Tuesday 10th of March I was very excited to receive a parcel from the Bookseller, Mrs Steele, this morning. It was my long awaited copy of Mrs Beeton’s every-day cookery and housekeeping. Although I have been an avid reader of Mrs Beeton’s helpful and informative articles in The English woman’s domestic magazine, I am veryContinue reading “The Victorian housewife’s diary…”
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The Victoria Sandwich cake
I recently blogged about a beautiful little Victoria Sponge Cake that I have purchased for the shop bakery display. This got me thinking about eating some Victoria Sponge Cake and wonderering if it really is named after Queen Victoria herself. Just in case you haven’t had the good fortune to eat a slice (or 3)Continue reading “The Victoria Sandwich cake”