1899 St Georges Hall Cake - Old CookBook Show - Glen And Friends Cooking

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1899 St Georges Hall Cake - Old CookBook Show - Glen And Friends Cooking
We've been doing old cookbook recipes for a while now, and some of these old cookbooks have great recipes.
Ingredients:
¾ Lb. Flour
2 Ozs. Lard
2 Ozs. Butter
6 Ozs. Castor Sugar
2 Teasp. Baking Powder
A little Milk
2 Ozs. Peel
3 Eggs
½ Lb. Currants
1 Teasp. Ginger
2 Teasp. Carraway Seeds
Method:
Mix the flour, salt and baking powder together. Rub in the fat smoothly. Prepare the fruit and add all the rest of the dry ingredients to the flour. Beat up the yolks of the eggs with a little milk and stir them in. Whisk the whites up stiffly and stir them in lightly. Turn into a well greased tin. Bake in a moderate oven about 3 hours.
Welcome friends welcome back to the kitchen welcome back to Sunday morning and the old cookbook show today we're going to do a recipe out of this little cookbook sent in by one of our viewers and i thank you very much everyone who has ever sent us a cookbook i thank you very very much i love getting these in the mail i love having them i love thinking that i am now the person who is going to take care of them for the next 20 or 30 years before i pass them along to the next person and they are filled with great recipes so today's cookbook is the northern counties school of cookery and household economy from newcastle on time and it's called a compilation of cottage cookery recipes the price is four pence and it was published in 1899. now this is one book according to the introduction in a series of three and this is the cottage cookery book the other cookery books in the series are household cookery and high class cookery so what the publisher has done or um what the the makers of this book have done and this was put together by the council of newcastle on time the school board all of those groups they've broken it out by socioeconomic class structure which cookbook is which so cottage cookery this is at the bottom rung and i hate saying that but it is sort of the bottom rung of of cookery in that area at this time and the recipes are extremely simple they reflect the economic pressures on people at the lowest rungs so the recipes are a little bit more simple the ingredients are a little bit more simple the preparations are a little bit more simple the the cost of the ingredients is lower so on and so forth and i'd love to get my hands on the other two cookbooks in this series to kind of take a look at um the commonalities of recipes and how a recipe in this book gets bumped up for the recipe in the household book which then gets bumped up for the high class cookery book and i think that's a very interesting look at what was happening here in that time period so i'm on the lookout for the other two books in this series i'll get them eventually now the recipe starts off by saying i should mix together the flour
baking powder and salt but there's no measure for salt or no mention of salt in the ingredient list and i know that that is something that freaks people out they look at a recipe and they say oh they left out an ingredient list the recipe's got to be garbage i'm not going to try it it's horrible these things happen um i don't own a cookbook from any time period that doesn't have a recipe where the ingredient list and what it says to do in the instructions don't match it's something i come across all the time putting together a cookbook is an incredibly difficult difficult difficult process and yes though you are right there are a lot of recipes that are absolutely horrible and they make mistakes all over the place but the fact that they leave out salt doesn't really freak me out all that much just put in a pinch and it'll probably get you there now next it tells me to rub in the fats smoothly and it tells two different types of fat this is lard and it also asks for butter so i'm going to put those in and i'm just going to use my fingers to rub the fat in to the flour it's pretty simple just rub it between your fingers it's not really going to stick to your hands all that much the flour should coat your hands and you just want to rub it in until you get little bits of fat covered in flour that are smaller than the size of a pea you could do this part in a food processor but doing with your fingers doesn't take that long and you kind of really get a good grasp on what it's supposed to be like by doing it with your fingers okay so that's good now i'm going to put it into a larger bowl the recipe now tells me to prepare the fruit which i already have and so we've got some peel i'm going to put that in
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  • @craigstott1444
    @craigstott14442 жыл бұрын

    Hi Glen. My Nana was from Durham which is very close to Newcastle and she often baked this cake. She baked it in a loaf tin - this gives a higher narrower cake. She would cut then slices from the caked like sliced bread. Then each slice was buttered. Buttered cake was served with tea as a tea loaf. Perfect!

  • @kchortu

    @kchortu

    2 жыл бұрын

    that makes a lot of sense

  • @MartinsRainbowRoom

    @MartinsRainbowRoom

    2 жыл бұрын

    Here in Denmark we have a cake called "Beer cake" where we do the same. Its basically a spice cake (cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, brown sugar flour and beer as the only liquid). It's really nice with butter

  • @MrSimonj1970

    @MrSimonj1970

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm from North Yorkshire, and same here - loaf tin, slices and butter. Wensleydale cheese at Christmas.

  • @TheDriftwoodlover

    @TheDriftwoodlover

    11 күн бұрын

    Great to know!

  • @LukeEdward
    @LukeEdward2 жыл бұрын

    My Sunday routine: Wake up early, make a pot of coffee, wash the Jeep while I drink the pot of coffee, come back inside to sit in my leather recliner and watch the “Old Cookbook Show” My day. Can go on. Thanks, Glen (and Jules).

  • @phyllisalfieri9625

    @phyllisalfieri9625

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’re more motivated than me lol get up make coffee get back in bed and have my visit with Glen and Jules lol

  • @TheDriftwoodlover

    @TheDriftwoodlover

    11 күн бұрын

    @@phyllisalfieri9625🎯

  • @loganhartzlaw
    @loganhartzlaw2 жыл бұрын

    "It was done by sticking your arm in and saying, ya that's pretty good" haha I love Glen and his videos. Absolutely hilarious!

  • @seanlavoie2

    @seanlavoie2

    2 жыл бұрын

    That makes me think about how I check temperature on microwave reheated food. If it steams up my glasses or feels warm enough on my face it’s okay.

  • @laurac.b.devlin8605

    @laurac.b.devlin8605

    2 жыл бұрын

    and sweetness. a sweet man

  • @TheDriftwoodlover

    @TheDriftwoodlover

    11 күн бұрын

    @@seanlavoie2🤣

  • @symetryrtemys2101
    @symetryrtemys21012 жыл бұрын

    My mum (from Yorkshire) taught me that cake mixture was the correct consistency if you could lift up a wooden spoon of batter up in the air, turn the spoon and say “1, 2, 3, PLOP” with the mixture falling into the bowl on the ”plop”. It’s a highly consistent method, and one I would recommend if you ever come across a recipe that says “some milk”.

  • @patriciamorgan6545

    @patriciamorgan6545

    Жыл бұрын

    Great tip!

  • @susanboon4605
    @susanboon46052 жыл бұрын

    Hi, Glen. Susan from Shelburne, ON here. I'm a recent subscriber, and I'm enjoying your channel. I, too, collect old cookbooks and recipes (I especially love old church cookbooks, as everyone puts in their best recipes, and it reflects on the times and regions of the country). I was catching up on your previous videos and the carrot pudding episode caught my eye. I have been carrying on the tradition of carrot pudding started by (or perhaps continued by) my great-great-grandmother Elizabeth Railton of Glasgow. She emigrated to Montreal with her family in 1883. I was fortunate enough to have her daughter in my life until I was 28, and it is she who taught me to make it. My copy is actually from my dad's mother handwritten book, who asked for the recipe in 1960. The page is yellowed and stained, and altered to reflect changes included (like measurements!). Ours includes currants, a tablespoon of molasses and candied fruit and cherries, and I have added cinnamon and nutmeg. We still have to make at least 2 sauces to satisfy all tastes (lemon sauce and hard sauce for my English husband). My daughters and nieces are the 6th generation to use this recipe, and we still use the same bowl as my GGgrandmother, and the steamer from my great-grandmother. Finally, to keep my husband content, we wrap a shilling in tinfoil and hide it in the pudding. Looking forward to future videos! (sorry for the epistle, but no one I work with had even heard of carrot pudding!)

  • @carolgalpin9334

    @carolgalpin9334

    2 жыл бұрын

    I make a carrot pudding just like my mom and her mom did. I'm in my 70's, so it goes back a good bit. It has carrot and potato and a little chocolate, cloves and cinnamon and walnuts. And we love it drenched with lemon sauce. That part of the family came from England in the early 1800's, but I don't know when we got this a bit more simplified recipe.

  • @dragons8822

    @dragons8822

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds very good with cinnamon, nutmeg, cherries, currants & candied fruits. Would like to try your family recipe if you're ok with sharing, along with the lemon sauce & hard sauce. It really sounds good. Thanks for your time

  • @bigbadbovine
    @bigbadbovine2 жыл бұрын

    "A little milk" - Glen is really feeling the Townsends' pain today.

  • @Hethwen
    @Hethwen2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Glen, this is a recipe that I found online from 'The Glasgow School of Cookery Book’ 1910. It’s very easy cake to bake and fits any shape of tin, square, round and loaf. St. George’s Hall Cake 1/4 pound / 110g - butter 1/4 pound / 110g - sugar 2 - eggs 1/2 pound / 225g - plain flour 1 teaspoon - baking powder A little salt 1/4 pound / 110g - currants 2 ounces / 50g - candid peel 1/2 cup - milk Work the butter to a cream. Add the sugar and beat well together. Add the eggs (well beaten), flour, baking powder, salt, currants, candid peel and milk. Beat well for 5 minutes. Bake in a warm oven for 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours. (325F, Mark 3, 170C)

  • @symetryrtemys2101

    @symetryrtemys2101

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love a bit of candid peel!

  • @vrghr

    @vrghr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@samiam619 That refers to "Gas Mark", which is a scale used on many ovens in UK and surrounding regions. Gas Mark 1 is 275 degrees F, and increases 25 degrees for each +1 mark above that. So a Gas Mark 3 (or Mark 3) would 275+50 or 325 degrees.

  • @maryd6506

    @maryd6506

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@samiam619 Some gas stoves use Mark 1, Mark 2, etc. instead of temperatures.

  • @Hethwen

    @Hethwen

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@samiam619 ... The Gas Mark is a temperature scale used on gas ovens and cookers in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth of Nations countries.

  • @cremebrulee4759

    @cremebrulee4759

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@symetryrtemys2101 😄

  • @j616s
    @j616s2 жыл бұрын

    Judging by "traditional" styles of cake you get in the UK today, I wonder if it's intended to be baked as a loaf then sliced and served spread with butter. It would explain the longer cooking time and you might need the dryness for it to hold together in that form. But it's the sort of thing you'd have alongside tea in the museum tea rooms at national trust sites/royal palaces etc.

  • @JayJay-if5rl

    @JayJay-if5rl

    2 жыл бұрын

    These were our thoughts (from Wales in the UK) - and came here to make the same comment. It looks like something my mum calls “cut and come cake” and would always be in a loaf tin and sliced and buttered. A less fancy bara brith.

  • @rebeccamartin3744
    @rebeccamartin37442 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait to see how the brandy half turns out.

  • @applegal3058

    @applegal3058

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too!

  • @lesliemoiseauthor

    @lesliemoiseauthor

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree

  • @oreally8605

    @oreally8605

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's gonna take a few weeks lol

  • @nancylindsay4255

    @nancylindsay4255

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Want to see how you both like the cake with cheese (aged cheddar?) and the aged brandy-blessed cake. What delightful suggestions each of you arrived at so quickly!

  • @brianbarry5673

    @brianbarry5673

    2 жыл бұрын

    I vote for sampling for Groundhog Day. Long story short, a weird tradition started when I was at university was to celebrate Groundhog Day with alcohol-soaked fruit cake. It starts before Christmas collecting all the unappreciated fruit cake, then soak with whatever alcohol available, usually anejo rum (we had a virtually unlimited supply), but also used sherry, port, scotch and brandy. Groundhog Day is an underappreciated holiday. It marks the end of the darkest 1/4 of the year. Eating alcohol-soaked fruit cake represents consuming the last of the preserved winter bread.

  • @debrajohnson1982
    @debrajohnson19824 ай бұрын

    I love your channel. I favorite missing ingredient is about a family recipe. We asked my grandmother for years for her Irish soda bread recipe. She finally wrote it down and gave it to my cousin Lorna. Lorna didn’t make the bread until the St. Patrick’s Day after my grandmother died. Lo and behold- no liquid. We could all hear grandmother say, well of course you should add milk. You should know that!

  • @AM-xo7lr
    @AM-xo7lr2 жыл бұрын

    Came across an interesting post on a blog called 'Grandma Abson' explaining that the namesake of this cake is a building in Liverpool, where there was also a culinary institute. As for Jules' suggestion of cheese, serving fruit cake with a slice of cheese on top, particularly a white crumbly one such as Wensleydale, has long been popular in the North of England. Goes great with a cup of strong tea of a winter afternoon.

  • @lesliecastle6791
    @lesliecastle67912 жыл бұрын

    I view “A little Milk” as a loose measure based on the moisture content of the flour and dried fruits. It would also allow for the flexibility of how much milk the baker had at the time, and the density of the milk based on the type of animal and the fat content of the milk. All of the variables would have an effect on the moisture content of the cake.

  • @ethelryan257

    @ethelryan257

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're right. We normally have below 15% relative humidity. On the rare occasions it rises above 40%, my flour based recipes require enormous adjustment in liquid volume.

  • @michaelreid8857

    @michaelreid8857

    2 жыл бұрын

    In addition back then the milk was always full fat. These days 2-3% is less fat and obviously affects the results!

  • @samuelsmith6281

    @samuelsmith6281

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think with many of the cooks of the period baking was mainly done by feel and experience. Both my mother and grandmother (B:1920s, D:1990s) both work/worked on feel and would add a little milk and mix it adding more until the consistency of the cake batter looked and felt right. I thought Glen's batter looked a little dry and I would have added a little more milk and/or soaked the currants in cold tea first which would have led to the currants releasing the additional liquid during the mixing and bake.

  • @RobotPorter

    @RobotPorter

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly! Precise measurements of flour and liquid are rarely possible. Usually one or both have to be adjusted give weather, moisture, etc. But, as Glen noted, these adjustments are tricky to make when you don't know what the batter or dough is supposed to look like.

  • @NoZenith

    @NoZenith

    2 жыл бұрын

    I live in Michigan where we can get nearly 100% humidity in the summertime and practically 0% humidity in the winter and depending on the weather coming through it can fluctuate more than 20% in an average day. I honestly never thought about this before! Thank you so much

  • @ragingblazemaster
    @ragingblazemaster2 жыл бұрын

    Look forward to these videos EVERY Sunday my friend! Thank you for dedication!

  • @scottanderson2807

    @scottanderson2807

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too but my dog doesn’t like Glenn’s voice. He starts shaking when he hears Glenn

  • @ragingblazemaster

    @ragingblazemaster

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@scottanderson2807 awwwww!

  • @honthirty_

    @honthirty_

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@scottanderson2807 my dogs hate the beeps from his stove surface!

  • @jacquespoulemer3577
    @jacquespoulemer3577 Жыл бұрын

    I did a quick google search (this is May 2023) to see if they had any pics and they did. your cake turned out very similar in appearance. Love the show. Jim

  • @Marielm1
    @Marielm1 Жыл бұрын

    Aye. No fun if we can’t second guess you !!! We don’t tell you. We just watch and be happy! Thank you!

  • @laurac.b.devlin8605
    @laurac.b.devlin86052 жыл бұрын

    this is how my moms fruit cale was done, with egg whites folded in. her batter was dark, it had jam in it. very tasty, not dry. everyone i know hates fruitcake but hers is a different animal, delicious.

  • @rickm5271
    @rickm52712 жыл бұрын

    Glen, I never tire of your videos. Thank you for this and all the others. I always look forward to them! And your airplane hanger ones too! You're the best!

  • @paulomalley1147
    @paulomalley11472 жыл бұрын

    Fruit cake with cheese is pretty standard here in Yorkshire! Generally Wensleydale but I prefer Coverdale.

  • @rileys1005

    @rileys1005

    2 жыл бұрын

    was going to say, my nan loves a piece of fruitcake and Wensleydale on a sunday

  • @ethelryan257

    @ethelryan257

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm stuck in the US. Grew up in Germany and Italy. They think Cheese in a Can is extra-fancy around these parts. Would you please stop talking about real cheeses? Please? I'd kill for a decent slice of Altgouda.

  • @KyzylReap

    @KyzylReap

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ethelryan257 . Try Satori Montamore, a cheddar from Wisconsin that blew away the competition at a blind tasting in France. Or Maytag Blue,; again, an international award winner. Try being more than a petty bigot.

  • @sandyl2475
    @sandyl24752 жыл бұрын

    I feel so lucky to have found your channel! Love your take on these old recipes!

  • @DasGeneral12
    @DasGeneral122 жыл бұрын

    Hey Glen, this is Paul in Anchorage, AK. I've been a long time subscriber to the show and always enjoy your Sunday Old Cookbook Show. I was thinking that the other reason the cake would be so dry is to allow it a longer shelf-life. Keeping the amount of perishables in the cake to only a splash of milk and three eggs would potentially extend the life of the cake for a few more days, since a lower class family in the English Midlands at the turn of the century would be unlikely to have an icebox. Hence why a lot of cakes and loaves like this would be soaked in alcohol (as you're planning to do with the other half of the cake!), which further extends the shelf-life of that loaf and lets working families get more out of expensive foodstuffs like sugar and currants. Keep in mind, currants and sugar both had to be imported; sugar from Cuba and the Caribbean, while currants would have been imported from either the US, southern Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal, etc.), or an overseas colony with a climate to grow currants. Those would still be relatively expensive ingredients and you'd want to get as much out of them as possible; especially working class families with only a little spending money for luxuries like this kind of cake. Even more reason to keep perishables to a minimum in the recipe and extend shelf-life! Cheers! -Paul

  • @hibone
    @hibone2 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Newcastle England? That’s my city!

  • @wendysumner8899
    @wendysumner88992 жыл бұрын

    You are my go to for Sunday morning sitting with my cup of tea and my doggo at my feet! Love watching how these recipes turn out and your taste testing with Jules!! I'm all in with the rum or brandy!!

  • @paigeboyer134
    @paigeboyer1342 жыл бұрын

    I look forward to your videos every week!! Love them!!!

  • @JoelAAK
    @JoelAAK2 жыл бұрын

    At 4:00, large bowl appears. "Now I'm going to put it into a larger bowl". Who hasn't been there? The struggle is real.

  • @Wrdwrk
    @Wrdwrk2 жыл бұрын

    So interesting…thank you ! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @lindaoakes7870
    @lindaoakes78702 жыл бұрын

    I am from Yorkshire and have always had cheese with fruit cake. My husband and brother in law really pushed the boundaries one Christmas when they had cheese and pickled onions with their Christmas pudding much to my mum's displeasure, it has still not been forgotten 40 some years later

  • @MichaelBoyle514
    @MichaelBoyle5142 жыл бұрын

    What strikes me the most about this recipe is the wide range of English/Yorkshire fruit cakes out there. I'm thinking of more modern interpretations of fruit cake, but also the Parkin you made a while back, plus a few others if memory serves. It would be a fun though doubtlessly futile exercise to try and systematize them all by method, ingredients, and perceived or presumed posh-ness.

  • @rogerw5299
    @rogerw52992 жыл бұрын

    When you were cutting it, by thought was "You might want to take that milk back out. Looks like you will need something to wash it down with" BTW, when I was in Scouts in the 90's, my Scout Handbook at some recipes at the back, including one for Chocolate Chip Cookies. I tried to make them one day, and did not really read it all the way through first. Discovered after mixing everything together that they had forgotten an oven temp. Just the ingredients list, how to mix it, and then "put in the oven for 10 minutes" or whatever the time was. Managed to fine another recipe that gave me a guideline, and finished the recipe. They were some of the best cookies that I have ever had. They were so soft that you could eat them frozen.

  • @lindamundy3812

    @lindamundy3812

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was a boy scout leader when my boys were in and the oatmeal raisin cookie recipe in the handbook was surprisingly good and easy.

  • @juneauesque
    @juneauesque2 жыл бұрын

    I love the combination of currants, orange and caraway, and have been adding them to pancake batter, as I lack a working oven. I like them best cold with a light slather of butter. Saves time and energy, but not my waistline! ;)

  • @TheDriftwoodlover

    @TheDriftwoodlover

    11 күн бұрын

    Interesting!

  • @CathodeRayNipplez
    @CathodeRayNipplez2 жыл бұрын

    Being keto I can't have 99% of the recipes here but love that you do these ye olde things. Edible history is fun.

  • @patriciar5937
    @patriciar59372 жыл бұрын

    Very much like my family's (from Newcastle) Christmas cake recipe - more fruit and we soak in sherry. Just made ours today!

  • @geordiebatt
    @geordiebatt2 жыл бұрын

    Watching this in Newcastle-upon-Tyne! So proud, Glenn cooking recipes from the greatest city in the world.

  • @leannsanford906
    @leannsanford9062 жыл бұрын

    LOL, cheese and pickles 😁 Just toast the "bread" with cheese and add some bread & butter pickles and I'm all in 👍

  • @ksully6551
    @ksully65512 жыл бұрын

    I imagine they served this with either custard or hard sauce.

  • @spurgear4
    @spurgear42 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me I need to make a batch of my grandmother's fruitcake.

  • @randallthomas5207
    @randallthomas52072 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking on how you check temperatures for old recipes. My grandparents were still living off-grid in the old ranch house when i was a youngster. She still cooked in a wood stove. She taught me to check the temperature with drops of water. You dipped your finger in a glass of water, and then put a drop of water on the pan. If it bounced and skittered around it was right for pancakes, and if it sizzled and moved around the pan it was right for frying eggs. To check her oven she opened the door, and did the drop onto the inside of the door. My mom had an old cook book with a table in the front which defined the temperatures using that method. I think, (hope) my niece ended up with it. My brothers wife threw a lot of things away.

  • @Curiosity-NZ
    @Curiosity-NZ2 жыл бұрын

    Glen, I can vouch that compiling a cook book is a difficult exercise having produced one myself and I am now working on another one. I am sending you a signed copy because I know full well you will appreciate it.

  • @3kids2cats1dog
    @3kids2cats1dog2 жыл бұрын

    Glen I would love to see what's on your sideboard this Christmas!

  • @RobotPorter
    @RobotPorter2 жыл бұрын

    When I saw the finished cake, I had the same thought as Glen of soaking it in brandy or rum for a,few weeks before he even said it. And serve it with a hard sauce.

  • @sjfnj420
    @sjfnj420 Жыл бұрын

    I enjoy watching you try these ancient recipes. This one is off to a good start hope you show does a follow up. Maybe a little kind of leveler. I have to try thanks

  • @jimedson3853
    @jimedson38532 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video.👍👍

  • @shortsweettoo
    @shortsweettoo2 жыл бұрын

    I toast caraway rye all of the time and add peanut butter, jam or both. They are excellent together. Give it a try. 😊

  • @starseeker4716
    @starseeker47162 жыл бұрын

    The cake looks good, but my personal preference would be to add more milk and sub the caraway for cardamom, since it's a fave of mine. Thanks to you Glen and Jules for really nicely shot, well-informed and entertaining videos!

  • @ClearlyPixelated
    @ClearlyPixelated2 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see the other books!

  • @mick6649
    @mick66492 жыл бұрын

    Tremendous, cooking a recipe from a book from my home city, sort of.

  • @321southtube
    @321southtube2 жыл бұрын

    Through your searches, gifts and luck you certainly have acquired an awesome library of cook books and cocktail recipes. Thanks for another interesting, intriguing and entertaining video.

  • @vixendterror1890
    @vixendterror18902 жыл бұрын

    I love old recipes! Great video, thank you!

  • @floief
    @floief2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful cake recipe. My grandmother would have served this (and did, or one very much like it) thinly sliced, spread with butter, next to a cup of tea.

  • @suzanneperkins4549
    @suzanneperkins45492 жыл бұрын

    My Great Grandparents were from the southern edge of Scotland, Sinclairhill. I fell quit sure my Great Aunts and Grandmother made this cake. Thanks Suzanne Perkins Ozarksflipper

  • @robmaxwell189
    @robmaxwell1892 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are the highlight of my weekend. This would be perfect with a cup of coffee or tea

  • @pcb462
    @pcb4622 жыл бұрын

    Great vid as always. Enjoyed seeing how this would come out. Well done.

  • @flyingsealtv
    @flyingsealtv2 жыл бұрын

    love seeing you make these much older recipes. mad cool!

  • @JoelAAK
    @JoelAAK2 жыл бұрын

    OK - the caraway seed threw me for a loop.Thanks for the background on the time period.

  • @infectedmentality
    @infectedmentality2 жыл бұрын

    Aha I'm from Northumberland and live in Newcastle. There's often a few old cookbooks floating around second hand book shops. If I ever find one I'll pick it up and forward it on

  • @berean65
    @berean65 Жыл бұрын

    Not very keen on caraway seeds. Will definitely try recipe. Sounds yummy!

  • @renaissancewomanfarm9175
    @renaissancewomanfarm91752 жыл бұрын

    First, I am amazed that a person was expected to maintain an even temperature in a wood burning stove for three hours. I also wonder if this cake is dry because it is intended as a dunking cake. A couple of dousings in coffee with cream and sugar might put it over the top. Kind of sad that people don't dunk anymore.

  • @ethelryan257

    @ethelryan257

    2 жыл бұрын

    I do! I have baked in a wood stove, it's a nightmare and I don't care what the back-to-nature types want to pretend.

  • @mackenziedrake

    @mackenziedrake

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think dunking gained low-brow connotations some where between the Great Depression and the Fifties. My mom discouraged the practice.

  • @belamoure

    @belamoure

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mackenziedrake my younger bro would dunk persistently, Mom let him go with it, but for us it was a big no no.

  • @renaissancewomanfarm9175

    @renaissancewomanfarm9175

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mackenziedrake LOL. Probably why I picked it up from my Grandpa instead

  • @twilightshealy4152
    @twilightshealy41522 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the 1st time I ate Mama's homemade molasses gingerbread. Delicious but different as well. Seems like she put a thin powdered sugar lemon flavored glaze over it.

  • @DarkPurpleAqua
    @DarkPurpleAqua2 жыл бұрын

    Looking really good! Can't wait for the brandy update!

  • @Rebecca-sc2di
    @Rebecca-sc2di2 жыл бұрын

    I bet this would toast well and be delicious with some cheese, as your other half mentioned!

  • @CookwitchCreations
    @CookwitchCreations2 жыл бұрын

    Yay Jules, fruitcake and cheese! Excellent choice.

  • @ragingblazemaster
    @ragingblazemaster2 жыл бұрын

    What a super interesting recipe!!!

  • @brianmoore5752
    @brianmoore57522 жыл бұрын

    Looks good to me. I have some of my Grandmothers old cook books and some of the recipes are pretty vague. Go with your gut and stick with the method is the only thing you can do

  • @kurtisburtis
    @kurtisburtis2 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite quarantine pastimes has been watching your old cookbook show, and then trying to find the one you used online. So far, this one has stumped me.

  • @kathygeisler6324
    @kathygeisler63242 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love those old cookbooks! They are so specific about some ingredients, teaspoon and tablespoon measures, yet "add a little milk". It would have helped if it indicated batter consistency, but you hit it out of the park anyway! 😉

  • @TheDriftwoodlover

    @TheDriftwoodlover

    11 күн бұрын

    That’s how my grandmother cooked and baked. No recipes. All by feel. And everything was always delicious. On occasion, her bismarcks would be a little dark and she considered that a failure but they were still wonderful.

  • @bennjanse
    @bennjanse2 жыл бұрын

    Brandy Yes !!!🍺🍺🍺

  • @patrickdurham8393
    @patrickdurham83932 жыл бұрын

    I hunted down several versions of this recipe and all called for ¼ pint of milk.

  • @TheDriftwoodlover

    @TheDriftwoodlover

    11 күн бұрын

    😮

  • @ethelryan257
    @ethelryan2572 жыл бұрын

    I wonder whether this has the unspoken assumption that the currents (raisins) would have soaked for some time in a liquid? The cake seems really familiar to something I had as a child in Italy, but that was moister. I love your approach to terms such as 'moderate oven'. Nothing is more frustrating than people who try to nail down every aspect of baking to Vulcan Science Academy levels of exactness. At my altitude, anything calling for a 'moderate' oven gets thrown in the big pressure canner to steam at 121C for not quite the time given, than finished to brown in the oven at 125C. Works about as well as anything else.

  • @rabidsamfan

    @rabidsamfan

    2 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in Denver, and my grandmother always had to adapt recipes for altitude. But she never steamed things, so now I am curious about what the altitude is where you live.

  • @heritagelabrador3840
    @heritagelabrador38402 жыл бұрын

    This recipe works great for biscotti !

  • @jasonwilley1995
    @jasonwilley19952 жыл бұрын

    Can we have a full Christmas dinner cook along video please?

  • @MB_07
    @MB_072 жыл бұрын

    Looks good. Will be fun to soak it in brandy and enjoy. Wording sure is a little different back then. A little of this and a pinch of that 🙂

  • @dkbjorn

    @dkbjorn

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@samiam619 I have a set of small measuring spoons consisting of a smidgen, pinch and dash. Since there is no standard for those measurements I wanted to see what these particular spoons would equal, but my kitchen scales weren’t that accurate. By comparing them against my standard measuring spoons I found that a dash equals half of a 1/4 tsp (1/8 tsp), a pinch is half of a dash (1/16 tsp.) and a smidgen is half a pinch (1/32 tsp). I also did an internet search and found that these amounts are fairly common on many sites.

  • @fictionalbeauty
    @fictionalbeauty2 жыл бұрын

    Glen, I'd love it if you'd do a cookbook tour for us sometime! :)

  • @edsmythe7020
    @edsmythe70202 жыл бұрын

    Cheers

  • @davidvalenta9394
    @davidvalenta93942 жыл бұрын

    re: cutting butter into flour: I'll cube the butter & scatter in a stand mixer bowl that has the flour already measured in it; use a balloon whisk attachment on VERY LOW/ lowest setting for about 3-6 minutes; stop & check by the feel of it (grasp /pinch some, see how it flakes/holds or doesn't). about 6-7 minutes was spot-on for pie crust recipes, consistent results. ** hope that's helpful to someone!.

  • @tylerclark3045
    @tylerclark30452 жыл бұрын

    I'd really love to try this; I'm sceptical of the caraway.

  • @lindamundy3812

    @lindamundy3812

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love carraway. It's also good in scones.

  • @Tala_Masca
    @Tala_Masca2 жыл бұрын

    Just soak it in Brandy, or rum. Glen, you have the best ideas! You were exxxplaining things again for the people who make the stupid comments of 'you did this wrong'. Don't let them bother you please, some people think they know everything better. You allways do your research so you actually do know better haha!

  • @virginiaf.5764

    @virginiaf.5764

    2 жыл бұрын

    He never lets stupid comments bother him.

  • @TheScratchingKiwi
    @TheScratchingKiwi2 жыл бұрын

    This is very similar to my grandmother's Christmas cake recipe (suet instead of dripping). Pre-soaking the currants and peel in alcohol may be the way to go! A tall, round cake tin will reduce drying in the oven. Then, of course, storing and 'feeding the cake with brandy for a good while... Some ginger, cinnamon or coriander may make it extra yum. The other way to go is to, do the 'tea loaf' thing and cut it thinly. I would still soak the fruit (maybe in cold tea).

  • @NRajah
    @NRajah2 жыл бұрын

    Try fruit cake with a nice hard English cheese. You won't regret it.

  • @applegal3058
    @applegal30582 жыл бұрын

    We make tea buns by rubbing fat into flour, and stirring in eggs and milk before baking. I'm wondering if I can modify my tea bun recipe by adding those spices and some candied peel to it...? It already has the baking powder, raisins and sugar. Mmm...Christmas tea buns!

  • @bulman07
    @bulman072 жыл бұрын

    Oh cool, I’m from Newcastle. I wonder if they’ll have copies of these in the local history section of the City Library… I’ll try to have a look!

  • @lindamundy3812

    @lindamundy3812

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's very kind of you.

  • @vermontDavid
    @vermontDavid2 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of a panettone recipe. I would suggest more milk because Pannetone takes five eggs and this took three. Thanks for this looks delicious. I’m going to give it a try.

  • @TheDriftwoodlover
    @TheDriftwoodlover11 күн бұрын

    I will try this. Caraway sounds like a nice change of pace. Was thinking if too dry turning them into biscotti would be an option.

  • @Code_YellowJacket
    @Code_YellowJacket2 жыл бұрын

    I laughed so hard at 9:06 😂😂 can you imagine!? telling your wife the stove is ready for cooking 😂😂 while your arm is about burnt to a crisp over a fruit cake

  • @susankahn7219
    @susankahn72192 жыл бұрын

    Great video as usual! How about a big shmear of butter or cream cheese!

  • @cremebrulee4759
    @cremebrulee47592 жыл бұрын

    I found another recipe for this cake on a blog called grandmaabson. The proportions are all different, more flour and sugar, and there only butter, no lard. The amount of milk called for was a half a cup, and It was baked at 3:25 for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.

  • @schwarzalben88
    @schwarzalben882 жыл бұрын

    Yes Glen I think it needed more liquid (milk in it) I think the uncooked cake mix should have been a little sloppier. Is your oven a fan oven?

  • @michaelreid8857
    @michaelreid88572 жыл бұрын

    “It was a little dry”. You think? I definitely would have gone with about 250 ml / 1/2C of milk! But hey another great video. Even your so so recipes are a joy to watch. Cheers from Ottawa 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @marilyn1228
    @marilyn12282 жыл бұрын

    The brandy sounds good. So would a boozy caramel sauce to go with the savoury bit.

  • @gu1targrrrl
    @gu1targrrrl2 жыл бұрын

    I think if you had added more milk to get a stiff dropping consistency you would then have been able to fold in the egg whites and the cake would have turned out moister. The use of lard was common when I grew up, particularly for pastry, which, to this day, I make with half lard and half butter. Lard was and still is much cheaper than butter, of course, but it also “shortens” better.

  • @Beachdudeca
    @Beachdudeca2 жыл бұрын

    I like the idea of putting it out as part of a Cheese platter

  • @Naglareffe
    @Naglareffe2 жыл бұрын

    I love your video, they are live test of old recipe and seeing your genuine reaction to the first taste is always nice. How much do you prep for those type of videos ? Do you try to make the recipes beforehand ?

  • @nickbriggs9620
    @nickbriggs96202 жыл бұрын

    As soon as you said “caraway seeds” I went “ooooooo I gotta try that…”

  • @nickbriggs9620

    @nickbriggs9620

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@judithburke1539 to each their own

  • @anthonydolio8118
    @anthonydolio81182 жыл бұрын

    I just love the conversation during the tasting. So fun. Hey, did you ever let us know how the Brandy soaked version tasted? Is it on the channel somewhere?

  • @scottstewart3884
    @scottstewart38842 жыл бұрын

    Might be too late, but take 1/4 and soak it in Brandy, and the other 1/4 in Rum. See which is better.

  • @urouroniwa
    @urouroniwa2 жыл бұрын

    I'm going to guess "a little more milk". My main reasoning is the lack of leavener (unless I missed it). I've got to think that was the role of the whisked egg whites. In order for them to fulfill that role, they need a bit more liquid in order to hold their air. But, I've got to say that what you made is a pretty decent "tea cake" and I don't think it's wrong.

  • @rabidsamfan
    @rabidsamfan2 жыл бұрын

    The crunch as you cut it made me think of a cookie texture. Maybe have with a little more milk for dunking?

  • @MalikDoesStuff
    @MalikDoesStuff2 жыл бұрын

    Wasn’t Jules in “Daredevil” with Ben affleck? Glen is a lucky man

  • @samuelsmith6281
    @samuelsmith62812 жыл бұрын

    Hi Glen, the Household version of this book is available as a reprint of the 1913 edition.

  • @stephaniesosna8213
    @stephaniesosna82132 жыл бұрын

    Qvc has a mixing bowl designed with a base that allows you to tilt bowl at any angle and holds it in place. Look up "Blue Jean Chef mixing bowl". Just a thought 😁

  • @philiposm
    @philiposm2 жыл бұрын

    Another option is to cut it into small pieces and put it back into the oven to make a biscotti type of cookie.

  • @kellybryson7754
    @kellybryson77542 жыл бұрын

    Julie, I love your sweater! Did you buy it? It looks like someone combined two different sweaters.

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