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  • Recipe History corner ? Honey cake
    History corner ? Honey cake
    Welcome to my second voyage into History Corner following on from my first foray back in February. I have travelled to Jersey for work quite a lot over the past 6 years and have always wished for some[...]
  • Recipe History corner ? Prune Special
    History corner ? Prune Special
    It?s the new year and we?re all meant to be health conscious and vowing that the excesses of the previous few weeks must NEVER be repeated...so what better than prune cake? I must confess to cheating ? prune cake would be[...]
  • Recipe History corner ? Macaroon cakes
    History corner ? Macaroon cakes
    Today?s delve into the past comes from the 1949 edition of Lily Gilmour?s ?Everyday Cookery?. Lily seems to have taken a rather wide definition of every day cookery because some of the recipes would probably take[...]
  • Recipe History Corner ? Richmond Cakes
    History Corner ? Richmond Cakes
    This is the start of a new, regular(ish) feature ? History Corner . I have a tremendous fondness for original, old cookbooks. There are two very clear stances on such books ? if, like me, you are seduced by the history and[...]
  • Recipe History Corner ? St George Cake
    History Corner ? St George Cake
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  • Recipe History corner ? Golden crunch cake
    History corner ? Golden crunch cake
    This history corner is the ?youngest? book I?ve featured ? it?s ?A Spoonful of Sugar? issued by the British Sugar Bureau in 1973. Two very good things happened for the world of cake in 1973; firstly, this booklet was published[...]
  • Recipe History corner ? Normandy short cakes
    History corner ? Normandy short cakes
    ?The Housewife?s Referee?, subtitled ?A treatise on culinary and household subjects? was published in 1898. Written by Mrs de Salis, who you may remember from other books such as ?Tempting Dishes for Small Incomes?, ?New Laid Eggs?,[...]
  • Recipe History corner ? Buttermilk currant cake
    History corner ? Buttermilk currant cake
    This recipe comes courtesy of ?The Currant Recipe Book?, published in 1945 by the wonderfully named Central Currant Office (London). This makes me hope that there were regional Currant Offices scattered far and wide.[...]
  • Recipe History corner ? Coronation Pineapple layer cake
    History corner ? Coronation Pineapple layer cake
    Now if I were to tell you that this pineapple layer cake comes from a booklet of recipes to celebrate the coronation you would probably think I was talking about Queen Elizabeth II?s coronation in 1953. And you?d be wrong![...]
  • Recipe Pies, puddings, jelly and ice cream ? Ickworth House
    Pies, puddings, jelly and ice cream ? Ickworth House
    As part of my birthday present last year Mr CC booked us to attend the above named event at Ickworth House . The house and grounds are spectacular enough to warrant a visit but when you add a historic jelly and ice cream[...]



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