Seed cake recipe english

This time it is...Jane Eyre! I've been reading and watching Jane Eyre for the past few days, and I fell in love with it. I mean I thought Jane Eyre was just about a girl in a dark bonnet and cape who goes crying and stumbling through the English marshland. Not that anything is wrong with that. But it turns out the book contains so much more - I especially enjoyed reading Jane Eyre's analysis of other characters through her keen eyes. But I'd say the book is way better than the movie (the…

Sometimes I think I am half hobbit. I’m short and stocky and cheery and (to overshare) I have slightly hairy feet. My dad first read The Hobbit to me when I was about 5, and I re-read it on m…

A delightful, understated cake that's perfect for a picnic

This seed cake recipe, which has a distinct flavor of caraway seeds, hails from Great Britain.

In honor of the daffodils which are coming into bloom now and the poem by William Wordsworth, I wanted to bake this lovely Seed Cake which...

My Good Friend Mr. McNair got me a few new cookbooks for my birthday. Two of these were cute little English cookbooks, one called: Traditional Puddings the other is English Teatime Recipes (Traditonal Cakes from around the Shires) They're both done with the cutest little water color paintings on each page & recipes with names like: Kentish Cob-nut Cake, Yorkshire Sticky Parkins. I was so tickled with these downright homey sounding little treats. So I finally got around to making one the…

I hope you enjoy my Mom's treasured recipe for amazing Chiffon Poppy Seed Cake. Cake that is so light, fluffy and delicious!

We love carrot cake in this house. You probably have noticed, I'm sure. I have a delicious recipe for a Scrummy Carrot Cake on here (th...

Many modern readers imagine seed cake to be chock full of sunflower or pumpkin seeds, but it turns out Tolkien grew up on a decadently buttery version of pound cake full of caraway seeds. They have a sweet, licorice flavor reminiscent of a milder, earthier version of anise seeds. You […]

A delightful buttery pound cake with a gentle lemon flavor, soft and moist and looks so pretty with the addition of poppy seeds sprinkled throughout. Easy instructions