Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Biddenden Cakes (Description only)

We haven't yet tried this recipe. But we'd love to hear about it if you do.


Biddenden Cakes
 
Hard cakes ( more like biscuits) distributed annually as part of the 'Biddenden Dole', each one bearing the image of two females, said to be the conjoined sisters Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst, who, in the 12th Century, left a gift of land, called the Bread and Cheese Lands, to provide aid to the poor.
The cakes, baked from flour and water, are so hard as to be almost inedible but make good souvenirs as they bear the very curious effigy

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