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The Experienced English Housekeeper

All About Eccles Cakes

downtonabbeycooks · April 28, 2018 ·

Eccles Cakes are a well known and loved English tea treat. Essentially it is flaky pastry filled with currants and peel. The name comes from Eccles, the town near Manchester where the cake was originally sold on a commercial basis.  In 1793 James Birch’s shop on the corner of … [Read more...] about All About Eccles Cakes

Filed Under: Blog, Fun Food History Tagged With: History of Eccles Cakes, The Experienced English Housekeeper

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