Neenish Tart - Tumblr Posts
(I promise this is the last cake-related post, honest...)
YOU DON’T HAVE JAFFA CAKES? Right, I’ll be packing a box of 24 when I hop across the pond later on this year...
I’ve never heard of a neenish tart, but I goggled them and they look pretty much entirely delicious (though not much like a Bakewell tart).
For those of you still following me after this cake-laden epic, you can test your knowledge of some British (and some not-so-British) biscuits in a very silly quiz here.
Right, the Battenberg reports are coming in thick and fast now - a quick round up:
runecestershire said: I’m from the American West Coast and live in the Southwest. I am aware of Battenberg cake, having seen it in [American] cake cookbooks and read of it in stories. I’ve never encountered it in the wild, though.
Custard cream biscuits and bakewell tarts are not really things here, though. We do have sandwich cookies with creamy fillings, but they’re not custardy.
karabraden said: Honestly, I thought Battenberg only existed in Victorian-era romance and steampunk novels. When I saw it mentioned in a modern book, I got so confused, I went to the husband (expat Brit) and asked “Is Battenberg still a real thing?!”
He stared at me in disbelief.
I’ve still never seen a Battenberg in the wild (nor have I seen the supposed American variant, the “checker cake”).
@turifer said: We do not, alas, have Bakewell tarts as a general thing in the USA. It’s a shame, because I am very fond of them. Neither do we have batenberg cake or custard creams under that name. We do have equivalent cookies to custard creams but I am currently forgetting the name because I never much cared for them.
@edderkopper said: I have actually seen bakewell tarts in coffee shops on the East Coast, actually. They’re not super common, but they’re a thing.
Basically, the Battenberg seems to be some sort of semi-mythical being beyond these shores. The scarcity of Bakewell tarts and custard creams is very alarming, I must admit.
Stay tuned for more important developments.