Comments on: Making a cake – and taking 6-8 hours to do it

By: Jo

Jo — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:51:00 +0000

I enjoyed the pictures of an old fashioned process with a modern plastic chair. Can these things be prepared in a modern way. Of course you wouldn’t get the parties. Do they taste any good anyway?

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:57:00 +0000

Is that to avoid the clearing up? 😀 Oddly enough, not that many people I know seem to eat black butter. Perhaps the party is main reason for making it.

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:31:00 +0000

Yep, that’s about right. It becomes an excuse for a gathering – but the funny thing is that most people seem to vanish around the time that the mixture thickens up to the consistency of thick brown tar…

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:36:00 +0000

Yes, even my christmas cakes don’t take that long. 😀 Do the villagers have a kind of party while making it? Here on the rock we make a thing called black butter, which has something of the consistency of chocolate spread but is actually made from apples and licorice. It takes hours and hours preparing and cooking it, so it traditionally turns into a big late night party where everyone turns up and joins in.