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But instead of the 8 inch spring form pan, I used a #10 can which is 6 inches. Though I wouldn’t want it any thinner. With or without cream cheese, everyone who tried it, loved it. Incorporate margarine into the dry mixture from step 2 using a pastry cutter or simply a fork will do. Traveler, photographer, writer. I’m eternally curious, in love with the natural world.
Following the re-released recipe, I mixed margarine, brown sugar, flour, currants, spices, lemon rind and cocoa together. It smelt lovely and reminded me of a light version of a Christmas cake. Surely any man would be delighted to get this? The recipe then said I should add milk, mixed with a teaspoon of vinegar with 1/2 a teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in it.
Bake Your Own Trench Cake
Hmm… I guess the vinegar and soda were supposed to react to make bubbles and cause the cake to rise, but in my case it just led to a jug of funky smelling liquid after I mixed it with the milk. I added all the ingredients together and baked it at 180 degrees for 1 and a half hours. The recipe called for it to bake for 2 hours, but after 1 and a half the edges had started to burn and it was most definitely cooked through.
How people can survive in harmony with nature has fueled my food safety and survival gardening practices. It was an absolute treat for soldiers used to living on the eternal cans of macaroni and bully beef – when they could get them. The fact that it was baked with loving hands and hearts made it even more special. If she was making a very rich Christmas cake the fruit was not boiled.
First World War Trench Cake
Bake in the centre of the oven for approximately 1 hour or until a knife inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Grease an 8 inch cake tin and line with baking parchment. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
The recipe, released by the Ministry of Food used ingredients which were readily available. The official recipe released by the government so the public can bake the traditional cake sent to soldiers in the trenches during the First World War. Because rationing was necessary to ensure there was enough food and other supplies available to the troops fighting for their safety, people were forced to get by with less. They carried on, though, finding ways to make what was available to them stretch far enough to feed their families, warm their homes, and so on.
Trench Cake
Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. Chances are, you have most if not all the ingredients you need already at home to make one of these cakes. They were simply made, put together like many other basic cake recipes out there, then wrapped in brown paper and shipped off to the troops. It’s likely that many ingredients were substituted based on what was available at the time. For instance, the brown sugar in this recipe was likely hard for most families to come by, even though it is a small amount. Governments suggested that people substituted sugar syrups like molasses and honey in lieu of granulated sugar because it was so rare and needed for the war effort.
Making one of these cakes is a great way to help children understand the sacrifices people made in war and to always remember those who lost their lives in all the wars in our country’s history. Looking back at times gone by has the potential to keep us from repeating the mistakes of our past. The British government actually suggested to parents and educators several years ago that they make these cakes with kids to help their students understand and remember the sacrifices made. These ingredients have been translated over from original British trench cake recipes to American units of measurement to help save you some time. During the Great War, trench cakes, like the one I’ll show you how to make, were made from a family’s rations to be sent out to the front lines for their soldiers.
War had ravaged Europe and to keep up the morale of troops fighting for King and country, women sent parcels to those fighting on the front line. These parcels provided a taste of something from home, away from the endless tins of bully beef, Maconchies stew and dry biscuits - a staple of trench food throughout the war years. Add the flour and margarine into a mixing bowl. Using your fingers, gently rub together the flour and margarine until they have the appearance of fine breadcrumbs.
Leave to cool in the tin (don't worry if it dips slightly), then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely. 100% edible World War One trench chocolate birthday cake Raspberry jam and chocolate buttercream filling. Covered with chocolate buttercream. Barbed wire is flash frozen chocolate sprayed with edible silver. It's difficult not to become nostalgic when thinking about the past, and how our ancestors lived. Whilst mixing up the ingredients, I wondered whether Granny Eliza had made trench cake in this bowl and whether Grandmam had also licked the spoon clean as my daughter, Lena did.
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Perhaps they too worked together in their busy kitchen in Voe, mixing up cakes as Lena and I did on that rainy Saturday morning in November. A few months ago, I was given my great-great grandmother’s earthenware mixing bowl, one of her few personal possessions which has been passed down through the generations. She was called Eliza Johnson and came, originally, from the island of Papa Stour on the west coast of Shetland.
Thinking lf you all & sending love peace & strength at this very upsetting time. If you liked what you just read, why not consider donating to support the blog? It's thanks to awesome people like you that we are able to continue creating content for this History Resource. Pour the batter into the cake tin and level out the mixture with a palette knife. These might not be readily available in many homes but they are readily available and something I add to my food stores. IF you don’t have a lot of money to spare….you can dehydrate your own and seal them up.
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