Sounds OK (apart from caraway seed which I don't much like) but the
background research is a bit off - I thought it was a Bedfordshire
speciality, nothing to do with Nottingham - and there certainly weren't
any Nottingham lacemakers around in Tudor times!
I've found another very different recipe for Catherine Cakes (or
Kattern Cakes) in a 1960s cook book:
"So called after Catherine of Aragon, the Queen who used to live at
Ampthill Castle. Ampthill was a favourite lacemaking district, and
Catherine was very interested in it. Catherine cakes were specially
made for November 25th, St Catherine's Day"
2 lb dough
1 egg
2 oz sugar
A few caraway seeds
2 oz butter
Dough made with yeast, as for bread. Knead well with butter, caraway
seeds, sugar and egg. Leave to rise in a warm place for two hours.
Place on a floured baking tin and bake in a moderate oven for 2-3
hours.
Brenda
On 22 Oct 2008, at 22:04, Clay Blackwell wrote:
Hi Bev -
I suppose we'll need to move further discussion of the cakes to the
chat list, but here's a link which shows the same recipe and some
pictures... they look a lot like oatmeal cookies or chocolate chip
cookies to me... (small photos...)
http://www.recipezaar.com/266901
Clay
bev walker wrote:
Hi everyone
What are "Cattern Cakes" supposed to look and taste like? e.g. are
they
supposed to be crisp? crumbly? soft? do they really look like
pinwheels?
mine haven't been) I have tried to convert the English recipe to N.
American
measures, and haven't yet had a particularly tasty nor attractive
result.
I've quite a few references to the recipe, but never a picture with.
I suppose being that they were a special treat for those who seldom
had
sweets or baking, in times past it wouldn't matter what the cakes
looked
like as long as they were a change from plain fare.
Our flours and rising agents aren't quite the same, and should I soak
the
dried currants first?
I'm asking because I thought they would be nice to serve on a platter
lined
with a handmade lace doily (with clear film over the doily) to take
to the
next lace meeting. But not if they are going to fall apart like the
batch I
tried last year :(
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