This one’s from Cooking With Herbs and Spices by Josceline Dimbleby, published in 1979. As David Dimbleby’s first wife this book is an intriguing insight into the bizarre eating habits of the rich and famous. Only kidding, it’s a collection of dubious seventies dishes, including Surprise Meatballs – “I love meatballs and there seem to be endless variations to try out. My husband suggested stuffing them with a nugget of cheese…” (It is my experience that if a dish has the word ‘surprise’ in the title then the surprise is very likely to be cheese*). But I wasn’t looking for savoury cheesy treats, but cake recipes, and went for this sumptuous sounding one.
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Posted in 1970s, Cooking With Herbs and Spice, Josceline Dimbleby
Tagged almonds, apricot jam, breadcrumbs, brown sugar, chocolate, cinnamon, egg, margarine, whipped cream
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