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I've just made a Leicestershire Apple Cake

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rosequartz Mon 12-Oct-15 12:28:22

I have made a Dorset Apple Cake two or three times (over the years) but I re-named it 'Wye Valley Apple Cake' wink I wonder if it is the same recipe with different names?

Time to make another one, I think, we have lots of apples and not enough takers. I bet they'd all eat the Wye Valley Apple Cake though!

I made Cornish Devon pasties when we lived in Devon.

I saw those Bakewell puddings in that shop in Bakewell last year - I was so looking forward to one - but didn't buy one! I prefer the ones that are not authentic.

tigger Mon 12-Oct-15 12:14:11

Never heard of Leicestershire Apple Cake, but when I went to visit relatives in Oxfordshire we always had 'lardy cake"!

ajanela Mon 12-Oct-15 12:14:00

I made a Dorset Apple cake for my Book club here in Portugal, they loved it. I have tried various recipes over the years but the one I use now you sprinkle 50 grams of light brown sugar mixed with a level teaspoon of cinnamon over the top before you bake it. I also make it in a flan dish although the recipe says a tin and a longer backing time.

Galen Mon 12-Oct-15 12:04:48

Which Jen? 3 of us are Jen and hogs pudding, ham and black pudding are all pig.

Galen Mon 12-Oct-15 12:03:05

I ADORE Yorkshire puddings!
My late husband made wonderful ones. He was taught by his mother who came from Sheffield

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 12-Oct-15 11:42:47

I make Yorkshire puddings! smile

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 12-Oct-15 11:41:48

jen I'm not making no kind of a pig cake.

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 12-Oct-15 11:41:10

I don't like those Bakewell puddings from that shop in Bakewell. Soggy. Disappointing. I prefer Mr Kipling's Bakewell tarts.

Galen Mon 12-Oct-15 11:25:53

Black pudding from the blackcountry!

whitewave Mon 12-Oct-15 10:49:04

grin careful what you find in it though!

durhamjen Mon 12-Oct-15 10:44:24

Don't you have Berkshire pigs, jingl?
Must be a recipe for Berkshire pork pies.

durhamjen Mon 12-Oct-15 10:36:11

I make singin' hinnies, Stansgran.
I make pease pudding, too, just not with the ham which seems to be a staple up here.
Believe it or not, I also make Yorkshire puddings.

kittylester Mon 12-Oct-15 10:35:42

Leicestershire and apples are not a combination that automatically springs to mind! confused

whitewave Mon 12-Oct-15 10:31:15

Cornish saffron cake. Hogs pudding. I have a really ancient Cornish recipe book, must dig it out

kittylester Mon 12-Oct-15 10:30:31

I live in Leicestershire and have never even heard of it! confused Tell us about it!

Bakewell Pudding is still made in Bakewell - they don't make Bakewell Tarts as the Bakewell Tart is somebody something totally different grin

whitewave Mon 12-Oct-15 10:29:46

Sussex pound pudding. Pudding with a whole lemon and butter in the middle.

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 12-Oct-15 10:26:48

Leicestershire apple cake could be adopted though! smile Is the recipe online?

jinglbellsfrocks Mon 12-Oct-15 10:24:29

I don't think we've got any Berkshire - or Oxfordshire either (very close) - dishes of our own. confused Shame really.

Stansgran Mon 12-Oct-15 10:22:28

Lobs course= lob scouse and I left out Eccles cake and Bakewell tart. Going back to bed.

Stansgran Mon 12-Oct-15 10:20:41

And it set me wondering. Do people who live in Leicestershire make this on a regular basis? And do people who live in Eccles and Bakewell have it as a standby bake? I can see Cornish pasties being a standby in Cornwall but Scotch pancakes or suchlike,do you grow up making a local speciality. I come from Liverpool and have never made Scouser or lobs course and in the NE I ve never met anyone who's made a singin'hinney.