tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post7337741597195842338..comments2023-10-24T09:11:10.751+01:00Comments on ...the sight of morning...: My Mother's Fruit Cakealice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-77574955214580568022010-08-17T07:26:08.250+01:002010-08-17T07:26:08.250+01:00Dear Mary Beth,
This is a very old fashioned recip...Dear Mary Beth,<br />This is a very old fashioned recipe - probably from the war. It makes a medium weight fruit cake which keeps well. The recipe really is in the post - I don't have anything more than that - but I am sure that you will be able to find a similar cake in most traditional baking books e.g. Mary Berry.alice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-80928088077932331032010-08-17T03:11:39.846+01:002010-08-17T03:11:39.846+01:00Could you post the recipe? thanks! Mary BethCould you post the recipe? thanks! Mary BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-16005528310070539042010-08-15T21:17:33.494+01:002010-08-15T21:17:33.494+01:00That looks slinged to perfection. (slung)That looks slinged to perfection. (slung)Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-16491856923188252662010-08-15T19:47:14.770+01:002010-08-15T19:47:14.770+01:00used to be able to get all this information on the...used to be able to get all this information on the back of a Woolworth's exercise book. Rods/poles/perches/chains etcMrMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-16981561524685764912010-08-15T18:17:24.689+01:002010-08-15T18:17:24.689+01:00Sounds like my mother's rock cake recipe. Cak...Sounds like my mother's rock cake recipe. Cake looks terrific - definitely one to eat outdoors. I'm now immediately transported back to my first primary school, chanting:<br />Four gills make a pint, two pints make a quart, four quarts make a gallon. A pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter, a gallon weighs 10 pounds. Don't ask me about bushels and pecks though, they've gone from my memory over the last 50 years!Janehttp://jeeandme.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-84228724238617337012010-08-15T13:07:17.996+01:002010-08-15T13:07:17.996+01:00Mmm! My mum has recipes like that too with no dire...Mmm! My mum has recipes like that too with no directions. But at least this one has measurements, even if they are in gills?! K xkristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892467118097087057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-47219588554860411072010-08-15T13:03:09.391+01:002010-08-15T13:03:09.391+01:00My mums xmas cake is in a recipe like that and I h...My mums xmas cake is in a recipe like that and I have to ask her to convert it for me every time we make it.....it is absolutly delicious tho and smells divine, you can't beat a good fruit cake!Baa-Me Kniitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532601173550095905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-43216129776326080742010-08-15T12:58:43.856+01:002010-08-15T12:58:43.856+01:00What are gills? I thought they were only found on ...What are gills? I thought they were only found on fishRhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957030609161576246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-78638001179957011242010-08-15T12:43:38.847+01:002010-08-15T12:43:38.847+01:00The confidence of the experienced baker.The confidence of the experienced baker.Tracey Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02434423460092424684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-90575745630066623542010-08-15T10:20:44.350+01:002010-08-15T10:20:44.350+01:00I have several of those recipes from my own grandm...I have several of those recipes from my own grandma. Never attempted to make them though as I am not a throw-it-all-in-there type. SIGH.Paolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106203770822701470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-89802631604235578472010-08-15T08:59:39.054+01:002010-08-15T08:59:39.054+01:00I am convinced that you grew up in a Noel Streatfi...I am convinced that you grew up in a Noel Streatfield novel.<br /><br />I used to read about your adventures all the time, so I can almost taste that cake myself.<br /><br />Please thank your mother for me xEleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175077340357907202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-80931559819620328482010-08-15T07:57:16.907+01:002010-08-15T07:57:16.907+01:00oh wow.oh wow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08597324560311863417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-42411350094503626232010-08-15T02:25:11.185+01:002010-08-15T02:25:11.185+01:00Isn't that always the way?Isn't that always the way?blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831075779288351551.post-35342844734690684022010-08-15T00:43:26.339+01:002010-08-15T00:43:26.339+01:00Presuming your mother won't accept cash as a b...Presuming your mother won't accept cash as a bribe may I proffer flowers from a second bloom of my Albertine rose?trashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623440501234583451noreply@blogger.com