I’m partial to London cheesecakes - a round of flaky pastry, a Bakewell tart in the middle and topped with strands of coconut to give it the look of a Hungarian puli.
I’m partial to London cheesecakes - a round of flaky pastry, a Bakewell tart in the middle and topped with strands of coconut to give it the look of a Hungarian puli.
I remember those! Don’t remember there being anything almondy or jam in the middle, just the piles of sweetened coconut that stuck in my throat, and dry flakes of pastry. Are they a local London thing? Might be why I haven’t seen them since I was a child.
I’ve never seen those cheesecakes down here, I love them. You can’t buy decent bread pudding here either, it comes in a pastry case, that’s never right. Good that I can make it just like mum did or the tradition would be lost.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I’m partial to London cheesecakes - a round of flaky pastry, a Bakewell tart in the middle and topped with strands of coconut to give it the look of a Hungarian puli.
I used to make a Bakewell tart with almond sponge but last year I had a crack at a proper one with frangipane and home made sweet pastry which came out really well. The second attempt was a disaster as I misread the recipe and put much too much icing sugar in the sweet pastry. Put it in to blind bake and when I went to take it out, it'd all melted 🤦♀️
OH loves tea but sounds like a Philistine compared to people on here. He just has a Tetley teabag, water from the tap, a little sugar, milk and he drinks it from a mug. I don't really do hot drinks but when I do it's technically a latte. I say technically because I call it Auntie's coffee. My great aunt used to make it with milk, Mellow Birds (only Mellow Birds) and sugar to taste. My biscuit of choice for dunking is a ginger nut.
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
P.S. I wonder why a cake with no cheese is called a cheesecake
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
You can’t buy decent bread pudding here either, it comes in a pastry case, that’s never right.
Good that I can make it just like mum did or the tradition would be lost.
OH loves tea but sounds like a Philistine compared to people on here. He just has a Tetley teabag, water from the tap, a little sugar, milk and he drinks it from a mug. I don't really do hot drinks but when I do it's technically a latte. I say technically because I call it Auntie's coffee. My great aunt used to make it with milk, Mellow Birds (only Mellow Birds) and sugar to taste. My biscuit of choice for dunking is a ginger nut.