The Wood Street Cake

Authors

  • Layinka Swinburne Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28641

Keywords:

17th-century, England, Great Cakes, confectionary, historic recipes, currants

Abstract

An investigation into the Wood Street Cake which had associations with exiled royalty at the time of the  English Civil War. The paper looks at various historic recipes for this and other examples of what were known as Great Cakes, confections calling for large amounts of dried fruits (esp. currants) and other expensive ingredients.

Author Biography

  • Layinka Swinburne, Independent Scholar

    Layinka Swinburne is a doctor in Leeds and researches into both domestic and medical history and those places where they intersect, particularly early manuscripts of receipts.

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Published

2012-03-01

Issue

PPC 95 (2012)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Swinburne, Layinka. 2012. “The Wood Street Cake”. Petits Propos Culinaires, March, 56-73. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28641.