The name "Barm Cake" came from the use of froth from the top of fermenting beer as the levening agent as it contained yeast. Anything not made with barm from a brewery cannot possibly be a "Barm Cake" When I was a kid in Liverpool, we could get barm cakes anywhere where bread was sold, sadly these places got fewer and fewer as local breweries closed and "Barm" became harder to source.
Thanks for your comment however as you are right with the origins of the name as a proud northerner (who lives in Eccles). The modern interpretation of any soft fluffy roll is now a barm. I agree it’s sad that the old tradition have gone and I would have loved to have made them the traditional way. But even the great northern brewers have gone boddington and Chester’s brewery are no more well not in the way they used to be. I don’t have the room in my little flat to brew at home I wish I did. But I love the fact that a viewer is so knowledgeable you are amazing and thank you so much for your comment nice to have you as a viewer 🙏💫🎉
Fabulous idea, and I'm going to give it a go this weekend, but we lazy humans, WILL take the easy way out, won't we?
steddyeddyuk and why wouldn’t you if you have the equipment, but it’s easy to do by hand again
The name "Barm Cake" came from the use of froth from the top of fermenting beer as the levening agent as it contained yeast. Anything not made with barm from a brewery cannot possibly be a "Barm Cake" When I was a kid in Liverpool, we could get barm cakes anywhere where bread was sold, sadly these places got fewer and fewer as local breweries closed and "Barm" became harder to source.
Thanks for your comment however as you are right with the origins of the name as a proud northerner (who lives in Eccles). The modern interpretation of any soft fluffy roll is now a barm. I agree it’s sad that the old tradition have gone and I would have loved to have made them the traditional way. But even the great northern brewers have gone boddington and Chester’s brewery are no more well not in the way they used to be. I don’t have the room in my little flat to brew at home I wish I did. But I love the fact that a viewer is so knowledgeable you are amazing and thank you so much for your comment nice to have you as a viewer 🙏💫🎉
In the north west we call it a barm cake regardless.