The TeaCake Project Elbert Mackey The Tea Cake Project Copyright Information 2 The Tea Cake Project Table of Contents ABOUT THE COVER............................................................................................................................................. 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .....................................................................................................................................10 FOREWORD ......................................................................................................................................................13 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................14 PART I TEACAKES THROUGH TIME ....................................................................................................................17 CHAPTER 1 – TEA CAKES IN HISTORY .................................................................................................................18 TEA CAKES IN OLD EUROPE ............................................................................................................................................18 TEA CAKES AROUND THE WORLD....................................................................................................................................19 TEA CAKES IN NORTH AMERICA ......................................................................................................................................19 TEA CAKES DURING THE SLAVERY ERA..............................................................................................................................20 TEA CAKES DURING THE POST‐EMANCIPATION ERA ............................................................................................................21 TEA CAKES DURING THE DEPRESSION ERA.........................................................................................................................23 CHAPTER 2 – TEACAKE REMEMBRANCES ...........................................................................................................24 HOME AND FAMILY ......................................................................................................................................................25 The Porch ............................................................................................................................................................26 Farm Life .............................................................................................................................................................28 EXTENDED FAMILY‐ THE WOMEN OF THE 1950S ...............................................................................................................30 FIGHTING WITH SIBLINGS ...............................................................................................................................................35 CHANGING BEHAVIOR ...................................................................................................................................................37 HOLIDAYS AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS ............................................................................................................................38 SUNDAYS....................................................................................................................................................................40 SCHOOL......................................................................................................................................................................43 CHAPTER 3 ‐ TEA CAKES TODAY.........................................................................................................................46 THE DYING TEA CAKE....................................................................................................................................................48 IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY..................................................................................................49 3 The Tea Cake Project THE FAST FOOD CULTURE ..............................................................................................................................................51 TEA CAKE IN LITERATURE ...............................................................................................................................................52 REPLACING OLD INGREDIENTS WITH HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES ...............................................................................................52 RESCUED RECIPES.........................................................................................................................................................54 ATTEMPTING TO REPLICATE TEA CAKES FROM THE PAST......................................................................................................55 FUNNY FAILURES..........................................................................................................................................................57 SECRET INGREDIENTS ....................................................................................................................................................59 CHAPTER 4 ‐ THE FUTURE OF TEA CAKES: NEW MEMORIES WITH THE NEXT GENERATION.................................62 NEW TRADITIONS.........................................................................................................................................................63 THE REBIRTH OF TEA CAKES ...........................................................................................................................................64 KEEPING THE TEA CAKE TRADITION ALIVE .........................................................................................................................68 PART II THE TEACAKE RECIPE COLLECTION ........................................................................................................70 AUNT MAGGIE’S RESURRECTED TEA CAKE RECIPE ................................................................................................................1 MISS ERNESTINE'S TEACAKES............................................................................................................................................1 OLD‐FASHIONED TEACAKES..............................................................................................................................................1 MOTHER’S OLD‐FASHIONED THICK BUTTERMILK TEA CAKES...................................................................................................1 SUNDAY'S TEA CAKES......................................................................................................................................................1 SYRUP TEA CAKES ..........................................................................................................................................................1 SMALL BATCH TEACAKE RECIPE.........................................................................................................................................1 MAMA MATTIE’S TEA CAKES............................................................................................................................................1 MOLASSES TEA CAKES.....................................................................................................................................................1 JACQUIE’S TEA CAKE CRISPS .............................................................................................................................................1 KATHERYN'S VEGAN TEA CAKES ........................................................................................................................................1 OLD‐FASHIONED ENGLISH TEA CAKES ................................................................................................................................1 SWEDISH TEA CAKES.......................................................................................................................................................1 MRS. JULIA'S TEA CAKES .................................................................................................................................................1 RUSSIAN TEA CAKES .......................................................................................................................................................1 GRANDMOTHER'S OLD‐FASHIONED TEA CAKES....................................................................................................................1 COUNTRY TEA CAKES ......................................................................................................................................................1 MISS MATTIE'S TEA CAKES ..............................................................................................................................................1 MOMMA'S TEA CAKES ....................................................................................................................................................1 4 The Tea Cake Project TEA CAKES ....................................................................................................................................................................1 BIG THICK TEA CAKES .....................................................................................................................................................1 OLD TEA CAKE RECIPE.....................................................................................................................................................1