How to Make Seed Cake - The Victorian Way
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
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Mrs Crocombe is back in the kitchens at Audley End House, making a suppertime treat not for the Braybrookes, but for her fellow upper servants. This delicately flavoured seed cake is an ideal evening snack with a slice of cheese or a nice cup of tea. (Or, indeed, both.)
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INGREDIENTS
• 6oz (170g) butter
• 6oz (170g) light brown sugar
• 3 eggs, separated
• 4½ tbsp milk
• ¾ tsp caraway seeds
• 12oz / 370g flour
METHOD
1. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy
2. Beat in the egg yolks and milk, then add the caraway seeds
3. Sift in the flour through a sieve, folding it in
4. Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form and fold these in to the mixture
5. Bake in a cake tin at 180°C (356°F) for 45 minutes to an hour
6. Use a skewer to check it's baked, then rest for 10-15 minutes before turning out of the tin to cool further
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:39 For this recipe, you will need...
01:05 The basic mixture
02:49 Adding the flour
03:52 Adding caraway seeds
04:27 Whisking the egg whites
05:21 Folding in
06:03 Into the baking tin
06:50 Baking the cake
07:10 Serving Развлечения
Nobody was safe from the shade today, not even baking powder 🤣💜
*cries while tossing it away*
I know, right? Of course since I'm allergic to eggs, baking powder is a must.
I'm not giving it up. I just made chicken and biscuits.
Or them caraway seeds…”a toothbrush and tooth powder would do the job better”
I was just wondering about whether she was going to add baking powder when she put the kibosh on that :-).
I never enjoyed being shamed more than when Mrs. Crocombe said we were all badly trained for using baking powder.
Imagine if she knew about self raising flour
Worse, cake mixes.
Pressurized whipped cream!
she just made me feel bad for all the times i used self raising flower xD
Tbf, the baking powders available in her day prob weren't as... Purified? As they are now. I'm not sure double acting baking powder was around
self rising flour is literally plain flour with baking powder so definitely yes.
When Ms. Crocombe called us all untrained girls for using baking powder... I felt that
@ecenbt - It really STUNG, didn't it?
I used baking powder in this recipe because I messed up and accidentally put the egg whites in with the butter before I foamed them. So I added 1.5 t of baking powder. It still worked out very well.
I think Maryanne uses baking powder because her seed cake rises a lot higher.
A good cake should never use baking powder anyway
I'm a man and I felt that.
Shade guide:
2:53 - poor people's flour with bugs
3:14 - wealthy families who do not support local businesses
4:08 - people with poor dental hygiene
4:48 - baking powder
5:03 - cooks who use baking powder
Shade chapters, clever !
Thankyou for the huge cackelly belly laughs. You are wonderful!
"Not that we get anything like that here"... Of course, Mrs Crocombe, nobody would be so bold as to think that...
"Not that that stretches to the buying of tea or confectionery"... Of course, Mrs Crocome, we understand.
My grandad was brought up by Victorian parents- his mother was an excellent baker & he loved when she would made seed cakes!
Later in life he developed Alzheimer’s, but luckily this memory came back to him, once I knew that, I decided to make them for him every weekend- thank you for keeping this recipe alive! 😊
Care to share your family's recipe holly?
Sweet story. Would love to know the recipe.
I love that! How sweet that you made it for him 🥹 The magical feeling of home even when you can’t necessarily remember much about it 💕
So sweeeeet! Hope you and grandad better 🥰
Did your husband's mother also use caraway seeds?
Idk why but when Mrs. Crocombe gave herself a slice of that seed cake I got so happy for her 😂
“I’m going to have my slice now.” Yesssss Mrs C, who runs that kitchen??!?
Fun fact: the baking powder we use today is very different from the kind used in the Victorian Era. Now it has less of a flavor and is double acting, meaning it works both before and during the baking process.
less soapy flavour for us
@@neontate413yesss😂
@@neontate413 "Less soapy flavour for us"? Speak for yourself friend. The things *I* make taste wonderful and they don't taste like soap. If you're tasting soapy flavor in your baked goods using it, you're using too much.
Mrs. Crocombe is an icon, a legend, and she is the moment. Also, the uncrowned Queen of Shade 🔥
She threw shade at people who don’t believe in ‘Vocal for Local’, except of course when some bougie people get sweeties and tea from London.
You’re untrained if you use chemical additives.
She threw so much shade this video, it's a wonder there's any sun in England today! 😃
Feeling like such a pleb right now because I buy my confectionery locally. Thanks, Mrs Crocombe.
I felt personally attacked for my use of baking soda 🤣
For this recipe, you will need...shade
You sure she was cooking in the kitchen and not the library? 🤣
We visited Audley End House at the weekend for our anniversary (should've visited sooner as we live so close!) and I was amazed at the sheer size of both the house and gardens! It may have been the largest stately home I've visited. The grounds are beautiful and vast, great to explore, and the restoration of the house and kitchens, with recordings and projections, really create the atmosphere of a bustling working house (which I think is the only thing missing from these videos, though it's understandable when you remember English Heritage is a charity rather than a great big production company). My partner's nan remembers visiting before the restoration, when the kitchen and house were pretty bare, and was amazed at the change when we showed her the guidebook we brought back. I think the memory of looking back at the house lit in the golden light of the late afternoon sun, the glistening river Cam running through the grounds in front with geese serenely floating downstream, will stay with me for a long time. It was a fantastic day
What a lovely description! As an american, it surprises me that a lowly baron was able to assemble such an amazing house!
You'd be surprised, I mean see Mr. Darcy's house; he's only a "mere" gentleman!
@@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim isn't his house an actual place? And no doubt of higher order than the barony 😘
@@SharpAssKnittingNeedles Yes! You can find cool videos about where it was filmed on RUclips. Also Mr. Darcy is a real man, and he's out there, waiting for you! . . . at least that's what I tell myself. . . .
💀👈Me, dying of envy here! 😄 Seriously, so glad that you enjoyed your tour. Want to fly to England one day and take the rail to Audley End myself. ✈🚂🏡
One tip for Ms.C, mix in a small amount of your egg whites and stir like mad to lighten the entire batter, before gently folding in the rest. It helps the batter to be more easily distributed within the egg whites so that that the most air pockets remain and the cake stays lighter.
I came here to say the same. Watching poor Kathy trying to "gently" mix in the whites to that heavy batter had me wincing! Oh and it's easier if you switch to a metal spoon and use a cutting action.
@@Sally4th_ this is how things were made back then. If the metal spoon was not used, it's not accurate to use one
@@manuela_esse and that modern whisk was accurate?...
@@arpadczyliwampir i said spoon. Metal whisks might have been used, it's possible, but maybe spoons were mostly wooden. I am talking about spoons
@@manuela_esse Yeah, no. I don't that's it. Kathy, while a wonderful Mrs. C. in character, isn't actually a cook or baker in real life. She has no idea what's she's doing from and instinctive cook's perspective. But we love her for what she brings to the table and largely ignore the riff.
I now have the life goal of sitting at the Upper Servant's table.
Thank you for specifying which larder Mrs Crocombe, never would've thought about the hot kitchen
Do you not all have a cool and hot larder?
I remembered this right away because this was one of the treats that Mrs. Crocombe sent to America for the Townsends that Mr Townsend & his daughter enjoyed. I hope they do another crossover between this channel & that one in the future 😊
I recall my mother, who was a great cook, telling me years ago that one way to ensure you have stiff peaks in your egg whites is to use a bit of cream of tartar. But Mrs. Crocombe just shut that down with a quickness. lol
I've never found cream of tartar to be necessary, but if the egg whites are fighting you, a few drops of vinegar help a lot
Now I daren't not add a wee smidgeon of lemon juice to the whipped cream!
Mrs Crocombe is extra saucy today. And I’m living for it.
She is an entire mood today and it's sensational!
Because she cannot join the tea evening!!😂
Waiting eagerly for "For this recipe, you will need..."
I swear if she ever stops saying that I will flip tables
It wouldn't be Mrs. Crocombe without Kathy. She plays her so well. 🙂
She was in rare form today! Lots of good old Victorian shade flying around that kitchen.
Nothing like a moth or a bug in the flour to add some protein to any recipe! 😂
I love these Mrs Crocombe videos!
Or a mouse !!
I've been interested in seed cake ever since I read The Hobbit, I must admit, so it's really delightful to see it featured here!
That is where I heard of it from! I always imagined it coated in seeds.
Well, my husband always wanted one of those, and so I made him one. But, it was entirely different to this. Our version was a light vanilla cake which used poppy seeds in lieu of caraway. The poppy seeds were soaked in milk to soften them, but they were mixed generously throughout the entire cake. They gave a wonderful texture as the entire cake was filled with the lovely soft little seeds and the beautiful vanilla flavour.
Quote of the Day: “It’s very popular with all classes although less seen on elegant tables.”
I would love to see an episode of the lord and lady eating and enjoying Mrs Crocombes' food 😄
My cat and I greatly enjoy your videos .tonight he spotted it before me and slapped the screen to play this video before bed
Yay! Seed cake reminds me of middle earth.. looking foward to the recepe.
Indeed, I think Bilbo had seed cake when he first entertained the dwarves of Thorin Oakenshield’s company.
I just love Kathy Hipperson. She is such a good actress. I hope she throws some shade at us peasants LOL.
Yes! She is excellent ! It is all to easy to forget her real name.
Jane Eyre has seed cake with her teacher at one point and I always wondered what it would taste like. Now I have a good idea and one day hope to make this!
Bruh, this is the exact reason why i came here!!!😭😭
Yes ! Tea time with Miss Temple and Helen
@@vanilleclassique and then my Helen died of typhus😭😭😭
This is why I'm Here at this moment. I'm re- reading Jane Eyre for about the 10th time .....well I'm listening this time....and enjoying it immensely as usual.
Seed cake is incredibly good. Anyone reading this, save this recipe to make!
What seed is used? I know I sound like my grandma asking it
@@havanadaurcy1321 It's caraway seeds. There's recipe in the description of the video.
or just buy the cook book and go cray cray ❤
@@Daria-L and not very much of it. Only 3/4 of a teaspoon? My caraway seed loving son will be disappointed. He puts at least twice as much on his pizza... 😄
@@thekingsdaughter4233 Caraway is so strong, that's why. But I bet you could put in as many seeds as you like. :)
All hail the Queen of Shade and good food.
The way she separates those eggs are a thing of beauty! I could never do that myself... might be due to the eggs I buy, and the shells being rather thin and frail.
I separate eggs the same way as her, I do accidentally break the yolk on the jagged shell edge sometimes tho
I would love an unboxing of tea and confectionery sent from London
Perfect for the top servant's table. Of course if she were going to serve it to Lord and Lady Braybrooke, she would make it look a bit more elegant. Love you Mrs. C.
This is lovely- some 40 years after Bilbo Baggins served a seed cake, I finally know what it is. Now, all I have to do is find a place in North Carolina that serves it, as I myself am not much of a cook and my teenage daughter who is, is a teenager and not amenable to my whims.
The day is always better with a little sass from Mrs. Crocombe
Seed Cake huh... interesting, and this why is one of the reasons I love this kinds of shows, like you get to learn almost everything in it from the history, societal norms back then, to historical foods and preps of it, I have to say it is rather archaic but also quite humble really, really thankful for this whole thing that it came possible, from the history of the Audley End, to the real Mrs. Crocombe to its passionate historical representation, just thank you som much really!! 😍
@STAY 💗 17VCA ⤮ - It is a shame that the original Mrs Crocombe never knew about her 21st Century fandom.
My domestic science teacher in the mid 60s was as much of a shade thrower as Mrs. C when it came to chemical additives. Baking powder, artificial, rather than fruit or vegetable food dyes or margarine were not allowed in her classes. As for confectionary, all that was not made at home, or preferably under her gaze at school, she declared to be a recipe against we girls ever being married because of the rotten teeth and flabby flesh commercial sweeties would cause us 😂😂😂
Visiting Audley End is definitely one of my bucket list
This is exciting since this is the cake she sent to Mr. Townsend in America.
I first learned about seedcake in Agatha Christie's At Bertram's hotel. Would love to see how it is made.
I made a classic recipe and it was good but I did add vanilla extract.
SAME! I loved that book.
Same!
I came across it in The Mysterious Affair at Styles, same author of course.
That book has me wondering about _muffins._ What ARE proper muffins...? 🤔😞
I'd love to see how the kitchen would be with all the staff at full speed. It just seems too calm lol!
What surprised me was that Mrs. C added the whipped egg whites all at one. Most other recipes I've seen where eggs provide the leavening call for adding 1/3 of the whipped whites to lighten the mixture, then gently fold in the remaining 2/3. Something to test out as the weather cools & baking takes the forefront.
No bugs, moths or chaff in the flour at Audley End but Mrs. Crocombe has the 411 on some unethical flour mills.
I love seeing Mrs. C cook she is an icon but it’s also some ASMR idk these videos with old recipes really are amazing
Thank you English heritage 😭❤️
I swear I could hear her corset creaking as she stirred the cake!
The way she obviously scrambles her eggs but still looks at us like we're all peasants 😆😆😆
Thank you for having her slice into the cake. I always wonder what this food looks like when served!
I love this woman! More Mrs. Crocombe please!!
The level of comfort I reach watching Mrs. Crocombe's videos is unbeatable 💖
I'm so glad Mrs. Crocombe decided to make seed cake. It has been one of my favourite treats for quite a few years, ever since my grandmother taught me how to make it. I still whip one up now and then, as a tribute to her.
I've never tried it
I'm wondering if Bilbo's seed cakes were anything like this one? I imagine they might have been
Possible, because Tolkien was british himself and therefore grew up with british culture and cuisine.
Yeah. They would have been.
My grandmother used to make this. It’s great to see the recipe being made ! She and my late mother also made peppermint creams, coconut pyramids, Turkish delight, toffee, fudge and peanut brittle. I didn’t like sweets and still don’t but learned how to make them all from granny and mum. I think it’s sad that so many cooking skills have been lost ie fewer people are able to do it all. It really doesn’t take much time and is cheaper than buying many readymade foods.
On the other hand, given the popularity of cooking videos like Chef John, and of the Instant Pot, could be that more & more people-especially during COVID- are learning how to cook and bake.
In ""The Hobbit" Bilbo Baggin despair when the dwarves start showing up because he has to sacrifice his seed cake to them which he had been planning to enjoy for himself. I have wondered since 1966 what seed cake was and now I know.
"It's the kind of cake you'll be presented at if you visit an inn." Yes, of course, as I often do.
Shaaade.
OUR QUEEN RETURNS. love Mrs. Crocombe!! BTW in "the sherlock holmes cookbook" fanny craddock......lists "seed cake" as Holmes favourite. "I'll have mine NOW" you go Mrs. Crocombe.
I always admire how easily Mrs Crocombe beats egg whites to frothy or meringue consistency.
Egg whites do indeed beat up faster in a copper bowl.
Well they cut away here and there, I'm sure it took a little longer :)
@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co I use a cool, steel bowl since I don't have copper and it also works very well! Just a few minutes of anger whisking and I have meringue!
Oops why didn't she add salt to the egg whites to improve the froth?
@@maddyhurricks5122 Because that would indicate she is not well trained. See: baking powder.
I don’t know which is more entertaining, Mrs. C or all the comments from her faithful, snarky viewers!
I’ve read books set in Victorian times that mentioned seed cake and always wondered what kind of seeds the cake contained
Alas, caraway.
I would love to see some more of what the servants ate. I know some boiled/steamed puddings have been done but what was an actual meal for them like.
Being shamed by Mrs. Crocombe is sweeter than being complimented by a dear friend.
I never knew the egg white trick and wanna try it now. I always have bad luck with baking powder, so I might as well try a Mrs. C's recommendation!
7:52 I love how she went back to do the final scene.
You cannot fathom how much joy watching this series and Mrs. C brings me! Long live the Queen of Shade
The shade was unleashed in this one.
Can't wait to see mrs Crocombe in the snatch game !
Wait, someone's gonna do Mrs. C on Snatch Game? Halleloo!
@@sharimeline3077 Not yet but it must be am I right ?
Mrs. Crocombe's videos are always a treat, both fun and interesting. Having read many books which mention seed cake, I'm glad to finally know what it actually consist of and why it was so popular.
I was immediately put in mind of Arthur Ransome's _Swallows & Amazons_ series, wherein the kids eat seed cake fairly often. Interesting that I wasn't the only one whose mind went to books.
Mrs. Crocombe is a legend. I get so excited everytime there's a new video. ❤️🇬🇧
This is the first time to watch a new Mrs. Crocombe recipe video. I just came across their videos of her weeks ago and I already liked her character and wit ☺️
@Jyusatus - This Mrs Crocombe is based on the real Victorian cook at Audley End whose actual recipe notebook has been discovered. The cookbook that is for sale includes the original recipes as written by Mrs Crocombe the First and modernized versions for today's cooks.
As I am watching, I cannot help but think that Ms. Crocombe & her servants have more class today than most of us modern women.😊❤️Good acting & good recipes. I will give it a try. Thank you from FL.
These videos are inspired! Thanks for continuing this series!
If you incorporate about a third of the egg whites first, it loosens the batter, making it easier to fold in the remaining whites and retaining more air. I think being the cook in such a wealthy house would be a very prestigious position.
I’d love to see a video of all the servants who work for Lord and lady Baybrook. And explaining the hierarchy. It’s always interested me.
So nice to see another Mrs crocombe recipe!
Mrs Crocombe, Squeeeeeeeee!!!!!’ This gives me joy
Oh yes, I can’t wait! Now this is something to look forward to!
I wonder if one day we will ever see Mrs Crocombe expecting our arrival, rather than being pleasantly surprised by it.
So lovely to see you again - with a delicious cake🌻🌻
Always look forwards to another instalment from Mrs. Crocombe!
RUNS IN AND HUGS MRS.CROCOMBE TO DEATH😍🤍🤗💟🥰💕🤗!!!!! washes my hands and sits patiently waiting to make pie!!!
That butter and sugar were well mixed, but not quite creamed together, that's why the batter was so dense.
I love her videos, the attention to detail.
It is always a joy to re-encounter the legendary and magnificent Mrs Crocombe! Love her to pieces!
Thank you for the video!
I love these videos so much. Thanks a lot for all the work.
Today has been a fantastic day.
First I get a Life of Boris episode (and it’s a cooking one!), and now I have a visit from Mrs Crocombe.
me too! lol
Totally looking forward to watching this 🥰 I absolutely love your videos.
I think another 5 minutes of Mrs C. Throwing utter shade is long overdue.
Thank you for the new video. I always look forward to a new Ms. Crocombe video .
I just love these videos so much!
Absolutely love Mrs. Crocombe!
Enjoyed and looking forward to the next!
Absolutely enchanting! Congratulations Mrs Crocombe! Always enchanting and adorable! I always look forward to seeing your videos! What a pleasure! Thank you ever so much!!
I normally pick the caraway seed off any bread I eat, but for Mrs. C., I would make an exception.
'Badly trained girl' I loved that bit 😂🤣
So looking forward to see Mrs C make and bake another delicious addition for a ladies luncheon
There is no other channel that provides such a soothing balm as this. And no voice but Mrs Crocombe’s that reminds me “this too will pass” when life is too fast and turbulent.
You should be the champion of the world for whisking egg whítes Mrs. C! That cake looks moist and delicious. Wish I could try some. Thanks Mrs. C🙏🇬🇧🎄
Can't wait! I think I heard about it in one of the novels from Victorian era.
I really enjoy these nostalgic intervals in the day. Well acted and presented too.
Big fans here in Italy! Welcome back Ms Crocombe!
Delightful as always Mrs. Crocombe ❤️
Wow I think this the recipe that queen loves and you have send this cake to mr.townsends long time back so excited
I absolutely love your videos. Thank You so much .