I came over all 'retro' last week, and made a batch of rock cakes - remember those? They were delicious, and I'm ashamed to say that I scoffed most of them.
It took me back to my years as a student nurse. If we were lucky enough to be off duty on a Sunday afternoon, we were served tea in Matron's sitting room. There was a very old rickety tea trolley, and on it would be a white, lacy cloth, plates of bread and butter, a large pot of 'builders' tea, and either rock cakes or jam tarts.
The menu never changed, but it was such a treat for us to sit and be waited on by a maid, and to eat as much bread and cake as we wanted.
What is your favourite 'retro' cake? I think Mary Berry has given us a lot of encouragement to go back to baking sessions, and retirement gives some of us the opportunity!
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