Small booklet (roughly 5 x 7 inches) of 47 pages with metric conversion on inside back flap, although you don't need to know metric to use the recipes. This is one of a collection of over 70 titles in the traditional fare series by J. Salmon publishing. There are 11 sepia reproductions of paintings of English landmarks and historical English life . There are no photographs or illustrations of the finished recipes. The book is put together like a travel memento. It's sentimental in a charming way. A bit of authentic England from yesteryear. For a full list of published books in this series, look here: http://www.jsalmon.com/recipe_books.htm
It is important to realize that the recipes are from the UK, and there are differences in measurements compared with the US. For example, a pint is 20 ounces in the UK and 16 ounces in the US. Also, a kitchen scale is essential, as most dry ingredients are measured in ounces.
There are also a few differences in ingredients. Caster sugar is simply very fine white sugar, and ordinary table sugar works just as well. Mixed spice is roughly the equivalent of pumpkin pie spice. Demerara sugar is very large crystals of sugar sometimes found in the US as a decoration on muffins. It can readily be found in the baking section of the supermarket. A useful website is Cooks Thesaurus at www.foodsubs.com.
RECIPES INCLUDED:
Banbury Cakes p. 42
Bath Buns p. 39
Belvoir Castle Buns p. 27
Brighton Gingerbread p. 46
Bury Simnel Cake p. 43
Chelsea Buns p. 7
Cornish Saffron Cake p. 3
Coventry Godcakes p. 22
Cranham Honey Cake p. 10
Derbyshire Chocolate Cake p. 5
Devonshire Apple Scones p. 6
Devonshire Cider Cake p. 45
Gloucester Tartlets p. 40
Hampshire Picnic Cake p. 15
Hereford Brandy Snaps p. 24
Isle of Wight Farmhouse Cake p. 18
Kentish cob-nut Cake p. 32
Lakeland Lemon Cake p. 16
Leamingtons p. 19
Norfolk Vinegar Cake p. 29
Northamptonshire Seed Cake p. 12
Nottingham Coffee Biscuits p. 30
Old Harry Rock Cakes p. 38
Richmond Maids of Honour p. 11
Shropshire Lambing Cake p. 35
South Tyne Yeast Cake p. 31
Spiced Oxford Cake p. 23
Staffordshire Fruit Cake p. 47
Suffolk `Fourses' Cake p. 8
Surrey Lardie Cakes p. 21
Wiltshire White Cake p. 26
Windsor Castle Cake p. 34
Yorkshire Sticky Parkin p. 14
Yorkshire Tea Cakes p. 37