tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173263937309643922.post5472710803499557132..comments2024-03-09T06:25:33.630+00:00Comments on Neil Cooks Grigson: #226 Eccles CakesNeil Butteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07465149114879599176noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173263937309643922.post-78493322124434481532010-02-21T22:16:56.178+00:002010-02-21T22:16:56.178+00:00Nope Chorley cakes pretty much the same size as Ec...Nope Chorley cakes pretty much the same size as Eccles cakes from memory - they have both in the Chorley Tesco! The Eccles cakes that come from the factory on Hyde Rd near the Apollo have puff.Anthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173263937309643922.post-34389791995137610012010-02-19T22:13:43.926+00:002010-02-19T22:13:43.926+00:00Also thanks - as ever - for your comments. i'm...Also thanks - as ever - for your comments. i'm glad you agree Eric. Anth: I thought a Chorley cake was just a small Eccles cakeNeil Butteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07465149114879599176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173263937309643922.post-13513618423409618642010-02-19T20:19:10.369+00:002010-02-19T20:19:10.369+00:00No question. If it's not lardy shortcrust it&#...No question. If it's not lardy shortcrust it's not an Eccles. There was a TV show on earlier this week - M Portillo playing trains in the Midlands. Stopped off in Eccles and toured the cake works. We all saw them being made - nothing flaky nowhere. All floury, lardy and sugary.<br /><br />As ever, thanks for your blog . . . .lobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175275142894265494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173263937309643922.post-75563980458675228322010-02-19T14:14:39.603+00:002010-02-19T14:14:39.603+00:00I thought if it was puff pastry = Eccles Cake, sho...I thought if it was puff pastry = Eccles Cake, shortcrust pastry = Chorley Cake! When I lived in Chorley, the cakes were all shortcrust :-D<br />xAntheanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173263937309643922.post-19613834684806319742010-02-19T01:52:30.524+00:002010-02-19T01:52:30.524+00:00In "Currants", a poem by Tony Harrison,...In "Currants", a poem by Tony Harrison, he describes the Eccles Cake as his "petite madeleine" & describes his father, a baker, making them. Great Leeds poet.onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173263937309643922.post-55772775385916912352010-02-18T22:26:41.558+00:002010-02-18T22:26:41.558+00:00Eccles cakes - yes!!! I grew up in the northwest, ...Eccles cakes - yes!!! I grew up in the northwest, & seem to remember them being made with both kinds of pastry, but with puff pastry being more common. I started trying to find out more about this online, & almost every recipe has puff pastry. I did, however, find one source suggesting that the cakes with shortcrust pastry are in fact Chorley cakes.onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.com