I love Eccles cakes (they don’t love me quite so much - but I can eat them in moderation) it never occurred to me that making them was so simple! Thanks, Rik!
Yes good ol Eccles cakes, indeed stood the testament of time; my late Father from NorthEast UK but lived & worked in South Yorkshire absolutely loved them! they look simply delicious, going to make some… am just doing my Trifle this afternoon after following your yummy Maderia cake recipe!! All wonderfully nostalgic delicious deserts, thank you Rik, your little AirFryer seems amazing! 👏👏🌟🥧🥧☕️😋😋🧑🍳🎉
Aww mate, I discovered your channel a week ago. I'm from Cheshire, lived in both West and North Yorkshire. Thank you so much for your wonderful recipes and the best memories of my childhood diet. I'm healthy, active, not obese. Good job lad xx
I have only been watching you for about a month, I have since bought a Hysapienta oven which you quite rightly praise on this video. I have tried several of your recipes, the latest one this afternoon being Eccles cakes, they turned out perfectly. I am from Yorkshire and my wife is from Eccles and I will have bragging rights for the rest of the day 😀
When I was a child, in the 50s 60s there used to be a baker in Hamilton Ontario Canada who sold Eccles Cakes and my mom would buy me one with my tea after shopping on a Friday nite. Such good memories
I come from Cadishead which is just a few miles from Eccles. Eccles cakes were favourite treat which are not always readily available in Australia. Eccles is still a town separate from Salford.
Thank you for sharing. A small part of the borough was transferred in 1961 to the County Borough of Salford. In 1974 the borough was abolished and its area transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the City of Salford. The Eccles area incorporates the wards of Barton, Winton, and Eccles. So as I understand it Eccles is incorporated into Salford. However I might have read it all wrong. Best, Rik
@@BackyardChefIt has previously been known as The Salford Hundred, which pre-dated Domesday. Used to read my Grandmother’s Salford City Reporter back in the 1960s.
Similarly, my mum use to buy these but we called them Banbury's (although I think they are also known as Eccles Cakes)....brings backs memories and they look so easy to make I am very tempted to make some of my own....binge watching your videos by the way, and living in Australia some of your recipes are known most are new to me...enjoying every minutes of it
I'm from Greater Manchester, now live in the South West. What a great recipe... I absolutely love a good Eccles cake. I've never made them, you've inspired me to give them a go Rik, thankyou. I really look forward to all your recipes. 😊
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I have always wondered how these are made but never tasted them. So easy! Now I will have to give them a try. Have a good day.😊
Many thanks Rik for this recipe, I will make some right away! Back in the day we used to call Eccles cakes "fly's graveyards". Total respect from West Australia mate!
This worked amazingly well! Very easy to follow and the puff pastry sheets are perfectly sized to cut into four pieces just like your video. I stuck with cinnamon and grated nutmeg because I don't like cloves.
Hello Rick, I love me some Eccles cakes or dead fly cakes when we were kids called then back in the day. I shall be making some of these beauties for sure, I made some lardy cakes from your recipe t'other week & that mixed spice smell takes you straight back to your childhood. Thanks for these videos.
You are so welcome. Its a proper British mixed spice. You know when I was making these I did have dead fly in my mind all the time. Its a wonder I didn't say it. Thank you. Best, Rik
Nice! These are from not far from me. You see them often on market stalls. The alternative to these is the Chorley Cake, from nearby Chorley. Similar concept with different pastry
Well Rik i tried these today, i used mixed fruit and orange extract as that is all i had in. I also topped them with golden granulated instead of white as i have a glut of it. I have tried many times to get the perfect eccles cake and your recipe is definitely the best. Will be doing these regular from now on, thank you once again
They look sooooo good Rik, just love all your recipes. I just can't tey these yet as had a few teeth removed today due to health issues, but it 😅is definitely one for later. Thank you Rik 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You can buy eccles cakes through the internet, in America, from import warehouses. I've bought them a couple of times though, they are expensive for the quantity and size, usually about $6+ for 4 small ones. Then, there is the added cost of shipping. I'm English, lived in the US for over 40 years. I made them once, but had problems trying to close them, too much filling and too small pieces of pastry. I'll try this method, shown, looks much simpler.
Thanks chef. Gave this recipe a go and it turned out brilliant. Produced 12 superb Eccles cakes and needed two packs of ready rolled puff pastry. They are far superior to the pale, dry efforts with little content often sold in bakers today
I made this recipe yesterday by combining a recipe from one of my old-fashioned cookbooks and yours of course and it was lovely. They were literally gone within minutes 😂. The recipe only used ½ cup chopped nuts, ½ cup chopped raisins, and 8 tbsp strawberry jam. I combined these ingredients and added in an apple pie spice mix I made a couple of months ago as well as about 75g brown sugar. Coupled with your shortcrust pastry, it couldn't get any better than that!!
Not changing a thing...I bet these would be good with just a smidgen of Stilton or Feta in there with that fruit. I have never heard of these...another good one, thanks Rik.
I used to make them occasionally, but this is a much quicker method and that bought pastry looks amazing. If I make them again, some time, I'll buy the pastry and won't bother melting butter to mix into the fruit and sugar. Delicious Rik.
Yes check the link I have if it helps. I love it and I have linked it in the description for others. I have been asked so many times about it. Best, Rik
Hi Rick. I really enjoy all your features and variety of food. Have you written a book of you receipes, it would be useful to have your ingredients list to hand. Keep up the good work thank you.
Eccles is still a place in the City of Salford Council Borough. I grew up just the side of the Manchester Ship Canal. Last summer I traversed the Barton Swing Bridge on my Narrowboat over the Manchester Ship Canal. Really good industrial history around those parts.
I recognized the Eccles Cakes name from a book series I enjoy. It is The Aubrey-Maturin series of Royal Navy stories from the Napoleonic Era, by Patrick O’Brien. O’Brien spends about as many words on what the Royal Navy was eating as he does on the naval battles! Eccles Cakes are a frequent table offering in the series. Anyway, now I know what they are and I am looking forward to preparing and eating them myself. Thank you, Rik!
I sorta cheated Rik & used some lovely home made Christmas fruit mince…..wow they were delicious & I can’t wait to try your way now too. Thank you for the great videos & ideas
A friend of mine from the North of England, and she spent a long weekend with me. he brought down with her, a homemade Yorkshire Parkin, which tasted great ! any chance knocking one up on your channel, as I forgot to ask her for the recipe.
These look delicious! I have to look and see if they sell mixed peel around here. The recipe is so quick and I am very impressed with the oven. It does seem like it can do it all. Have you tried the rotisserie?
Yes I do have a video on here with chicken tikka. The oven is a good little unit. As all ovens keep up with the cleaning inside its impressive. Thank you. Best, Rik
🇨🇦 Interesting I find you making these!! I just bought some from my British shop. I loved them but are expensive as $7.49 Cdn for a pkg of four and are small.
Paid a pretty penny for these on-line! Now, I can make them myself. Thank you. Edit. I would never thought to put coriander in the spice mix. Nice touch!
Thank you. Yes coriander is a fantastic addition. You will be suprised how my spice mix works. I have a tub full use it all the time. Hope you enjoy. Best, Rik
My late hubby came from near Manchester and these were his favourite. I don't have a sweet tooth but these were easy to make for him. Another favourite was Oven Bottom Buns. We never did find a recipe that was easy to decrease for a family but did my best adjusting from memory, a King Arthur Flour one. In our hunt on the net, we connected with a lot of poms from his area, Oldham and had them hanging out for some and looking for the recipe 😂 The ones I did bake didn't resemble the ones hubby used to buy for a halfpenny, but they weren't too bad. Wonder if you or any of your subbys remember these?
Awesome, cheers Rik😃. Sorry, I got the name a bit wrong - Oven Bottom 'Muffins' they're called. Yes, it's a type of bread. We can buy bread flour here but from our research a few years ago, it's not the quality of King Arthur flour.
That's uncanny, I was just wondering if you had done Eccles Cakes . I also thought about English Tea Cakes. But I'll be making these Eccles Cakes. Thx Rik.🇬🇧
In Eccles there is a round plaque. The type you see on historic buildings. The plaque is commemorating the original shop where the cakes used to be made.
This looks great. I just ordered currents, can’t buy them locally. I’ll probably mix them with white raisins as they are a bit pricey. And I researched making candied citrus peal. By the time the currents arrive the citrus peal will be ready. Looking forward to trying this!
Good question! Both cakes are traditional English pastries featuring currants, Eccles cakes are known for their sweet, spiced filling and flaky pastry, whereas Chorley cakes are less sweet, more biscuit-like, and typically served with butter or cheese. Best, Rik
Thanks Rik. You promised these and delivered. I have a suggestion for them, which I picked up from a video from the Real Lancashire factory where they make these commercially. They use muffin tins to load up the filling, putting the pastry square on top then pressing the filling down on top before sealing the package. I tried it and it works really well.
In the description, If you aren’t watching in the TH-cam app open it upon TH-cam then press the word “ more”. Scroll down and the recipe is there. The dough is actually ready made shop pastry. Love to North Africa. Best, Rik
Don't know why Rik, but there's a massive chunk of this vid with no sound at all on. I've gone back a few times, but it's still the same. Has anybody else had this problem?
I handmade literally thousands of Eccles cakes when I worked as a baker/confectioner in small bakery South Manchester back in the late 60s, we used a current, dark sugar and melted butter mixture and a specially made butter puff pastry used only for our Eccles Cakes.
I love candied orange and lemon. Always have it on hand. I chuck it in many things. I'm just dehydrating 10 trays of cherry tomatoes to make sun dried tomatoes in olive oil. Sounds like you make quite a lot of things. Best, Rik
I have been sick with the flu for several days, and this is the only food that has looked good to eat. Thanks for lifting my spirits & appetite. 😊
You are so welcome! Thank you. Hope you are feeling better. Best, Rik
I’m a big fan of readymade puff pastry. Everyone thinks I’m a much better baker than I actually am when I use it 😂!
Yes, ready made all the time. Its never cold enough to make it here. Shortcrust no probs. Best, Rik
Lol. Too funnee
Love love love Eccles cakes❤
Me too! Thank you. Best, Rik
Love them, thanks for the recipe.
You are welcome. Hope you enjoy. Best, Rik
One of my favourite things in life.
Yes. I had every week . Best, Rik
I love Eccles cakes (they don’t love me quite so much - but I can eat them in moderation) it never occurred to me that making them was so simple! Thanks, Rik!
This is a real easy way to make them using shop bought pastry. Quick and relatively inexpensive. Thank you. Best, Rik
Love these I will make them this afternoon, love your baking and cooking 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧
Thank you. Lets keep to the no nonsense cooking. Best, Rik
Yes good ol Eccles cakes, indeed stood the testament of time; my late Father from NorthEast UK but lived & worked in South Yorkshire absolutely loved them! they look simply delicious, going to make some… am just doing my Trifle this afternoon after following your yummy Maderia cake recipe!! All wonderfully nostalgic delicious deserts, thank you Rik, your little AirFryer seems amazing! 👏👏🌟🥧🥧☕️😋😋🧑🍳🎉
Thank you for sharing. Best, Rik
Absolutely delicious my husband made them.
Another good recipe , love Eccles cakes ❤
Thank you 😋Best, Rik
i used to hate eccles cakes when i was younger now ❤
🤌and love the history you give of these recipes.
They are great with a cup of tea. thank you. Best, Rik
Aww mate, I discovered your channel a week ago. I'm from Cheshire, lived in both West and North Yorkshire. Thank you so much for your wonderful recipes and the best memories of my childhood diet. I'm healthy, active, not obese. Good job lad xx
Ta very much. Thank you nice to have you here. Best, Rik
Oh, my word, what are you doing to me ?
Absolutely love these
Thank you. So easy to do at home too! Best, Rik
I'll be getting chunky at this rate 😆, wonderful irresistible recipes!
Nowt wrong wi chunky - shows you are living and alive. Best, Rik@@dd7521
I have only been watching you for about a month, I have since bought a Hysapienta oven which you quite rightly praise on this video.
I have tried several of your recipes, the latest one this afternoon being Eccles cakes, they turned out perfectly. I am from Yorkshire and my wife is from Eccles and I will have bragging rights for the rest of the day 😀
Wow, thank you! Best, Rik
Another one of my favourites. Keep them coming
Thank you. Best, Rik
So marvellous! Thank you so much. Eccles cakes are one of my favourite treats and I cannot wait to make them.
Thank you. Best, Rik
When I was a child, in the 50s 60s there used to be a baker in Hamilton Ontario Canada who sold Eccles Cakes and my mom would buy me one with my tea after shopping on a Friday nite. Such good memories
Thank you for sharing your memories. Best, Rik
Love those beautiful Eccles Cakes, I came from Stretford nearby to Salford and we got these as children too....great memories Rik eh ?
Wonderful. Thank you. Best, Rik
I come from Cadishead which is just a few miles from Eccles. Eccles cakes were favourite treat which are not always readily available in Australia. Eccles is still a town separate from Salford.
Thank you for sharing. A small part of the borough was transferred in 1961 to the County Borough of Salford. In 1974 the borough was abolished and its area transferred to Greater Manchester to form part of the City of Salford. The Eccles area incorporates the wards of Barton, Winton, and Eccles. So as I understand it Eccles is incorporated into Salford. However I might have read it all wrong. Best, Rik
It is!
Paternal line comes from Patricroft😊
@@BackyardChefIt has previously been known as The Salford Hundred, which pre-dated Domesday.
Used to read my Grandmother’s Salford City Reporter back in the 1960s.
Sorry love but Eccles and Cadishead are part of the City of Salford. Eccles Cakes are still delicious though.
You moved from Irlam way? I enjoy the cakes myself now and then. I microwave them for a minute lol.
They look lovely Rik. I love eccles cakes, i usually get a couple from M&S from the bakery counter. I also like Chorley cakes
Thank you. I like Chorley cakes too. Best, Rik
Similarly, my mum use to buy these but we called them Banbury's (although I think they are also known as Eccles Cakes)....brings backs memories and they look so easy to make I am very tempted to make some of my own....binge watching your videos by the way, and living in Australia some of your recipes are known most are new to me...enjoying every minutes of it
Thank you. Best, Rik
Good Evening from the USA, thank you for showing me things I have never seen before. I will be trying them soon
Good evening. Thank you. Best, Rik
Amazing!!!!
Easy one. Best, Rik
Your recipes are such fun. Its like traveling around Britain one recipe at a time. I like traditionalBritish food!
Glad you like them! Yes Britain has some great food that has influenced other dishes around the world. Thank you. Best, Rik
All your recipes look delish.
Thak you. Best, Rik
Thank you for another great recipe. Would love to be there and sharing a pastry and cup o tea with you.
That sounds like a plan. I will put the kettle on. Thank you. Best, Rik
Love and miss these. So grateful for recipe
Hope you enjoy. Give them a go, easy recipe with shop bought pastry. Best, Rik
Yummy. Thank you so much for all the recipes. My DNA is english, scottish, Irish and welch. And I'm enjoying all of these. Blessings to all ❤
Glad you like them! Thank you. Best, Rik
I'm from Greater Manchester, now live in the South West. What a great recipe... I absolutely love a good Eccles cake. I've never made them, you've inspired me to give them a go Rik, thankyou. I really look forward to all your recipes. 😊
You are very welcome, I hope you do. Easy recipe. Best, Rik
Just made these here in NJ, USA and love them! Yum! Made my puff pastry too. Thanks for the post.
Glad you like them! Thanks for sharing. Love to NJ. Best, Rik
Thank you they looks appetising yummy
They are! Thank you. Best, Rik
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I have always wondered how these are made but never tasted them. So easy! Now I will have to give them a try. Have a good day.😊
You are so welcome! Thank you. Best, Rik
Many thanks Rik for this recipe, I will make some right away! Back in the day we used to call Eccles cakes "fly's graveyards". Total respect from West Australia mate!
Hope you enjoy. Yes, fly pies were another. Love to Australia. Best, Rik
Thank you!
You're welcome! Best, Rik
I ate it for the first time. I had to find out how to make it. It was so delicious after work.
Thank you. Best, Rik
Oh my❤. I looked this with my mom and we loved this❤ thx for the recipe🌹
This is an easy one - hope you and your mum enjoy in Finland. All the best to you both. Rik
I made homemade mincemeat heavy on the brandy for Christmas. Have some left in the freezer and will definitely fill these soon!! Thanks for the recipe
Hope you enjoy. I've got a couple of jars left here. Will make something with them. Best, Rik
This worked amazingly well! Very easy to follow and the puff pastry sheets are perfectly sized to cut into four pieces just like your video. I stuck with cinnamon and grated nutmeg because I don't like cloves.
Thank you. Best, Rik
Hello Rick, I love me some Eccles cakes or dead fly cakes when we were kids called then back in the day. I shall be making some of these beauties for sure, I made some lardy cakes from your recipe t'other week & that mixed spice smell takes you straight back to your childhood. Thanks for these videos.
You are so welcome. Its a proper British mixed spice. You know when I was making these I did have dead fly in my mind all the time. Its a wonder I didn't say it. Thank you. Best, Rik
I had good laugh when I read your post! It seems universal the names for things kids come up with.
Beautiful rikk bought the oven today 👍🏼
Thank you. Sounds like some cooking coming along. Good luck. Its a great oven. Best, Rik
I can't wait to try and make these! Thank you😍
You are so welcome! Easy these with bought pasty. Best, Rik
Nice! These are from not far from me. You see them often on market stalls. The alternative to these is the Chorley Cake, from nearby Chorley. Similar concept with different pastry
Tes, thak you. The Chorley cakes are scheduled. If you know of anymore regional dishes let me know. Suggestions are welcome. Best, Rik
Well Rik i tried these today, i used mixed fruit and orange extract as that is all i had in. I also topped them with golden granulated instead of white as i have a glut of it.
I have tried many times to get the perfect eccles cake and your recipe is definitely the best. Will be doing these regular from now on, thank you once again
Wow! Good changes too! Thanks, Rik
They look sooooo good Rik, just love all your recipes. I just can't tey these yet as had a few teeth removed today due to health issues, but it 😅is definitely one for later.
Thank you Rik 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Good luck to you. Thank you. Best, Rik
Yum 🎉
Yes, nice! Easy too. Best, Rik
I have wanted tnis recipe for ages
There you go, give it a try. Best, Rik
Great! They look yummy! I always wondered what they were when Lionel ate them as I watched As Time Goes By. They don’t exist here in North America.
They do now! Hope you make some. Best, Rik
You can buy eccles cakes through the internet, in America, from import warehouses. I've bought them a couple of times though, they are expensive for the quantity and size, usually about $6+ for 4 small ones. Then, there is the added cost of shipping. I'm English, lived in the US for over 40 years. I made them once, but had problems trying to close them, too much filling and too small pieces of pastry. I'll try this method, shown, looks much simpler.
Here in small town Ontario Canada the bakeries used to sell Eccles cakes, also Empire cookies, fern cakes, and many other old fashioned treats.
Thanks chef. Gave this recipe a go and it turned out brilliant. Produced 12 superb Eccles cakes and needed two packs of ready rolled puff pastry. They are far superior to the pale, dry efforts with little content often sold in bakers today
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing. Best, Rik
Looks great! Going to try this eggless as I have a family history of Cancer so need to avoid the choline and lead in eggs. Thanks so much for sharing
Good luck. Best, Rik
I made this recipe yesterday by combining a recipe from one of my old-fashioned cookbooks and yours of course and it was lovely. They were literally gone within minutes 😂. The recipe only used ½ cup chopped nuts, ½ cup chopped raisins, and 8 tbsp strawberry jam. I combined these ingredients and added in an apple pie spice mix I made a couple of months ago as well as about 75g brown sugar. Coupled with your shortcrust pastry, it couldn't get any better than that!!
Wow! Amazing. You have made my day. Thank you for sharing. Best, Rik
@@BackyardChef And thank you for making mine! I love your channel, Rik and I can't wait to see more recipes from you. Have a great day 😊
Thank you. Best, Rik@@j.e.m.7182
That's today's baking sorted for me. I'll be making these in the Hysap later today. 😀
Thank you. Hope you enjoy them. Best, Rik
Not changing a thing...I bet these would be good with just a smidgen of Stilton or Feta in there with that fruit. I have never heard of these...another good one, thanks Rik.
A nice chunk of Lancashire cheese, yum. Thank you. Best, Rik
Absolutely lovely. Are you going to make some Chorley cakes as well?
Yes I will. Best, Rik
I used to make them occasionally, but this is a much quicker method and that bought pastry looks amazing. If I make them again, some time, I'll buy the pastry and won't bother melting butter to mix into the fruit and sugar. Delicious Rik.
Thank you. This is a doddle. Stick some fruit in the bought pastry, egg white, sugar , bake - I love easy recipes. Best, Rik
I love currants and these seem so easy to make! I looked up the oven on Amazon and it has great reviews. I think I need one! 😊
Yes check the link I have if it helps. I love it and I have linked it in the description for others. I have been asked so many times about it. Best, Rik
Hi Rick. I really enjoy all your features and variety of food. Have you written a book of you receipes, it would be useful to have your ingredients list to hand. Keep up the good work thank you.
Great idea! One day. Best, Rik
Eccles is still a place in the City of Salford Council Borough. I grew up just the side of the Manchester Ship Canal.
Last summer I traversed the Barton Swing Bridge on my Narrowboat over the Manchester Ship Canal.
Really good industrial history around those parts.
Sounds amazing! Best, Rik
I recognized the Eccles Cakes name from a book series I enjoy. It is The Aubrey-Maturin series of Royal Navy stories from the Napoleonic Era, by Patrick O’Brien. O’Brien spends about as many words on what the Royal Navy was eating as he does on the naval battles! Eccles Cakes are a frequent table offering in the series. Anyway, now I know what they are and I am looking forward to preparing and eating them myself. Thank you, Rik!
You are very welcome. Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading. Best, Rik
Thanks Rick ,
You are welcome. Best, Rik
I sorta cheated Rik & used some lovely home made Christmas fruit mince…..wow they were delicious & I can’t wait to try your way now too. Thank you for the great videos & ideas
No worries taste and adjust, nowt wrong in cheating if the result is what you like. Good job! Best, Rik
They look amazing. I must admit that I have a sweet tooth. Another must try.
Nice these, Liz. Easy too using bought pastry - very quick. Thank you. Best, Rik
I’m going to make these tomorrow can you also do Chorley cakes please Rik, thank you 😊
Hi, Maureen scheduled already. Thanks for the suggestion, they are welcomed here. Best, Rik
Magic!
Thank you. Best, Rik
Thanks for this video Rik. These biscuits are like little fruit pillows - 😋
They are! Thank you. Best, Rik
Just made these here in NJ, USA and love them! Yum! Thanks for the post.
Thanks for sharing. Best, Rik@@Songwriter376
A friend of mine from the North of England, and she spent a long weekend with me. he brought down with her, a homemade Yorkshire Parkin, which tasted great ! any chance knocking one up on your channel, as I forgot to ask her for the recipe.
th-cam.com/video/1oVfeuYRDnM/w-d-xo.html knocked up. Best, Rik
My favorite...
Lovely. Best, Rik
M&S all butter puff pastry is the best one ever Rik 👍
Thank you so much it will save me making it I will stock up in freezer, oh bless you!
Sounds great. Thank you. Best, Rik
You are very welcome. Best, Rik
Very much like the Banbury cake , that’s been around since the 1500s I think. Anyhow they are both very nice with a cupper.
Yes, agreed! Best, Rik
Have you tried the Scottish version of these.. Ecclefechan tart... omg..absolutely yummy
Great suggestion. Thank you. Best, Rik
@@BackyardChef I made them for Christmas..one large one and small ones..didn't stay in the tub for long lol
Now I know what him indoors would like as a birthday treat.
What a great plan. easy and cheap too! Good luck. Best, Rik
These look delicious! I have to look and see if they sell mixed peel around here. The recipe is so quick and I am very impressed with the oven. It does seem like it can do it all. Have you tried the rotisserie?
Yes I do have a video on here with chicken tikka. The oven is a good little unit. As all ovens keep up with the cleaning inside its impressive. Thank you. Best, Rik
I love Eccles cakes but my mind immediately goes to Good Omens season two whenever I see them 😂
🇨🇦 Interesting I find you making these!! I just bought some from my British shop. I loved them but are expensive as $7.49 Cdn for a pkg of four and are small.
Thank you. Best, Rik
Paid a pretty penny for these on-line! Now, I can make them myself. Thank you. Edit. I would never thought to put coriander in the spice mix. Nice touch!
Thank you. Yes coriander is a fantastic addition. You will be suprised how my spice mix works. I have a tub full use it all the time. Hope you enjoy. Best, Rik
My late hubby came from near Manchester and these were his favourite. I don't have a sweet tooth but these were easy to make for him. Another favourite was Oven Bottom Buns. We never did find a recipe that was easy to decrease for a family but did my best adjusting from memory, a King Arthur Flour one. In our hunt on the net, we connected with a lot of poms from his area, Oldham and had them hanging out for some and looking for the recipe 😂 The ones I did bake didn't resemble the ones hubby used to buy for a halfpenny, but they weren't too bad.
Wonder if you or any of your subbys remember these?
Thank you for sharing. I have a recipe and I will make. We are talking about the same - its a bread. Or do you have a different recipe? Best, Rik
Awesome, cheers Rik😃. Sorry, I got the name a bit wrong - Oven Bottom 'Muffins' they're called. Yes, it's a type of bread. We can buy bread flour here but from our research a few years ago, it's not the quality of King Arthur flour.
Don't worry I have an easy recipe to make these. Best, Rik@@moochymooo
This is one of my faves. Do you have a recipe for Lardy cakes, the one I have isn't right.
Yes, its on the channel. Thank you. Best, Rik
That's uncanny, I was just wondering if you had done Eccles Cakes . I also thought about English Tea Cakes. But I'll be making these Eccles Cakes. Thx Rik.🇬🇧
Cheers, Paul these a really straightforward with bought pasty. Best, Rik
Made these last night, only 3 left 😊❤
Good job. Thank you. Best, Rik
In Eccles there is a round plaque. The type you see on historic buildings. The plaque is commemorating the original shop where the cakes used to be made.
Thank you. Best, Rik
Banbury cakes! I love those too! Lots of folk think they are the same as Eccles, come on Cookie, educate us! ❤ XXX
Ha ha ha. Thank you. Best, Rik
This looks great. I just ordered currents, can’t buy them locally. I’ll probably mix them with white raisins as they are a bit pricey. And I researched making candied citrus peal. By the time the currents arrive the citrus peal will be ready. Looking forward to trying this!
Sounds like a plan. Use black raisins they will do. Thank you. Best, Rik
Yum😊
Thank you, Best, Rik
Off to the Kitchen to give them a go
Sounds like a plan. Best, Rik
I exchanged the water for Jack Daniels whisky and soaked the fruit over night. There were bloody fantastic.
What an exchange, top drawer! Best, Rik
I like the way your mind works! lol! Just bought Darling some nice whisky today, so will have to try this!
I need to buy some puff pastry
Thank you. Best, Rik
Those look gorgeous! Any plans for home-made digestive biscuits? I really miss those.
I will have a look into that. I have a couple of requests. Best, Rik
Are you in the US?
No. I live in Asia.@@JanetBrown-px2jn
My ex MIL , brought me some from M+S in Cheltenham and that brought me here 🙂
Thank you. Best, Rik
Fingers crossed my son will say yes to making these when I show him the video. Our uncle’s from Manchester… he’s a bit fruity too 😂
Sounds like a plan. Good luck. This is a real easy recipe with shop bought pastry. Best, Rik
They look really good. What's the difference between an Eccles Cake and a Chorley Cake? I've always wondered. I know I prefer Eccles.
Good question! Both cakes are traditional English pastries featuring currants, Eccles cakes are known for their sweet, spiced filling and flaky pastry, whereas Chorley cakes are less sweet, more biscuit-like, and typically served with butter or cheese. Best, Rik
Here in the U.S., it is difficult to get currents, what would be an acceptable substitute for them?
Raisins - work perfectly. Best, Rik
Thanks Rik. You promised these and delivered. I have a suggestion for them, which I picked up from a video from the Real Lancashire factory where they make these commercially. They use muffin tins to load up the filling, putting the pastry square on top then pressing the filling down on top before sealing the package. I tried it and it works really well.
Thanks for the idea! Thank you for sharing. Best, Rik
The Eccles Cake taste reminds me of Philippine's Piaya.
Thank you. Best, Rik
They don’t really seem that much different from mince pies do they? I’ll definitely try this and put some brandy in too :)
Yes you are right. Good addition though. Best, Rik
Im from north of affrrica and and its looked so deliciouse but can I have the recipe of the dough of Eccles please😊😊😊
In the description, If you aren’t watching in the TH-cam app open it upon TH-cam then press the word “ more”. Scroll down and the recipe is there. The dough is actually ready made shop pastry. Love to North Africa. Best, Rik
Can i use a jar of mince meat andadd the spices
Yes of course. Best, Rik
Is that any relation to a Fly Cemetery?
The very same, or fly pie. Best, Rik
Don't know why Rik, but there's a massive chunk of this vid with no sound at all on. I've gone back a few times, but it's still the same. Has anybody else had this problem?
Wow! will have a look at that! Thanks for the heads-up! Best, Rik
So simple, so good. Keep the sugar down and they're damned healthy.
Yess, yes, yes. Don't include the sugar inside just fruit. Amazing just the same. Best, Rik
I handmade literally thousands of Eccles cakes when I worked as a baker/confectioner in small bakery South Manchester back in the late 60s, we used a current, dark sugar and melted butter mixture and a specially made butter puff pastry used only for our Eccles Cakes.
Thanks for sharing. Yes you made to the original recipe. Thanks for sharing. Best, Rik
I made some candied orange the other day. now I know what with it.
I love candied orange and lemon. Always have it on hand. I chuck it in many things. I'm just dehydrating 10 trays of cherry tomatoes to make sun dried tomatoes in olive oil. Sounds like you make quite a lot of things. Best, Rik