What is "a typical English cake?" .... versus an Italian sponge cake or a Viennese torte?

Question

Thank you!

Answer 1

Victoria Sponge

Answer 2

Traditional English deserts were hot steamed puddings, like Spotted Dick, and Plum Duff. Bread was also used with marmalade (Tudor) as in a bread and butter pudding, or cold pressed with fruit like a summer pudding. However most of these like the, lighter sponge cakes were introduced with sugar in the Tudor period. That's when Walnut, Ginger cake, and all the other spiced cakes entered the menu

The best example of a ancient desert must be the Tart - Bakewell Tart, but that is an open pasty pie... English cakes in the medieval period were simple scones, muffins and Pound cakes, which due to the honey, were a lot heavier than their modern varieties.

Answer 3

Don't think there is one really. There tends to be lots of regional cakes though. But the following come to mind,

Welsh Cakes
Eccles Cakes
Steamed puddings (or are these Amercian)
Spotted Dick
Bread and Butter Pudding

I think Bread and Butter pudding is probably the most English, who else would make a cake from stale bread, butter and milk!!!!!

Answer 4

A Victoria sponge is a typical English cake I suppose!

But you could also include parkin (a ginger cake from Yorkshire) or treacle sponge.

Answer 5

It has to be a Victoria sponge cake,but there are other English cakes IE: Dundee, very rich fruit cake , Eccles cakes, mixed fruit, spices butter wrapped in puff pastry, there is even Scottish shortcake, although technically its a biscuit. there is also Madeira cake.

Answer 6

i think a victoria sponge,or a nice scone with jam and cream.

Answer 7

Battenberg cake.

Answer 8

a victoria sponge...yum yum, you cant beat it with a cup of tea!

Answer 9

the typical would be Birthday cake.

and Marty, she didn't ask how to make it lol

Answer 10

Victoria sponge.Bakewell tart.Scones.
What numpty said "Battenburg" ,German i think.