When I read a readers memory in the comments on one of my social channels, I immediately become curious, imagining not only the shared scenario but also what that recipe tasted like!
I loved this comment left by “Kirsten Jordan” on how her Mum continued to make “Floury Cakes” as she had fond memories of eating these. “Her Great Aunt would make them for her when she came home from school, wartime rural Yorkshire.”
Following the memory/recipe in the comment below I tried these and they were absolutely delicious! These are super quick to make too and take no time at all to whip up if you have run out of bread! I have made these several times since and they are now a firm favourite with me when I crave some bready comfort!
I will be including some readers wartime recipes in my cook book going to print later this summer and “Floury Cakes” will definitely be one of them!
Much love, C xxxx
How are these different from the American/Canadian pancake? I’m always curious where our pancake originated from. It’s too thick for an English pancake or a French crepe…
This reminds me, I must send you the recipes my old friend wrote down for me. She had a very interesting war in Wiltshire and she never lost the habit of frugality. She would highly approve of people now trying to live within the rationing amounts. A lot of old fashioned things she never gave up including “perfectly good” 1940s clothes and pinnies and a kitchen that still had those wonderful prewar cabinets and a cooker that must have been as old as she was! She passed away aged 102 a couple of years ago and she would have loved knowing about a project such as this! She was training for pharmacy work when war broke out but ended up helping her mother run a boarding house for Flight Training Instructors for the RAF. The stories were wonderful.