It discusses, dissects and most important of all GIVES RECIPES for the best macaroons, and jam tarts, and currant buns, and apple cakes that one has only ever read about so far! It invokes in the mind’s eye rolling countryside, and in the ear’s drums insects buzzing and the quietness of a warm summer afternoon. Brent-Dyer, Noel Streatfeild, Susan Coolidge, and other favorites of children the world over. In case you missed all those exclamation points-this book hit my sweet spots in the sweetest of ways!Ĭherry Cake and Ginger Beer: A Golden Treasury of Classic Treats is a journey through the literary food worlds of Enid Blyton, Elinor M. So what happens when you find out that there exists a book about the food of your childhood stories? If you’re me, you go slightly bonkers! You feel like an energizer bunny-with enough enthusiasm to bounce right off the walls! You fervently plead with your Inter Library Loan Services to please, please, please locate the book! You cannot decide whether you should read the whole thing in one go or should take breaks in between to test out all the delicious sounding food!
Question: What makes good food taste even better?Īnswer: A good story to go along with it! She had to draw a line somewhere.Question: What makes a good book even better?Īnswer: Good food to go along with the story! The reference to plum cake was a metaphor, and I believe Brocket only wrote recipes for foods that played a part in their originating stories. I haven’t seen the book, but I suspect a recipe for plum cake isn’t included. Included, of course, is The Chronicles of Narnia. Not for less than $100, it isn’t! Instead, I found an Americanized version called Turkish Delights and Treasure Hunts, a book in a similar vein that draws from classics I remember. After making the plum cake, I searched online to see if the book was available now, years later. at a reasonable price, and most of the recipes reference classic literature best known to British children. What an amazing endeavor to take on! One part intellectual, one part just plain fun.
I gasped when she first revealed her project on her blog. It wasn’t until after I baked Digory’s plum cake that I remembered Jane Brocket’s Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer, a treasury of the desserts, confections, and treats found within the pages of classic children’s literature.
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