Monday, August 24, 2009

South Wales

In South Wales, where I was born, Welsh Cakes were known as South Wales cakes. In many homes they were made any time there was a large family gathering or for any special occasion.
At the time of WW2, when the first of the short stories in Welsh Cakes took place, there wasn't much baking because of war rationing.
The title of the first story is, "Keeper of the Biscuit Tin", and there is a paragraph in that story that says, "Gwen and her grandmother were given the honor of being keepers of the biscuit tin. The biscuits were baked with butter and sugar saved out of the family rations for just such an occasion as this, and kept hidden from Gwen's sweet-toothed father who would eat cake for breakfast if he could get it."
Stay tuned for more background on the stories.

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