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A ROUND FRUIT DOUGH CAKE - AN EXAMPLE BOUGHT IN BANBURY WAS ABOUT 200MM DIAMETER, 50MM DEEP. WEIGHT: ABOUT 500G. COLOUR: PALE BROWN WITH A SPONGY APPEARANCE (IT IS THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAKE WHICH IS EXPOSED TO THE BUYER) AND A FEW CURRANTS SHOWING ON THE SURFACE; THE BASE (WHICH WAS THE TOP DURING BAKING) IS SMOOTH, FLAT AND A DEEPER GOLDEN BROWN; THE INSIDE HAS A FINE-TEXTURED, OFF-WHITE CRUMB, SPECKLED WITH FRUIT. FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE: SWEETISH, WITH A SLIGHT SOURDOUGH TASTE AND A SOFT, CLINGING TEXTURE.

He may live without books—what is knowledge but grieving?

He may live without hope—what is hope but deceiving?

He may live without love—what is passion but pining?

But where is the man that can live without dining?’

EDWARD R. BULWER-LYTTON, ‘LUCILLE’