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A slightly sweet, soft cake with a hint of caraway --- that’s what you’ll get in every bite of English Seed Cake! Excellent for afternoon tea or light dessert. Enjoy it for your next break!

This time it is...Jane Eyre! I've been reading and watching Jane Eyre for the past few days, and I fell in love with it. I mean I thought Jane Eyre was just about a girl in a dark bonnet and cape who goes crying and stumbling through the English marshland. Not that anything is wrong with that. But it turns out the book contains so much more - I especially enjoyed reading Jane Eyre's analysis of other characters through her keen eyes. But I'd say the book is way better than the movie (the…

A delightful, understated cake that's perfect for a picnic

Victorian Seed cake conjures images of a dense cake chocked full of assorted seeds and sticky with honeyed syrup. How disheartening to discover the “seeds” in the classic British cake are a meager smattering of caraway. Tasty, I’m sure, but falling short of my imaginings. So, from my culinary fantasies to your mouth, my modern interpretation of seed cake – mmm.

Many modern readers imagine seed cake to be chock full of sunflower or pumpkin seeds, but it turns out Tolkien grew up on a decadently buttery version of pound cake full of caraway seeds. They have a sweet, licorice flavor reminiscent of a milder, earthier version of anise seeds. You […]

We love carrot cake in this house. You probably have noticed, I'm sure. I have a delicious recipe for a Scrummy Carrot Cake on here (th...

My Good Friend Mr. McNair got me a few new cookbooks for my birthday. Two of these were cute little English cookbooks, one called: Traditional Puddings the other is English Teatime Recipes (Traditonal Cakes from around the Shires) They're both done with the cutest little water color paintings on each page & recipes with names like: Kentish Cob-nut Cake, Yorkshire Sticky Parkins. I was so tickled with these downright homey sounding little treats. So I finally got around to making one the…

Seed cake is a traditional British cake flavored with caraway and/or other flavorful seeds. Moist, tender, and just sweet enough to pair perfect with tea.