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A fact from Chestnut cake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 February 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that chestnut cake may be prepared using flour from ground chestnuts?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2016/February. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Chestnut cake.

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Why does the article contain information about water chestnut cake? They seem to be completely different. Am I missing something here? Jolly Ω Janner 09:10, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The lead sentence and source addresses your query. Hope that helps. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:16, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It is cited to a book that says "[it] does not resemble a Western cake at all". It only ever refers to the term of "water chestnut cake" Jolly Ω Janner 15:54, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Reworked the lead paragraph to show the fork. Hope our article's creator approves. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:20, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your edits. Maybe NorthAmerica can shed some light on the scope of the article. I'm still just as confused as when I started this topic. Jolly Ω Janner 20:07, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

They share a common name. I didn't create the article in the first place. Only reviewed it for the DYK. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:10, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Water chestnut is a completely different plant from chestnut, despite the similar name. And water chestnut cake has a different origin and uses different ingredients from chestnut cake, and should not be covered in this article. A hatnote would suffice. -Zanhe (talk) 22:56, 21 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]