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20 cm 8 in ) CakeMedium
By Gary Rhodes
Published 1999
Twelfth Night, 6 January, is the last night of the Christmas feast, and long ago there were always festivities before the work of the New Year began in earnest. This cake – very like a Christmas cake, in fact – was made as part of the celebration, and often a bean would be inserted into the mixture. Whoever was given the slice containing this was named King of the Bean, which meant good luck was theirs for the coming year.
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