Saffron Drizzle Seed Cake

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Preparation info
  • Makes a

    900 g

    loaf cake
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Fool's Gold: A History of British Saffron

By Sam Bilton

Published 2022

  • About

Seed cakes have a long-standing history in Britain. In their original incarnation the seeds (usually caraway) were added to enriched doughs before they morphed into a spongier form in the Victorian era. They appear to have fallen out of favour in the twentieth century. ‘Why were those cakes always so dry,’ lamented Elizabeth David in Sp