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- Vintage British Baking: The Rough Robin Cake from 1914
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“Today, we dive into a fascinating recipe from a 1914 first edition of the ‘Battersea Polytechnic Training Department of Domestic Science Household Cookery Recipes’. This cookbook, sent in by a viewer, is filled with historical gems, and we’re exploring one such recipe: the Rough Robin Cake.”
- Election Cake from 1796
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“Today when we go to the polls we get a little sticker that says I Voted, and that’s great but you know what would be even better? Cake.”
I’m going to start producing facsimiles of some of the vintage cookbooks I’m covering here, because some of them are wonderful, and also because it’s easier to read them in a larger format.