Hairy Bikers Mum Knows Best

Justamum

Reverbe wrote: »

I've just watched this online and was surprised to see Sad Cake... the one on the tv tho was more like an Eccles Cake as it contained all the currants inside and extra sugar. The Sad Cake my gran used to make was just leftover plain pastry with the currants mixed in.

More of a Chorley Cake than an Eccles Cake I thought (doesn't an Eccles cake use puff pastry, whereas a Chorley cake is shortcrust?). I've never heard of a sad cake (:rotfl:sorry, the name makes me laugh!), but I think I'll make one next time I have leftover pastry - I hate throwing even a tiny bit away!

fletty

anguk wrote: »

That's what we call it too! Ours is different though, we do ours in a big pan with diced potatoes, onion & corned beef.

we do to, could have screamed every time he said it wrong!!

debs2327

lickylonglips wrote: »

panackelty!!

am i right in thinking that panackelty has sausages in or is that just a thing my mum used to do ( we were from north east ??)

also does any1 have the recipie for the impossible cake they showed where the woman said she put everything in together then cooked it and it created a kind of base by seperating during cooking ?????? would like to give it a go xx

voiceofreason

lickylonglips wrote: »

panackelty!!

Quite.

Disappointing, that.

ubamother

I make what we call Pan Haggelty

Reverbe

Justamum wrote: »

More of a Chorley Cake than an Eccles Cake I thought (doesn't an Eccles cake use puff pastry, whereas a Chorley cake is shortcrust?). I've never heard of a sad cake (:rotfl:sorry, the name makes me laugh!), but I think I'll make one next time I have leftover pastry - I hate throwing even a tiny bit away!

I dont know which one is which TBH.. I dont like either. They tend to come crusted in sugar and far too sweet.I think you should try to make one with LO pastry. Thats what my Nanna used to do and it would be lovely to think that I have passed it on in the way Dave and Si want us to..:j:beer:

If you do Justa, Nanna used to mix them in good rather than in one big clump in the middle. She never shaped it that much so turned out like a pastry wodge...

wogglemaker

debs2327 wrote: »

also does any1 have the recipie for the impossible cake they showed where the woman said she put everything in together then cooked it and it created a kind of base by seperating during cooking ?????? would like to give it a go xx

Its on the programs page of the bbc web site, sorry don't know how to do links

Gigervamp

wogglemaker wrote: »

Its on the programs page of the bbc web site, sorry don't know how to do links

Click here for the page. It's a PDF file.

newleaf

Strange. That Sad Cake is definitely what I know as a Chorley Cake, always made with the left over shortcrust pastry from a pie. (Eccles Cake is made from leftover puff pastry, and sprinkled with sugar, but I prefer the Chorley version ). I've never heard it called Sad Cake before.
So, those who have invested in the book, is it worth buying or not?
I think it's a shame they haven't put everyone's recipes in. A lot of people will buy the book expecting all the recipes featured on the show, not all of them will have access to the internet to find the downloads.

ubamother

ubamother wrote: »

I make what we call Pan Haggelty

PC went bang in the middle of this post, hence its brevity! What I was trying to say was that I make Pan Haggelty - definitely two words, gg's and an l in there for us. While I'm a transplant to Geordie-land, my husband is born and bred Geordie - Spital Tongues for those who know exactly how central that is! His mother called it that, (Pan Haggelty, not Spital Tongues) as did her mother and I'm only doing what I was taught! I used to try and do strange things to it - like add cream, and layers of sweet potato etc. but am not allowed to do this or I get called sarcastic names that include the words "soft" and "southern", unless I give the dish an alternative name!