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Have you got the 'old' GoodHousekeeping Cookery Book?
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I've got a 1959 edition, can't find 'nig nogs' :eek: but there is a recipe for '!!!!!! minstrel cakes' :eek:0
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How did you get 'nig nogs' past the censor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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No idea, it didn't like !!!!!! though !0
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Thanks Achtunglady for the recipe, DS1 and I have just made these (with the adition of a tsp or so of ground ginger) and they are lovely!
just a question for any expert biscuit-makers who may be reading: whenever I make biscuits using this method (mix dry ingredients then heat marge and syrup and stir in) they always come out of the oven *very* gooey and floppy, and only really take on a shape as they cool. Is that right or should I cook them for a few more minutes?That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. Henry David Thoreau0 -
Spiddy you need to leave them on the tray until cool and hard
i use a piece of reusable baking parchment so they never stick. 0 -
Leave them on the baking tray? Cause I've been transferring them onto a cooling tray, but they tend to 'bend' a bit while I'm trying to move them.That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. Henry David Thoreau0
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Yep, leave to cool completely on the baking tray 0
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Ah, thanks thriftlady, that#s where I've been going wrong! (still tasted yummy though)That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. Henry David Thoreau0
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i just checked my 1954 copy of 'good housekeeping's cookery compendium' and couldn't find 'nig nogs' (although it does have '!!!!!! minstrel cakes' p141!) don't know if its the same as you had, a large heavyweight black leather book with gold writing/picture of a cooker on spine? i use it quite a lot, and never noticed these cakes before! shocking!0
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That's the one I've got, my mum has it too. I used to love looking at the cake pictures, including the un-PC ones :rotfl:amyandoli wrote:i just checked my 1954 copy of 'good housekeeping's cookery compendium' and couldn't find 'nig nogs' (although it does have '!!!!!! minstrel cakes' p141!) don't know if its the same as you had, a large heavyweight black leather book with gold writing/picture of a cooker on spine? i use it quite a lot, and never noticed these cakes before! shocking!0
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