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  Traditional - last updated April 13, 2014
January  
2006 Wassailing Apple Trees -12th Night
2007 Typsy Laird - Burn's night
2008 Bread Pudding - Winter
2009 Twelfth Night Cake - 12th Night
2010 Coventry Godcakes - New Years Day
2011 Lamingtons - Australia Day
2012 Pope Lady Cake - St Albans - New Year
2013 Plowman's pottage (Plough Monday)
February  
2006 Snow Pancakes (Shrove Tuesday)
2007 Baked custard with ginger - Candlemas
2008 Frumenty - Ash Wednesday
2009 Pokerounce - Valentine's Day
2010 Sauty Bannocks - St Bride's Day
2011 Rutland Plum Shuttles - Valentine's Day
2012 Stout hearted cake - Candlemas
March  
2006 Kent Lenten Pudding - Lent
2007 Bury Simnel Cake - Mothering Sunday
2008 Fig Sue - Good Friday
2009 Irish Stew (Stobhach Gaelach) - St Patrick's Day
2010 Welsh Cakes - St David's Day
2011 Collop Monday - Monday before Lent
2012 Lancashire Fag Pie - Mothers Day
Feb/March  
2013 Irish Potato and Apple Pudding - St Patricks Day
2014 Chocolate ginger crunch (Xmas request)
2015 (Saffron Cake Cornwall - St Pirin's Day)
April  
2006 Figgy Pudding - Palm Sunday
2007 Revel Buns - Easter
2008 Beltane Cake - May Day eve
2009 Good Friday Fish Pie - Good Friday
2010 Anzac biscuits - Anzac Day 25 April
2011 Carlings Carling Sunday - 5th Lent
2012 Easter ledger pudding
May  
2006 Maids of Honour - May Day
2007 Beltane or May Cup - May Day
2008 Watercress Soup - 200th anniversary
2009 Whitsun Olbury Tarts - Whitsun
2010 Hasty pudding - May Day
2011 Plum Duff - Oak Apple Day
2012 Eleanor of Leicester's Curd Pie - Whitsun
April/May  
2013 Rich cheese fritters - May Day
2014 Left over mincemeat cake - Lent clear-up
June  
2006 Whitsun Cake
2007 Cherry Day special - in-season produce list
2008 Clipping Time Pudding
2009 Lancashire wake cakes - Wakes
2010 Apples Dumplings - Picnic day
2011 John Dory & peppers - St Peter's Day
2012 Diamond Jubilee Coronation Chicken
July  
2006 Dorset or English Apple Cake - Fete Bake
2007 Cherry Day Specials:
- Pimms No1 Jelly
- Prosciutto wrapped cod with honey glaze
2008 Ripe Tart - cherry festival
2009 Fragrant Cherry Chutney - Cherry Day
2010 Park Farm Cherry Gin - Cherry Day
2011 Cherry & Juniper Jus - Cherry Day
2012 -------------------
June/July  
2013 Failsafe whisked-up sponge - Fete Bake
2014  
August  
2006 Cornish Fairings - Fete Bake
2007 Bartlemas Beef
2008 Oast cakes - hop picking
2009 Bramley Apple & cider cake - Fete Bake
2010 Sticky Stem Ginger Cake - Fete Bake
2011 Grasmere Gingerbread - St Oswalds Day
2012 German Friendship - Cake Fete
September  
2006 Fidget Pie - Harvest
2007 Summer Fruits Jelly - Cherry Day Result
2008 Ember Day Tart - Holy Cross Day 14 Sept
2009 Suetless mincemeat - Bramley harvest
2010 Threshing day pudding - Harvest
2011 Apple Harvest Pudding
2012 Dobson's Bramble Liqueur
Aug/Sept  
2013 ------------ Lack of room in newsletter
2014  
October  
2006 Michaelmas Goose
2007 Gingerbread husbands - All Hallow's
2008 Fresh ginger cake - Halloween
2009 Bramley No Time pie - Bramley pie week
2010 Baked Warden Pears - St Simon & St Jude Day
2011 Michaelmas Dumplings
2012 Bonfire Spicy Hot Chocolate - Halloween
November  
2005 Soul Cakes - All Souls Day
2006 Christmas Pudding and Stir up Sunday
2007 Potatoes in the bonfire - Guy Fawkes
2008 Cranberry & Pecan Pie - Thanksgiving
2009 Cattern Cakes St Catherine's Day
2010 Clementing Tart - Saint Clement's Day - 23 November
2011 St Edmunds Cakes (Suffolk Buns)
2012 Christmas Vodka
Oct/Nov  
2013  
2014  
December  
2005 Mince Pyes - Christmas
2006 Treacle Toffee - Cyflaith - Christmas Welsh custom
2007 Mum's Christmas Cake - Christmas
2008 Carol singers pepper cake - Christmas
2009 Raised vegetable pie - Christmas Vegetarian addition
2010 (No traditional recipe)
2011 Leftover turkey pie
2012 Christmas flapjacks
Dec/Jan  
2014 St Nicholas Pudding - St Nicholas Day 6 Dec
2015 Epiphany Tart (Twelfth Night Cake) - Epiphany
  Whigs or Wigs - Christmas Eve

 

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