ECCLES CAKE & CAROLINE

Caroline assumed ‘Delia’ was a friend of her mother-in-laws given how often she entered conversation, by contrast her own mother and grandmother were both doctors and food at the end of a working day was simply fuel. When Caroline moved to London in 2000 her curiosity and greed had her crossing the city to buy ingredients, travelling was less about sight-seeing and more about seeking out the most interesting places and things to eat. She discovered a ‘beautifully ugly’ cake, the antithesis of the cloying prettiness of a cup cake. It looked like it was made of squashed flies but tasted of creamy butter and delicately sweet spice. Caroline still makes the special trip to buy Eccles cakes and they still take her back to the excitement of when she first moved to the city.

08 Apr 2012