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The original name for these small tablets of liquorice is a "Pomfret" cake, after the old Norman name for Pontefract. However, that name has fallen into disuse and they are now almost invariably labelled "Pontefract cakes". The term "cake" has a long history. The word itself is of Germanic origin, from the Germanic "kakâ" (cook).
In England in 1614, Sir George Savile invented the liquorice format still known as Pontefract cakes when he stamped discs of liquorice with the image of Pontefract Castle. [5] The Dunhill company are credited with the development of liquorice as a confection by adding sugar in 1760.
Pontefract Museum is a local museum in ... fine art, photographs and social history. [1] ... Exhibits include information on Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Cakes ...
In 1810, the business was founded by Thomas Firth as Firth Confectioners and was Pontefract's second liquorice factory, making Pontefract cakes.The business changed hands first to David Longstaffe, before coming under the partnership of Robert Ewbank and W. F. Horsell.
My goal was to cook through roughly 3,000 years of English history, and this was the seventh installment, for the Regency era. ... Chocolate cakes with chocolate fudge and chocolate frosting were ...
The period of Yorkshire's history between the demise of the Viking king, Eric Bloodaxe, in 954 and the arrival of the Normans in 1068 is known as the Anglo-Scandinavian age. The modern township of Pontefract consisted of two Anglo-Scandinavian settlements, Tanshelf and Kirkby.
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Thanks to its connection to one of the most important journeys in American history, exploration maps have been known to fetch thousands at auction, like this one that sold for over $6,000 in 2012 ...