook Book,
Better Homes and Gardens, 1959
Also from this book: Peanuts and Insect Parts