When "souling", these cakes would be handed out as people sung a rhyme: "Soul, soul, for a soul-cake; Pray you, good mistress, a soul cake." Food was therefore tied into multiple Halloween ...

The Soul Cake, a small, round, spiced goodie, supposedly predates modern trick-or-treating as part of "souling" - a medieval custom held around Halloween and All Souls' Day (November 2).

Soul cakes are given ... giving rise to the traditions of "going souling" and the baking of special types of bread or cakes. Samhain, which is now known as Halloween, originally belonged to ...