Mary Bertek of Traverse City, Mich., was looking for a very old recipe for Nutmeg Cake. It was her grandmother's recipe, which Bertek lost when she moved into her new home in 1955. For years she tried ...

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My mum made this 'Cake of Sunday' in the 80's. It's got a bit of magic about it in that you make a crumble-like mixture with the sugar, flour and butter then press half of it in the bottom of a tin to ...

Mary Bertek of Traverse City, Mich., was looking for a very old recipe for Nutmeg Cake. It was her grandmother’s recipe, which Bertek lost when she moved into her “new” home in 1955. For years she ...

Blanche Harrrell from Forest Hill, Md., was looking for a recipe for making a cake that was sold at the old A&P stores when she was growing up called Spanish Bar Cake. She said it was a delicious dark ...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-9-inch cake pan. In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, superfine sugar and brown sugar. Add the butter and cut with a pastry blender or two knives until ...

Easy does it. A light hand is vital when you’re cooking with nutmeg. It has such a strong, dominating flavor that it is best used sparingly. You may not even notice it when you taste it in something, ...

Easy does it. A light hand is vital when you're cooking with nutmeg. Nutmeg is usually a supporting character that makes the lead actor look good; it is the makeup rather than the face. It has such a ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Food & Drink news every morning. To hold a nutmeg in your hand — a tiny brown globe veined with mysterious patterns — is to be reminded ...