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 (or Brummie Bacon Cakes, or Brummie Breakfast Cakes, or Bacon Breakfast Cakes) Chopped bacon and cheese mixed into a simple dough, formed into flat cakes and baked. Known from Newspaper reports at least since the 1920's, and anecdotally back to the 1860's. See also: Bacon Fraise or Froise, Bacon Floddies  The original source of this receipt isn't known. Can you help? editor@foodsofengland.co.ukBrummy Bacon Cakes (8 cakes) Ingredients: 3oz streaky bacon, diced 3 oz grated hard cheese 8 oz plain flour 2 tsp baking powder pinch of salt 1/4 pint milk 2 oz butter Lightly fry the bacon bits. Rub the flour into the butter and half of the cheese, the salt and baking powder, add the bacon. Add enough milk to make a soft dough. Form into 8 1/2 thick patties, sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bake in a hot oven until risen and browned, about 15 minutes. This wartime receipt uses mashed potato instead of flour...  Making the Most of Bacon Ministry of Food, Facts No 8 (Tamworth Herald - Saturday 29 September 1945)  |
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