I couldn't find a traditional recipe for Twelfth Night cake, but there's a modern one here: http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/recipes/view.cfm?id=1534
Robert Baddeley was a chef, who became a comic actor in 1760 at the ripe old age of 27. He died in 1794, and left in his will the sum of £100 to be invested, the interest of which would provide a Twelfth Night cake to the cast and crew of whatever show happened to be playing Drury Lane at the time. The custom continues to this day in the theatre's green room, although the cake probably doesn't contain the pea and baked bean of the original recipe.
I couldn't find a traditional recipe for Twelfth Night cake, but there's a modern one here: http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/recipes/view.cfm?id=1534
Jenny
3/4/2013 07:58:48 am
How nice of Robert! I baked a twelfth night cake this year for the first time. I put in a dried bean, but I wasn't thinking and used one that was the same color as the cake. None of us could see it and were all afraid we were going to break a tooth on it :-)
CL Holland
5/4/2013 03:44:53 pm
There are quite a lot of strange folk customs in Britain that stem from someone leaving a legacy. I don't imagine the people who left them had any idea they'd carry on long after the meaning disappeared from common knowledge. 3/4/2013 10:14:24 am
I bet he never knew the legacy he was leaving.
CL Holand
5/4/2013 03:45:19 pm
Thanks! :)
CL Holland
5/4/2013 03:46:22 pm
I'd certainly like to give it a try sometime. I love folk customs, hence my choice of topic! Comments are closed.
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