Re: [lace] taste of cattern cakes - recipe

2008-10-25 Thread Carol
ord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day.' - Original Message - From: "bev walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Carolyn Hastings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "lace" Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [lace] taste of c

Re: [lace] taste of cattern cakes - recipe

2008-10-22 Thread bev walker
Here is what started it all for me, and there is lace content - for this was in 'The Lacemaker' the newsletter of the Lacemakers' Circle, No. 21, June 1993, by courtesy of one Carol Adkinson (hi Carol!). I have since tried tweeking the recipes many ways, to use our N. American ingredients - and yes

RE: [lace] taste of cattern cakes

2008-10-22 Thread Carolyn Hastings
it has been done before, but would it be possible for someone(s) to post a recipe for Cattern Cakes, for us who have never gotten to it to try? Perhaps this will be the year! Carolyn > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of bev walker > Sent:

Re: [lace] taste of cattern cakes

2008-10-22 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Sounds OK (apart from caraway seed which I don't much like) but the background research is a bit off - I thought it was a Bedfordshire speciality, nothing to do with Nottingham - and there certainly weren't any Nottingham lacemakers around in Tudor times! I've found another very different reci

RE: [lace] taste of cattern cakes

2008-10-22 Thread Sue
I always think they look like what they should be, Catherine Wheels like the fireworks, the texture is a bit like cookies not crisp but not soggy either just fairly soft and crumbly. Sue M Harvey Norfolk UK No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Databa

Re: [lace] taste of cattern cakes

2008-10-22 Thread Clay Blackwell
Hi Bev - I suppose we'll need to move further discussion of the cakes to the chat list, but here's a link which shows the same recipe and some pictures... they look a lot like oatmeal cookies or chocolate chip cookies to me... (small photos...) http://www.recipezaar.com/266901 Clay bev w