The Brooklyn Lace Guild would like to have a riotous debauch on St.
Catherine’s Day and have looked to me for guidance about how to plan it. Has
anyone ever celebrated St. Catherine’s Day with their lace group and what
advice would you offer?

I have been researching recipes for Cattern Cakes. One thing that leaps out at
me is that none of them are accompanied with a photo of the finished product.
In my cooking life I have found this to be a red flag signifying that it is
quite likely that the recipe has never been kitchen tested, or never
successfully kitchen tested. Has anyone ever successfully made Cattern cakes?
If so how did you do it?

The recipes all seem to have some similarities. Many seem to start with bread
dough and then add a few ingredients, always including caraway seeds, often
butter, an egg. Some include cinnamon, almonds and currents.

Other recipes start from scratch and have you adding yeast to flour, but
don’t seem to allow for any rising time. This seems odd to me.

Sometimes the “cakes” are formed into a loaf, or some other mound. In some
recipes they are rolled out flat, then curled up in a spiral roll and cut
crosswise like cinnamon rolls. This sounds prettier, but possibly less
authentic.

One thought that occurs to me is that there must be some way to start with a
premade dough and then add the optional ingredients. Call me lazy.
Suggestions?

Devon


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