Long lost cakes

[JennieAtkinson]

Similar Tracey

This was served in wedges, and as I remember was a lot more solid, and heavier than Eccles cake.

Known as Black Bun up here. Great food - often served at a wedding at about 1am!

[JennieAtkinson]

That'll teach me not to scroll down before adding a post!

[Birdie Wife]

Now I'm off to make some black bun....

Actually, poo that, I'm gonna order some: http://www.alex-dalgetty.co.uk/products/black-bun.html

Curiious deja vu... that's the link I posted a couple of hours ago!

[HeyWayne]

Curiious deja vu... that's the link I posted a couple of hours ago!

Where? Huh?

[valmarg]

HeyWayne, I can post the recipe from my old cookbook (apparently first published in 1971).

Another cake recipe that I used to make, and absolutely love from the book is Wiltshire Lardy Cake.

valmarg

[Hazel at the Hill]

Can you still buy Wispa bars? I haven't seen them in ages... they were yum, although they did seem to get smaller in the latter years of production... not really a cake I know.

One cookery book I've got has a recipe and a very unflattering description of Black Bun... being very very sweet and very very dense, sounds like the sort of thing that could take out a cow at twenty paces

Black Bun

Here..........

[HeyWayne]

Here..........

Ah, sorry Birdie! I thought it was part of a signature....

Thanks Hazel.

Shoulda gone to Specsavers.

[ugly gourd]

Theres a web site called Quarterof and its like looking on the penny tray as a kid again Flying saucers YUUUUUUUUUUM

[ugly gourd]

Me again found the web site adress www.aquarterof.co.uk So enjoy

[HeyWayne]

Me again found the web site adress www.aquarterof.co.uk So enjoy

There's a tiny little sweet shop in Hitchin that's like that. It has all the old jars up on the wall and you buy them in weights (obviously all metric now). I buy cough candies and those little peanut shaped peanut sweets every time we go there.

[Flummery]

I used to love the pineapple chunks. Cut your mouth to ribbons though, if you were a ferocious sucker!

[HeyWayne]

I used to love the pineapple chunks. Cut your mouth to ribbons though, if you were a ferocious sucker!

Must.........resist..........urge...........to....................double........................entendre...............

*collapses*

[scarey55]

Hey Wayne - get a grip of yourself man
Hi-jacking this thread somewhat, did anyone have something called Gypsy pudding at school and, more importantly, does anyone have a recipe. mmm

[Hazel at the Hill]

Nope ...... obviously yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrs before my time! teehee!

[scarey55]

B*tch