Co-op Coronation Cake - 1937
Description
The cake baked by Stockton Co-operative Society to mark the coronation of King George VI in 1937. As the picture shows the cake weighed half a ton and the ingredients included 1080 eggs, 3.5 cwt of fruit, 1 cwt of butter and 1.25 cwt of sugar. Also shown is a medal worn by the Past President of the Stockton Co-operative Grocery Branch Manager's Association. Both items courtesy of Diane Nicholson.
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Cliff Thornton
Wow - what a phenomenal piece of craftsmanship, and engineering! Good job the coronation didn't take place a couple of years later or they would never have got all those ingredients when there was rationing. It seems a shame to put the knife into it, but does anybody know what happened to the cake?
Posted on: 02/09/2008 17:03:25
Library Reference
Dewey Decimal: 999 Reference: t9688 - link available