Cornflour Cakes
Cornflour Cake © Cemetery Eyes I'm sorry that it's been a little while since my last post! For those of you who are new to the blog, I'm experimenting with my great-great-grandmother Lottie's (1892-1949) handwritten recipes from 1912. The last couple of weeks have been taken up with more research into Lottie's life - which I am looking forward to writing about over the next few days. Some of you might already know that Lottie had a long family history in Cornwall and deep connections with the mining industry. For example, her husband John Benjamin Fern was a mine surveyor and engineer who managed Wheal Kitty and Polberro at St Agnes. He also held posts in the US, Mexico, Portugal and Spain. I was surprised and interested to learn that Lottie and their young children accompanied John on many of his trips abroad - even living with him in Arizona for a time. It will be fascinating to see what recipes Lottie might have brought back with her from those
