This week I have been experimenting with rock cake recipes, in an attempt to recreate the rock cakes I remember from my childhood. So far, I haven’t made any replicas but I finally settled on the old Edmonds recipe for Rock Cakes, as a suitable compromise. The recipe is basic and easy and economical. 
When I was a child I puzzled about why these cakes were called rock cakes. I thought it had something to do with their texture because, after a couple of days , they were sometimes as hard as rocks. Usually, they were all eaten before that could happen. It was not until my more senior years that I finally ‘twigged’ that the rock in rock cakes refers to their shape.
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I’m so glad you’ve cleared this one up for me – I always thought they were called rock cakes because of a hard exterior too – it has always put me off eating them!!! I will now search out a recipe….
Congrats on the 2012 award by the way – very well deserved 🙂
Thank you. Hope you find a recipe. I didn’t like to put the recipe on my post in case of copyright issues. I can assure you these rock cakes are soft and delicious.
What a blast from the past. I haven’t eaten rock cakes since I was a little kid
Really? Do make some. I have decided that I really like them.
These ones don’t look very much like the ones my mother made. Do they look like the rock cakes you remember?
They certainly do
Great. That makes me happy.
Hello, I have just nominated your blog for the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award:
http://clanmother.com/2012/12/06/stars-change-the-world/
Please accept my kind regards without any obligation. This is my thanks for being an inspiration to me on my blogging journey.
Rebecca aka Clanmother
Thank you so much. And thank you for being the inspiration you are to me.
We are going on an adventure – let us see where the winds will take us…