Derby Mickleover Square 210
The Square Mickleover,on the right Williamson’s cake confectioners van delivering to the shop of Oliver & Winspear.
Re Derby Mickleover Square 210
By Nigel Aspdin Thursday, October 06 2011, “I don't remember this image as it seems to pre-date my birth by just a year or two, and Mickleover is not my immediate patch anyway. But I do remember Williamsons only because the best treat I ever used to get as a child was a Williamsons Jap Cake from the Wardwick Williamsons shop, a chocolaty meringuey round cake with green coloured nuts on top. I would murder for one now. I checked the internet, I did not even know how to spell the word, and found the following comment, then a recipe: "They are an old fashioned cake, used to be able to get them at bakeries in the UK." 3 egg whites 170 gms caster sugar 85 gms ground almonds 2 tbs cornflour Whisk egg whites until stiff, then add half the sugar. Fold the remaining sugar with ground almonds and cornflour into mixture. Line a baking tray with baking parchment and spoon or pipe mixture into 5 cm circles. (This mixture will make about 12 circles) Bake at 150 C/ Regulo 2 for 40 minutes. Filling: My recipe has a coffee butter cream filling using 85 gm butter/ 115 gm icing sugar plus coffee essence and a little hot water. You could make a chocolate butter cream instead. Keep two of the cakes and sandwich the rest with the icing and spread a little icing round the side. Crush the other two cakes and roll the assembled cakes in the crumbs. I think that bakers then dribble a little melted chocolate over the cake to complete the decoration. Any old Williamsons bakers out there? Please make me a batch...I will pay dearly !!
Re Derby Mickleover Square 210
By Nigel Aspdin Thursday, October 06 2011, “I don't remember this image as it seems to pre-date my birth by just a year or two, and Mickleover is not my immediate patch anyway. But I do remember Williamsons only because the best treat I ever used to get as a child was a Williamsons Jap Cake from the Wardwick Williamsons shop, a chocolaty meringuey round cake with green coloured nuts on top. I would murder for one now. I checked the internet, I did not even know how to spell the word, and found the following comment, then a recipe: "They are an old fashioned cake, used to be able to get them at bakeries in the UK." 3 egg whites 170 gms caster sugar 85 gms ground almonds 2 tbs cornflour Whisk egg whites until stiff, then add half the sugar. Fold the remaining sugar with ground almonds and cornflour into mixture. Line a baking tray with baking parchment and spoon or pipe mixture into 5 cm circles. (This mixture will make about 12 circles) Bake at 150 C/ Regulo 2 for 40 minutes. Filling: My recipe has a coffee butter cream filling using 85 gm butter/ 115 gm icing sugar plus coffee essence and a little hot water. You could make a chocolate butter cream instead. Keep two of the cakes and sandwich the rest with the icing and spread a little icing round the side. Crush the other two cakes and roll the assembled cakes in the crumbs. I think that bakers then dribble a little melted chocolate over the cake to complete the decoration. Any old Williamsons bakers out there? Please make me a batch...I will pay dearly !!
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