The Zoological Society of Glasgow was founded on this day in 1936.

The Society was formed with the aim of establishing a zoo within the city of Glasgow. Initial plans were for this to form one of the attractions of the 1938 Empire Exhibition. However, this proposal was rejected by the exhibition organisers and so the society had to look further afield for locations. Calderpark was identified as a suitable location and, although the Second World War postponed developments for several years, the zoo was finally opened in July 1947.

On 15 December 1951 the Scotland striker Joe Jordan was born. At Hampden in 1973, Jordan came on as a second-half substitute and scored the winning goal in Scotland's 2-1 defeat of Czechoslovakia, allowing Scotland to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958.

Today's recipe: in-season chestnuts are teamed with coffee and chocolate in this spectacular layered cake.