Short Cakes recipe from 1594 and Jumbles recipe from 1597

In December 2021, I attended an SCA event. At this event, there was a Craftspersons Greene for craftspeople to display and demonstrate their craft, answer questions, etc. 

For my particular display, I covered two areas that I enjoy: baking and blackwork embroidery. For more information on my blackwork embroidery, please click here. 

For my baking, I made Jumbles (think of a soft pretzel with anise seed) based on a 1597 receipt and Short Cakes (think of a cookie with mace and clove) based on a 1594 receipt. Period baking is something that I enjoy experimenting with. 😀

Want to know more about Jumbles, such as the original recipe, similar recipes, my method, etc? Please click here as well as watching the video below.

 

Want to know more about Short Cakes, such as the original recipe? Please click here as well as watching the video below (2nd attempt at baking shown at 8:05 in the video).

 

I received many compliments yesterday on my baking, which is wonderful! 😀 I enjoy baking! It's an added bonus when you see people enjoying the creation that you enjoyed making!

For anyone who was at the event who didn't like anise seed or clove and mace, I also made a batch of Snickerdoodles (no, not a period recipe - but still enjoyable just the same). For the Snickerdoodle recipe, please click here as well as watching the video below. My apologies on the video quality, as this was one of my earlier videos (that I later edited and posted on to my YouTube channel).  

 

Note: After melting the butter, remove the pot from the heat prior to adding in the other ingredients (in this video, I just moved the pot to a cold burner). 

If you were at the event and received banana muffins as a gift from Santa Claus, those were mine too! 😀 Again no, not a period (historically accurate) recipe, but quite delicious! For that recipe, please click here or follow along with the video below. 

 

Thank you to everyone who tried my baking and for your compliments!