When my mum died, Dad gave me a folder full of recipes that she had kept.
Some of her notes are now showing signs of damage and age so I thought I would start putting her recipes online to refer to and perhaps someone might want to have a go at them too and let me know how they get on.
My mum was a great cook both a family one and as a paid cook for a variety of organisations not to forget her famous baking for church and community events.
You will have to do conversions as she worked in ounces and I am not going to change the language she used.
Coffee and Walnut cake
4 oz marg.
4 oz caster sugar
4 oz SR flour
2 eggs beaten
5 tbsp. v.strong coffee
2 oz chopped walnuts
4 oz icing sugar
12 walnut halves
Cream marg and sugar and beaten egg, then 2 tbsp. coffee.
Beat well. Add chopped walnuts.
Fold in flour.
Use 7 ins square tine.
Bake 30-35 minutes mins – gas 4
Mix I sugar with remaining coffee. Spread over cake.
Mark into 12 pieces.
Put half walnut on each.
How lovely, Kate. I’ve got similar from my grandma, recipes written decades ago on very old paper, I don’t ever want to recycle them. Hope you’re feeling brighter 🙂
what a lovely way to remember your mum by making one of her recipes and share it with your family #fortheloveofBLOG
Ah this is lovely Kate, and so nice to have been given all the old recipes. I hope that you enjoy cooking them and keeping the tradition and tastes alive. Thanks so much for linking up at #fortheloveofBLOG. Claire x