Editing Pontefract cake (section)

==Name==
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The original name for these small tablets of liquorice is a "Pomfret" cake, after the old [[Normans|Norman]] name for Pontefract. However, that name has fallen into disuse and they are now almost invariably labelled "Pontefract cakes".  The term "[[cake]]" has a long history. The word itself is of Germanic origin, from the Germanic "kakâ" (cook).<ref>{{cite OED | Cake|id=26116 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RhcuEAAAQBAJ&dq=pontefract+cakes&pg=PA76|title=The History of Sweets|last=Chrystal |first=Paul |publisher=Pen and Sword History |date=2021 |isbn=9781526778888|page=75}}</ref>