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of Honour Cakes
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Title:
Maids of Honour Cakes
Yield:
4 Servings
Categories:
Bakery,
British
Ingredients:
--------------------------------INGREDIENTS--------------------------------
1/2 pt Milk
2 tb Bread crumbs
4 oz Butter
2 oz Almonds, ground
1 oz Sugar
3 Eggs
1 Lemon Zest (the grated
-rind of one lemon)
Puff Paste
=========================== > Directions ==========================
Boil the milk and bread crumbs and let them stand for 10 minutes. Add
the butter, almonds, and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Put a dessert
spoonful of the mixture in the center of the pastry of the pastry, and bake
until golden brown. ====================
Notes and Credits ===========================
From "The Good Fare and Cheer of Old England" by Joan Parry Dutton 1960,
Published by Reynal & Company, Inc. It is said that Maids of Honour
cakes date from a day in 1525 when Henry VIII saw Maids of Honour for one
of his six Queens eating a platter of cakes with such joyous relish that
he tried one himself, and found it very good. Another tradition says they
were named for Queen Elizabeth's Maids of Honour when she lived at Richmond
Palace. From "The Cooking of the British Isles, by Adrian Bailey, Time-Life
Books, 1969 Several towns in Britain make small, delectable tarts known
as Maids of Honour, but none are so rich in flavor and therefore so famous
as Richmond Maids of Honour, which come from Richmond, a suburb of London,
and are said to have been invented for the court of Henry VIII in the 16th
Century. [shared by Dorothy Hair Davis, 4/94] ___--------- Dorothy
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=================== BBS: Ned's Opus Date: 04-08-94 (03:44) Number: 248
From: DOROTHY HAIR Refer#: 247 To: BONNIE WAGG Recvd: NO Subj: English
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