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Spice Cakes and Nut Cakes
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Published 2011
He swallowed the tiny portion of almond cake which a maid had put in front of him and filled his pipe.Georges Simenon, Maigret Stonewalled, 1931 (the first food enjoyed by the Chief Inspector in the earliest Maigret novel)
Could it be the chilly, damp climate of Britain that accounts for our fondness for spice? Sweet-tasting, warm-scented cinnamon, fragrant flecks of freshly-grated nutmeg or the heady, comforting flavour of cloves added to the mixing bowl that all transform the flavour of a cake to make it beguiling.
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