Vintage Christmas Recipe Series #1 : Christmas Cottage Cake

Welcome to the first post in the Vintage Christmas Recipe Series Series. It is one month today until Christmas and time to get cracking on festive bakes!

This delightful Christmas Cottage Cake comes from Good Housekeeping's Picture Cake Making book dating from 1952 :

Christmas Cottage Cake

Any cake mixture (other than a very light sponge) may be used to form the foundation of this cake. It is baked in a rectangular tin, and the curved top of the cake, when risen, forms the basis of the roof. Make 1 lb. (454g) almond paste, and colour half of it with 2 tbsp. chocolate powder. Brush the sides of the cake with a little melted jam then cover them with the chocolate almond paste, reserving a little for the chimney. Build up the roof with the uncoloured almond paste, forking it up to give the effect of a thatch. Make a hole in the roof and set in it a chimney made from the chocolate almond paste. Now, using a writing pipe and a little butter or royal icing, mark in the door and windows. Stand the cake on a board and make the garden and path with plain chocolate almond paste, if available, and sprinkle with a little icing sugar to represent snow. Failing almond paste, sprinkle the cake board with icing sugar. 

If you bake from this recipe, please send pictures! Look out for the next Christmas Recipe post!

With love from The Vintage Kitchen, 

Vintage Christmas Recipe Series

Yes, Christmas is just over a month away! To celebrate the season in true vintage style, I will be doing a Christmas recipe series here on the blog.

From classic festive bakes to traditional Christmas confectionery - be sure to visit the blog from Tuesday the 25th November for inspiration! 

From the Vintage Kitchen with love,