Seed-Cake
Erica Lea on May 4th 2010
“I don’t mind some cake - seed-cake, if you have any.”
“Lots!” Bilbo found himself answering, to his own surprise; and he found himself scuttling off…to a pantry to fetch two beautiful round seed-cakes which he had baked that afternoon for his after-supper morsel.
When my sister read those words from The Hobbit, I could almost taste the seed-cakes. They sounded like a wonderful blend of sweet and savory. A perfect companion to tea.
Nearly tenyears after listening to that timeless tale, I decided to try my handing at baking up a beautiful seed-cake.
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