Eating rock cakes the other day with Debra in France started me off on a craving for buns that I remembered that were just like rock cakes but without the currants and with jam in the middle. You know the ones. We made them at school.
Delia was no help. This set me off surfing the net (as we say in the trade) for a recipe. My problem was that I couldn't remember what they were called. The only name that sprang to mind was Barbaras and I knew that wasn't the proper name. That name comes from a rather flat chested canteen lady's unkind colleagues.
Well after many a fruitless search with the terms jam, cakes and rock cakes with jam I finally found a recipe that sounded more or less right under jam buns. The next thing to do was of course make some to try it out.
The left hand picture is my first sad attempt which morphed into Super Size Me jam bun. Of course it still had to be eaten and there was only one person around to do it. After all you can't give something like that to a guest now can you? And the chickens are still being little Bs so they weren't getting any.
Because I'm a bit of a trooper I tried again tonight and the right hand picture is today's effort. A little bit more like I remember but if I was Barbara I would still be worried. When I have bravely eaten my way through this lot (by bed time I reckon). Then I shall try again, in fact, I shall eat as many as it takes to achieve perfection.
Perhaps after another half a dozen goes Debra can come round for coffee.
7 comments:
Your dedication to perfection is commendable.
I stand in awe.
I try sometimes it's hard but . . .
Try googling 'jam buns' - there's a Woman's Hour recipe that may be what you are looking for. The ones on the right look good anyway:) And I'll bet the one on the left tasted OK!
Rowan the Woman's Hour recipe could well be the next experiment they look pretty good Thanks
Your blog makes me laugh out loud - Barbaras!
At school after 3 weeks of rock buns/cakes (all turned out flat) we progressed to 'raspberry buns' (rock cakes without the currants but with jam - also flat). Teacher despaired, it was all to do with our 'dropping consistency' 'too soft' she said.
Hi Breezy, what are mates for?! I would have come and helped you eat them!! After all, my rock cakes don't look like rocks, more like splats!
Lynda maybe it was my dropping consistency too ! I'm also having problems filling the plaster in on the walls perhaps my bun mix would do better at that!
Debra A friend indeed! I'll ring you next batch
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