OMG! I haven't had this in decades. My nan used to make it, my mum as well. This brings back so many memories. Sitting in front of the fire or laid out in front of it. A plate a doorstep of coconut loaf, still warm, slathered in anchor butter that melted and ran down your chin dripping onto your t-shirt, or a thick layer of Robertson's jam, the same result. This is one of the many things I have to make. I'm going to have to look for a recipe for this.
Yes Rik my Grandma was the catering manager and head cook in a printing firms work’s canteen and at one time she was making these types of cakes and sponges on a daily basis. She also made all of the meals for two shifts and made sure that the staff had a choice of snack desserts that they could get from the tea trolley for the mid morning and mid afternoon breaks. One little dish that she was often asked for were her coconut macceroons, which were always crisp on the outside but moist in the middle and had a piece of glacé cherry on the top, which she used to shape in the bottom of a set of eggcups. Heaven for me would be a macceroon with a glass of cream soda, sitting on the back step in the sunshine and smelling the tea that grandma was preparing in the kitchen behind me.
Back when people actually wrote down recipes by hand and passed them on through generation to generation...the good old days! I think I should have been born in 1890 not 1990 😂 lovely cake Rikmeister! love a bit of coconut in desserts
Yes I just remembered also my grandmother would make homemade jams with the things we went picking at orchards, pies such as strawberry, apples, blackberry, and blueberry, and rhubarb. When I was a kid I wasn’t as appreciative of those pies as my more developed taste palette would appreciate it now. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers!
@thaisstone5192 I lived in the past. I'm an old biddy now but I wouldn't trade the 40s, 50s and 60s for any decades since. Good homemade food and obesity was unheard of - we all worked off the calories, young and old alike. My mum cycled to work and my dad walked a couple of miles to the station.
Rik, I'm 75 today! I didn't know my Great Grandmothers, but my grandmothers always had something sweet around the house. I spent more time with my paternal grandmother and she always had peanut butter cookies or banana nut loaf. Looks so good for my birthday cake, I love coconut!😎
I mentioned this cake on your last video & the fact I still cook it regularly. She also made a cold tea loaf with whatever dried fruit she had in the cupboard, that was also delicious. I have a few of these recipes written on bits of paper. She never had a ‘recipe book’ but she had a large envelope with all these bits of paper she had scrawled these recipes down, not the method just the name & the list of ingredients. If any that coconut cake was still there after a couple of days she would slice it up & butter it & if there was still some left it went into a bread & butter pudding with marmalade on the top, nothing ever went to waste. 👏👏❤️❤️🇬🇧
Just the recipe I was looking for. Neither of my grandmothers ever made a cake for us. My mum made cakes nearly everyday, however, …scones, fairy cakes both iced and un-iced or topped with jam and coconut, maybe with dried fruit inside, custard tarts, jam tarts, Victoria sponge, lemon curd cake, chocolate coconut fingers. The homemade mincemeat mum made, and which I still do make, was my Great-grandma’s recipe.
I love coconut also. Just finish eating some homemade Coconut Macaroons. My favorites are: custard pie, plain sugar cookies, Boston Cream Pie, salmon crochets, rice pudding, smothered turkey wings, meatloaf with a tomato base, liver and onions, roast chuck chunks braised, are all my favorite old time recipes. I am a Grandmother, but my grandmothers put me to shame with their knowledge of cooking and their skill levels. They did not need half the tools I use, they had skills! I hope I am loved as much as I loved my Grandmothers. They are sorely missed💔
My Nana was a great cook but what I remember best were her mince pies and stotties. She'd make fruit pies too, rhubarb from the garden and blackberries that we'd get picking, bringing them home in a colander, always prickled by the brambles. I vaguely remember gooseberry too, but I didn't like those much. Also, scones and tea cakes. Of course all the mincemeat tarts and Christmas cake at that time of year. My Mam made the same but she'd also do rice puddings on Sundays and little cupcakes that we'd put runny icing on. I'm 79 from Geordie land but have lived in Canada for nearly 60 years. Still miss the home cooking and baking so I do enjoy you sharing these things.
We made this cake back in the 60s & 70s, exactly the same recipe, only we baked it in a bundt pan and served it with a light dusting of icing sugar on top. Served it on Sundays with our afternoon tea or when visitors would stop by. Lovely! Suggestions of other old time recipes: how about pineapple upside down cake or marble cake? Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦!
👍🙏🇨🇦😊I remember my mom used to make pineapple upsidedown cake and sometimes added some maraschino cherries. It would caramelize or go really gooey! Yum.
A new and different type of recipe! Love the variation of boiling the milk, sugar and butter! Thank you, Rik for bringing us so many new and different recipes and techniques!
Oh, that looks lush, I'll have to get some coconut. My mum used to make the Xmas puddings and cake every year. The puds would be boiling for hours and the cake was "fed" with alcohol until it was time to make the marzipan - she would put rum or brandy in the mixture before laying it over the cake. It would be finished off with rough icing and a bit of decoration on top. In all honesty , it wasn't a good idea to drive after a slice!! I will occasionally make the cake, but as it's just for me, I don't always bother. Look after yourself and keep the recipes coming ❤
yep my dad loved this cake...even with a bit of lemon in it .... I made this for him when they could no longer do it for themselves. Thank you for bringing back that memory.
Coconut loaf and a cup of tea. What a reward for hard work, in the home or out.. Bliss. So many favourite Nana dishes. Corned beef cooked with bayleaves, cloves, peppercorns, golden syrup and orange peel, served with mashed potatoes with butter on top, peas and carrots and lots of white sauce with parsley in it. The smell of the corned beef cooking was divine : )
Looks good. My mom couldn't cook when she got married but she made it her goal to excel and she did. She became well known in our church circle for her butter tarts, chocolate pudding pie, date squares❤, and for my birthday treat.... Angel food cake made in a bundt pan with a heavenly cream filling in the middle layers and the top! She passed away in 2016 with brain cancer. I wish I had that recipe now to celebrate her memory.
My grandmother was born in 1888 and she and my mother made the best rice pudding I have ever eaten. They used cooked rice, milk, eggs, raisins, sugar, and cinnamon. Maybe some vanilla ,too? It was baked. I have never been able to duplicate it and I miss it something terrible. My grandmother was also the queen of jellied salads. For Christmas dinner we always had her cherry jellied salad that had port in it. My other grandmother made mince pies and apple pies for Christmas. Her mother had come over from County Cork, married a German farmer and they homesteaded in Montana.
@@JanetBrown-px2jn Yup, you caught me! That is very interesting about the eggs. I live in Virginia and a lot of traditional Virginian food is basically British with African overtones.
My mom was an outstanding cook but didn't bake. Her pies were legendary and not in a good way (sorry, Mama). But Grandma and Aunt Betty baked the most wonderful things. Family favorites were nut roll, poppy seed roll and kolaczki. DH's grandma made potica, strudel (homemade dough!) and flancati (angel wings). We're of Eastern European extraction. The big deal was Grandma's stuffed cabbage. It was her own version of Jewish sweet and sour stuffed cabbage. I know it sounds odd but I've never had anyone try it who didn't rave about it. She'd start boiling the cabbage and word would spread like wildfire. Suddenly she had a houseful of family. Takes all day, but so worth it.
I met both my Great Grandmas, one was born in 1899 and the other in 1900. They died in 1984 and 1990 respectively. I always remember going to their houses and having treats.
How different we all are,I never knew great grandmothers,the grand mother who lived with us was born in 1890,and died in 1952,when I was 8,My other grandmother was born in 1872,and died in 1954,so no chance of knowing great grandmothers in my family.😊
I absolutely ❤ every recipe posted and love the breakdown. Great work! Some things my grandma would always make when my family went for a visit were brownies with the most amazing melty chocolate icing that felt cool and so melting with every bite, best chocolate chip cookies, nut meg cookie balls, and platters of nicely cut sandwiches with cheese and cold cuts, roasted something with typical seasonal veggies and potatoes all kinds of styles.
My grandmother used to make a delicious stew! My mother hated it, because of the bones! It was made out of lamb ‘scrag end of neck’ with lots of carrots, potato, onion, and the rest I dont know! The bony meat and onion was cooked for ages I think, before the other ingredients were added. I dont know the recipe and I doubt anyone would eat it now, but it was a cheap meal made to fill up tummies in the winter, with the meat falling off the bone. It was followed by rice pudding done in the oven and granddad and I always squabbled a bit over the skin! What happy memories. My nan used to make little fruit ‘buns’ rather than a bigger cake. This recipe using coconut will be another winner as my hubby loves coconut! ❤❤❤❤❤
I am 92 and much regret that you cannot buy scrag end of lamb. Used to cook it with onions carrots plenty of good stock. When cooked removed the bones and the meat left was sweet and tender. You could it with bones in so you got all the goodness from them in the stew. Served with mashed potatoes .and green vegetables. Peas, cabbages. A filling winter dinner. Yum!
@@AudreyWenham It is so nice that there is someone else who remembers this and enjoyed it! The meat was indeed sweet and tender and the whole stew was so rich and full of flavour. As a child at the time, when money was scarce, it was economical and a great way to get set up for cold weather days. I could never understand why my mother wouldn’t eat it! 🤗🩷
With 2 great-great grandparents from Yorkshire, I am looking forward to this one. Mind you, they probably didn't have coconut back then; a different generation that was! Cheers, Rik.🎉
Hi Rik...Another Classic! I Love the Fact That not Only do you Find Wonderful Recipes! But Also the Simplicity That Comes With it! Rik you are Diamond! Thank you so Much! Gonna Make This Tomorrow! Cant Wait! 🧡 xxx
I always do my Christmas cake as a boiled up fruit cake which you can find in the old narrow Bero book. The cake I jazz up by adding cherry's, flaked and ground almonds and candid fruits suitable for baking. Like you I bake the cake in usually a couple of loaf tins because it makes it easier for cutting into slices. Fruit cake with some butter on and cheese, you can't beat it. Your no frills and no faffing when making cakes is right up my street.
I found your channel 2 weeks ago Rik and I've already made 5 recipes! My favourite one so far has been London cheescake, never had them with frangipane before and it was AMAZING! Keep up the good work friend
Hi Rik, when I was a kid (50's & 60's) my mother used to make Lemon Sponge Pie. Everyone would fight over the last piece. She only made it for Thanksgiving and Christmas and occasionally Easter. This coconut loaf is something else to add to my list of must bake. When I go shopping I will be picking up the coconut. 😀
Unfortunately both set's of grandparents passed before I was born in 1949.. 😘 I love coconut 😘 This grandma cake looks very inviting 😘 Thing is I have to wait until Saturday,😘 Ran out of flour 😘 silly me .😘 I trust you are having a good day my friend .😘
Sorry to hear that. I do that quite a lot here too! Its been a trifle of a day! Three trifles filmed for December. A tad busy - no worries I never shy away. Thank you. Best, Rik
Banana loaf was a favourite- the secret being that the bananas must be frozen first. It does make the loaf very moist! Banana bread after school with a nice tea. Good memories 😊
My grandma was an excellent baker and my mum takes after her. I also love to make the occasional sweet treat! I still yearn for a treat from my school days. The Manchester Tart, made with shortcrust pastry, jam, banana and a thick set custard with coconut sprinkled over the top. Yum, yam
My Grandfather used to make rice pudding. He cooked the rice first in water in the oven and once done and the water absorbed he added one tin of 410gm of evaporated milk and 200gm of condensed milk topped with nutmeg, hot or cold it was wonderful.
@@evocationart8370 Do try it. Not 100% sure if he did not add a pinch of salt when cooking the rice but no sugar was added it was plenty sweet enough with the condensed milk. Cold it was a totally different dish you could cut slices off it :).
Oh my God coconut cake!! Just so many memories of simple, wonderful tasting delights!!! Thank you Rik I go back to my childhood everyday 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 My nan would make this with the addition of Cherries and we would dip this in tea every Sunday!!! But only on a Sunday was this made , a Sunday sweet treat!! Thank you
My Nana would make matrimonial bars. I didn’t like the macaroon topping so I would just eat the buttery cake bottom layer. I can’t wait to make this loaf! 👍🙏💙🇨🇦
Hello from California. Just when you brought out your cup of tea I was thinking that cake would go great with a cup of coffee :). Great recipe. Can’t wait to try. So straight forward. Thank you and blessings.
My mum used to buy a walnut cake that had chopped walnuts and a thick butter cream filling and a crumbly nut sugar topping. I loved that treat but coconut loaf was a close second Rik. 😘❤️👍🏼 My ma made the best rice pudding with butter evap sugar water pinch of salt. Stuck in the oven to cook and get a skin they fought over it, i wanted the rice. Yes we called our g’ma ma ❤️she loved camp coffee too made with sterry milk.😂
Funny thing since watching your channel i have bought more flour than i actually need! My grandmother was of Greek Heritage she baked Greek sweets that were out of this world, we were lucky enough to be the tasters! Although we had different Greek dishes growing up and i make some to this day, my grandfather ran a restaurant in Perth back in the day so they only served Anglo Saxon food as their customers were mainly from England, we had the best foods from both worlds! My favourite from the restaurant back when i was a child was their baked custard, yum! Never met my granddad though who started the business as he died beford i was born his children worked the restaurant until the early 60's, regards Cin
I would say she was just my grandma, but that would be totally incorrect: she was my GREAT grandma… it was a special treat when she would make a coconut cake for me, especially as I was the only one ‘allowed’ to eat it. Rick, I have been addicted to your bacon/cheese potato, but this may just be my new favourite… it’s nearly 11pm, but I will be making this first thing in the morning, that I promise. Thank you sooo-oooo much.
My mum used to make a bun loaf using a similar cooking method. It is a cake with fruit in it. Buttered when served, especially when not long out of the oven. Yummy.
My father used to do a steamed apple suet pudding and we used to have that for are tea after school in the winter with a sprinkle of sugar. My father also cooked a rabbit pie with a pastry crust over the top held up by egg cups and the edge of the tray /dish. Will be doing the coconut cake as it looks delicious. ❤❤
That looks beautiful, ❤. My mum used to make cold tea loaf in the same tin you just used, it was lovely. Amother one that I miss that she made was bacon bones and green lentil stew. Like deployed 👍 Amother 😂 ❤
Yummy! Wow, you ate well in your gr grandma's house! Thank you for sharing as not everyone likes to share their sacred granny recipes (even if one marries into the family!)
My paternal grandmother used to make tiesen flats (Welsh cakes/cookies), but you've done those already.😉 She baked quite a bit, always wanted something sweet with her tea, but I don't remember what else was in her repertoire (its been over 50 years she's gone). I do remember coconut from my early years....aha! She also made a jelly roll, and may have sometimes sprinkled coconut on that! Yes, over raspberry jam. That's an old timey recipe folks would love to try. Also, for my birthdays, Mom used to make animal-shaped layer cakes with colored coconut over the frosting to make the various ears, paws, etc.; she also made cookies, cupcakes, and banana bread. LOTS of banana bread. We had lots of overripe bananas! Oh, Mom made a ton of baked egg custards, too, to use up eggs from our chickens. Rik, another subject, have you ever made a NY-style crumb cake? Heavy/dense crumb topping (almond flavored) makes up more than half the thickness, spread over the cake part, plenty of powdered sugar over the crumb layer. I'll bet the rest of the world would love it!
Chef Rick I would love to see a jam roll poly please. And also a meat and potato suet pudding. I really enjoy your channel and look forward to you popping up daily it seems. Tried out many of your recipes and they are very good.
Wow. That is just what I need with my afternoon tea! On the shopping list for the ingredients. My grandmother made the most delicious bread pudding and so did my mother. I’ve never been able to get as moist as theirs. Not sure if you’ve cooked one. Perhaps before I started watching you? Just love your “ just chuck it in “ lol💕
My great-grandmother made something like this, but she also put in a small (about 8 oz) tin of crushed pineapple. My big difficulty with this is that my wife now has an allergy to eggs. So, I may try this with egg substitutes and eggless (non-custard) style ice cream. A tropical cake for dessert is a nice treat!
Hey Rik, I love the enthusiasm you have for each prepared dish, brilliant mate😂. If you havent already dome these (I'm still checking through your less recent videos) Faggots and peas Stew with dumplings Fish pie (mash topped) Curried eggs Toad in the hole Eve's pud Jam roly poly Steamed puds (choc, golden syrup, fruit) Cookies Semolina pud My grandmother was Italian so she used to make italian desserts , like panna cotta and tiramisu.
That looks nice and not too difficult without all that creaming butter and sugar and beating in eggs one at a time and all that stuff. It means that a even hack-cook like me can probably manage this one! Thanks, Rik. 😊
Oh wow. I love coconut too. Your cake looks amazing and soft. I can't wait to try it. My Nan and Mum mostly made jam sponges or fruit cakes, which were delicious, but it would have been nice if they'd make other cakes. I think we sometimes had coconut cake at school. Thanks, Rik.
Your great grandmas cake looks delicious Rik , I still make a boiled fruit cake that was my mums recipe and it always turns out moist , I often play around with the ingredients to change the flavours , iv used coconut in that one too , thank you , Amanda xx
I just looked up loaf tin liners and they are available for order if you can't find them in stores. Pricing I found ranges $8 - 16 USD, for around 40 pieces. I imagine commercial bakers get a better price point per liner, but probably order by the hundreds. Except for gift giving presentation, I'll be using the parchment! Great recipe and will be taking this to the work day pot luck next week end!
OMG! I haven't had this in decades. My nan used to make it, my mum as well. This brings back so many memories. Sitting in front of the fire or laid out in front of it. A plate a doorstep of coconut loaf, still warm, slathered in anchor butter that melted and ran down your chin dripping onto your t-shirt, or a thick layer of Robertson's jam, the same result. This is one of the many things I have to make. I'm going to have to look for a recipe for this.
Fabulous! Thank you. Best, Rik
Yes Rik my Grandma was the catering manager and head cook in a printing firms work’s canteen and at one time she was making these types of cakes and sponges on a daily basis. She also made all of the meals for two shifts and made sure that the staff had a choice of snack desserts that they could get from the tea trolley for the mid morning and mid afternoon breaks. One little dish that she was often asked for were her coconut macceroons, which were always crisp on the outside but moist in the middle and had a piece of glacé cherry on the top, which she used to shape in the bottom of a set of eggcups. Heaven for me would be a macceroon with a glass of cream soda, sitting on the back step in the sunshine and smelling the tea that grandma was preparing in the kitchen behind me.
Great memories, thanks for sharing. Thank you. Best, Rik
Please do macaroons too.
Back when people actually wrote down recipes by hand and passed them on through generation to generation...the good old days! I think I should have been born in 1890 not 1990 😂 lovely cake Rikmeister! love a bit of coconut in desserts
So true! Thanks, mate. Best, Rik
Yes I just remembered also my grandmother would make homemade jams with the things we went picking at orchards, pies such as strawberry, apples, blackberry, and blueberry, and rhubarb. When I was a kid I wasn’t as appreciative of those pies as my more developed taste palette would appreciate it now. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers!
@@ArtistryByN8URE Yes, as young ones, there are always more things on the mind. Thank you. Best, Rik
The past only LOOKS appealing to us because we did not have to live in it.
@thaisstone5192 I lived in the past. I'm an old biddy now but I wouldn't trade the 40s, 50s and 60s for any decades since. Good homemade food and obesity was unheard of - we all worked off the calories, young and old alike. My mum cycled to work and my dad walked a couple of miles to the station.
Rik, I'm 75 today! I didn't know my Great Grandmothers, but my grandmothers always had something sweet around the house. I spent more time with my paternal grandmother and she always had peanut butter cookies or banana nut loaf. Looks so good for my birthday cake, I love coconut!😎
Happy birthday! Very best wishes. Thank you. Best, Rik
@@BackyardChef thank you, my friend!😎
@@AZ-Sharon many happy returns young lady🎉🎂💐
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@@henriettagoldsmith5056 thank you so much!!❤
I mentioned this cake on your last video & the fact I still cook it regularly. She also made a cold tea loaf with whatever dried fruit she had in the cupboard, that was also delicious. I have a few of these recipes written on bits of paper. She never had a ‘recipe book’ but she had a large envelope with all these bits of paper she had scrawled these recipes down, not the method just the name & the list of ingredients. If any that coconut cake was still there after a couple of days she would slice it up & butter it & if there was still some left it went into a bread & butter pudding with marmalade on the top, nothing ever went to waste. 👏👏❤️❤️🇬🇧
Fantastic! Thank you. Best, Rik
I love how you include your recalculations! Other Chefs edit that and we think we have done something wrong! Never, ever change! We love this channel
Thank you. On here you see what I see. I cook straight out - no practice runs - straight cook from start to finish. Best, Rik
Just the recipe I was looking for. Neither of my grandmothers ever made a cake for us. My mum made cakes nearly everyday, however, …scones, fairy cakes both iced and un-iced or topped with jam and coconut, maybe with dried fruit inside, custard tarts, jam tarts, Victoria sponge, lemon curd cake, chocolate coconut fingers. The homemade mincemeat mum made, and which I still do make, was my Great-grandma’s recipe.
Wonderful! Your Mum was amazing, and to be able to make all those yourself - wow! Thank you. Best, Rik
I love coconut also. Just finish eating some homemade Coconut Macaroons. My favorites are: custard pie, plain sugar cookies, Boston Cream Pie, salmon crochets, rice pudding, smothered turkey wings, meatloaf with a tomato base, liver and onions, roast chuck chunks braised, are all my favorite old time recipes. I am a Grandmother, but my grandmothers put me to shame with their knowledge of cooking and their skill levels. They did not need half the tools I use, they had skills! I hope I am loved as much as I loved my Grandmothers. They are sorely missed💔
Thank you. Best, Rik
Coconut is one of my all time favourites so I’m looking forward to giving this a bash. 😊
Hope you enjoy. Its an easy one, very nice! Thank you. Best, Rik
Me too!
I love these old fashioned recipes. Thank you.
Thank you. Best, Rik
My Nana was a great cook but what I remember best were her mince pies and stotties. She'd make fruit pies too, rhubarb from the garden and blackberries that we'd get picking, bringing them home in a colander, always prickled by the brambles. I vaguely remember gooseberry too, but I didn't like those much. Also, scones and tea cakes. Of course all the mincemeat tarts and Christmas cake at that time of year. My Mam made the same but she'd also do rice puddings on Sundays and little cupcakes that we'd put runny icing on. I'm 79 from Geordie land but have lived in Canada for nearly 60 years. Still miss the home cooking and baking so I do enjoy you sharing these things.
Lovely - Thanks for sharing great memories. Thank you. Best, Rik
We made this cake back in the 60s & 70s, exactly the same recipe, only we baked it in a bundt pan and served it with a light dusting of icing sugar on top. Served it on Sundays with our afternoon tea or when visitors would stop by. Lovely!
Suggestions of other old time recipes: how about pineapple upside down cake or marble cake?
Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦!
Wonderful! Thank you. Best, Rik
👍🙏🇨🇦😊I remember my mom used to make pineapple upsidedown cake and sometimes added some maraschino cherries. It would caramelize or go really gooey! Yum.
A new and different type of recipe! Love the variation of boiling the milk, sugar and butter! Thank you, Rik for bringing us so many new and different recipes and techniques!
Thank you. Appreciated. Best, Rik
Takes me back; afternoons at my grandma's with a slice of cake and a glass of chocolate milk. Those were the good old days.
Great memories. Thank you. Best, Rik
Rik I was so happy to see this recipe. I'm 79 and remember as a kid my mother used to make this and it was always a favourite. Thank you😊
Thank you. I'm pleased. Best, Rik
I've been dreaming about my Mom's coconut cake she made since I was a toddler. This may be it!
@@kathleennorton2228 Thank you. Best, Rik
Oh, that looks lush, I'll have to get some coconut. My mum used to make the Xmas puddings and cake every year. The puds would be boiling for hours and the cake was "fed" with alcohol until it was time to make the marzipan - she would put rum or brandy in the mixture before laying it over the cake. It would be finished off with rough icing and a bit of decoration on top. In all honesty , it wasn't a good idea to drive after a slice!! I will occasionally make the cake, but as it's just for me, I don't always bother. Look after yourself and keep the recipes coming ❤
Lovely! Thank you. Best, Rik
yep my dad loved this cake...even with a bit of lemon in it .... I made this for him when they could no longer do it for themselves. Thank you for bringing back that memory.
Thank you. Best, Rik
Coconut loaf and a cup of tea. What a reward for hard work, in the home or out.. Bliss. So many favourite Nana dishes. Corned beef cooked with bayleaves, cloves, peppercorns, golden syrup and orange peel, served with mashed potatoes with butter on top, peas and carrots and lots of white sauce with parsley in it. The smell of the corned beef cooking was divine : )
Thank you. Best, Rik
Oh my goodness, I could just eat that right now! Thanks Rik. Sharing.
Any time! Thank you. Best, Rik
Looks good. My mom couldn't cook when she got married but she made it her goal to excel and she did. She became well known in our church circle for her butter tarts, chocolate pudding pie, date squares❤, and for my birthday treat.... Angel food cake made in a bundt pan with a heavenly cream filling in the middle layers and the top! She passed away in 2016 with brain cancer. I wish I had that recipe now to celebrate her memory.
Sounds wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Best, Rik
My grandmother was born in 1888 and she and my mother made the best rice pudding I have ever eaten. They used cooked rice, milk, eggs, raisins, sugar, and cinnamon. Maybe some vanilla ,too? It was baked. I have never been able to duplicate it and I miss it something terrible. My grandmother was also the queen of jellied salads. For Christmas dinner we always had her cherry jellied salad that had port in it. My other grandmother made mince pies and apple pies for Christmas. Her mother had come over from County Cork, married a German farmer and they homesteaded in Montana.
Wow, thanks for sharing. Thank you. Best, Rik
As soon as I saw you said eggs in rice pudding I knew you must be American,as British people don’t put eggs in rice pudding.😂😂
@@JanetBrown-px2jn Yup, you caught me! That is very interesting about the eggs. I live in Virginia and a lot of traditional Virginian food is basically British with African overtones.
My mom was an outstanding cook but didn't bake. Her pies were legendary and not in a good way (sorry, Mama). But Grandma and Aunt Betty baked the most wonderful things. Family favorites were nut roll, poppy seed roll and kolaczki. DH's grandma made potica, strudel (homemade dough!) and flancati (angel wings). We're of Eastern European extraction.
The big deal was Grandma's stuffed cabbage. It was her own version of Jewish sweet and sour stuffed cabbage. I know it sounds odd but I've never had anyone try it who didn't rave about it. She'd start boiling the cabbage and word would spread like wildfire. Suddenly she had a houseful of family. Takes all day, but so worth it.
Lovely memories. Thanks for sharing. Thank you. Best, Rik
I met both my Great Grandmas, one was born in 1899 and the other in 1900. They died in 1984 and 1990 respectively. I always remember going to their houses and having treats.
Thanks for sharing. Thank you. Best, Rik
How different we all are,I never knew great grandmothers,the grand mother who lived with us was born in 1890,and died in 1952,when I was 8,My other grandmother was born in 1872,and died in 1954,so no chance of knowing great grandmothers in my family.😊
@JanetBrown-px2jn Yes very different. I was 15 when my great Grandma died in '90. The last grandparent to die was my Grandad in 2012 when I was 37.
I absolutely ❤ every recipe posted and love the breakdown. Great work! Some things my grandma would always make when my family went for a visit were brownies with the most amazing melty chocolate icing that felt cool and so melting with every bite, best chocolate chip cookies, nut meg cookie balls, and platters of nicely cut sandwiches with cheese and cold cuts, roasted something with typical seasonal veggies and potatoes all kinds of styles.
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. Thank you. Best, Rik
Coconut cake is so underrated, lovely with glacé cherries in as well😋
I totally agree! Thank You. Best, Rik
Oh --- that looks so good - can practically smell that beautiful, sweet aroma. Thank you so very much.
My pleasure 😊Thank you. Best, Rik
My mum used to always make coconut cake. She used to so cup of this and cup of that. No scales and it was gorgeous ❤ jean manchester xx
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My grandmother used to make a delicious stew! My mother hated it, because of the bones! It was made out of lamb ‘scrag end of neck’ with lots of carrots, potato, onion, and the rest I dont know! The bony meat and onion was cooked for ages I think, before the other ingredients were added. I dont know the recipe and I doubt anyone would eat it now, but it was a cheap meal made to fill up tummies in the winter, with the meat falling off the bone. It was followed by rice pudding done in the oven and granddad and I always squabbled a bit over the skin! What happy memories. My nan used to make little fruit ‘buns’ rather than a bigger cake.
This recipe using coconut will be another winner as my hubby loves coconut! ❤❤❤❤❤
Great memories right there. Thanks for sharing. Thank you. Best, Rik
I am 92 and much regret that you cannot buy scrag end of lamb. Used to cook it with onions carrots plenty of good stock. When cooked removed the bones and the meat left was sweet and tender. You could it with bones in so you got all the goodness from them in the stew. Served with mashed potatoes .and green vegetables.
Peas, cabbages. A filling winter dinner. Yum!
@@AudreyWenham It is so nice that there is someone else who remembers this and enjoyed it! The meat was indeed sweet and tender and the whole stew was so rich and full of flavour. As a child at the time, when money was scarce, it was economical and a great way to get set up for cold weather days. I could never understand why my mother wouldn’t eat it! 🤗🩷
I used to love neck of lamb stew, it was so tasty. Can’t seem to buy it anymore.
With 2 great-great grandparents from Yorkshire, I am looking forward to this one. Mind you, they probably didn't have coconut back then; a different generation that was! Cheers, Rik.🎉
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Hi Rik...Another Classic!
I Love the Fact That not Only do you Find Wonderful Recipes! But Also the Simplicity That Comes With it!
Rik you are Diamond!
Thank you so Much!
Gonna Make This Tomorrow!
Cant Wait! 🧡 xxx
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Boiled fruit cake has been a family favourite since i was a kid, i make this as our xmas cake
Yes a great way to have a moist cake. Thank you. Best, Rik
Perfect with a cup of tea. Lovely
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I always do my Christmas cake as a boiled up fruit cake which you can find in the old narrow Bero book. The cake I jazz up by adding cherry's, flaked and ground almonds and candid fruits suitable for baking. Like you I bake the cake in usually a couple of loaf tins because it makes it easier for cutting into slices. Fruit cake with some butter on and cheese, you can't beat it. Your no frills and no faffing when making cakes is right up my street.
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I found your channel 2 weeks ago Rik and I've already made 5 recipes!
My favourite one so far has been London cheescake, never had them with frangipane before and it was AMAZING! Keep up the good work friend
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That looks delicious! Our family favourite was Lemon Pudding Cake. I still love it.😊
Lovely! Thank you. Best, Rik
Hi Rik, when I was a kid (50's & 60's) my mother used to make Lemon Sponge Pie. Everyone would fight over the last piece. She only made it for Thanksgiving and Christmas and occasionally Easter. This coconut loaf is something else to add to my list of must bake. When I go shopping I will be picking up the coconut. 😀
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That cake looks so moist and delicious! ❤❤❤
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Unfortunately both set's of grandparents passed before I was born in 1949.. 😘 I love coconut 😘 This grandma cake looks very inviting 😘 Thing is I have to wait until Saturday,😘
Ran out of flour 😘 silly me .😘
I trust you are having a good day my friend .😘
Sorry to hear that. I do that quite a lot here too! Its been a trifle of a day! Three trifles filmed for December. A tad busy - no worries I never shy away. Thank you. Best, Rik
Ran out for flour, then, eh? God bless you on this day.
@@yvonnefarrell1029 Yes Yvonne, Silly me ⭐
Yum! That would be marvelous with sliced mango and a little whipped cream. I’m going to have to make that.
So good! Thank you. Best, Rik
Banana loaf was a favourite- the secret being that the bananas must be frozen first. It does make the loaf very moist! Banana bread after school with a nice tea. Good memories 😊
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Oh really? Frozen bananas?? Never heard that tip. Thanks 👍
My grandma was an excellent baker and my mum takes after her. I also love to make the occasional sweet treat! I still yearn for a treat from my school days. The Manchester Tart, made with shortcrust pastry, jam, banana and a thick set custard with coconut sprinkled over the top. Yum, yam
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Hi Rik, that looks scrumptious and so easy to make. Perfect for a cup of tea
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Thanks Rik. yep... I had coconut loaf cake often when mum made this nearly every weekend. Am gonna make one tomorrow. Best...
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My Grandfather used to make rice pudding. He cooked the rice first in water in the oven and once done and the water absorbed he added one tin of 410gm of evaporated milk and 200gm of condensed milk topped with nutmeg, hot or cold it was wonderful.
Oh Yum! Thank you. Best, Rik
That sounds delicious 😊
@@evocationart8370 Do try it. Not 100% sure if he did not add a pinch of salt when cooking the rice but no sugar was added it was plenty sweet enough with the condensed milk. Cold it was a totally different dish you could cut slices off it :).
Yes! That’s an old recipe that I had completely forgotten about….
Will have to make this (again!)
Hope you enjoy. Thank you. Best, Rik
Oh my God coconut cake!! Just so many memories of simple, wonderful tasting delights!!! Thank you Rik I go back to my childhood everyday 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 My nan would make this with the addition of Cherries and we would dip this in tea every Sunday!!! But only on a Sunday was this made , a Sunday sweet treat!! Thank you
Thank you. This is so easy to make. Best, Rik
Mmmmm.....just made this. SO good! Not too sweet, buttery, and just the right amount of coconut.
Fantastic! Thank you. Best, Rik
My Nana would make matrimonial bars. I didn’t like the macaroon topping so I would just eat the buttery cake bottom layer. I can’t wait to make this loaf! 👍🙏💙🇨🇦
Sounds great! Thank you. Best, Rik
That looks amazing. Definitely worth cooking, and I'd be having it with a nice cup of tea.
It really is! Thank you. Best, Rik
Thank You! Looks delicious - coconut anything is my favorite!
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😍🤤🤤😋 that would go great with the lemon curd you made delicious 🤤 ❤
It would indeed! Thank you. Best, Rik
Hello from California. Just when you brought out your cup of tea I was thinking that cake would go great with a cup of coffee :). Great recipe. Can’t wait to try. So straight forward. Thank you and blessings.
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RIK thank you for sharing with this grandma 🤣
I will make it for my family 👌♥️
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My mum used to buy a walnut cake that had chopped walnuts and a thick butter cream filling and a crumbly nut sugar topping. I loved that treat but coconut loaf was a close second Rik. 😘❤️👍🏼 My ma made the best rice pudding with butter evap sugar water pinch of salt. Stuck in the oven to cook and get a skin they fought over it, i wanted the rice. Yes we called our g’ma ma ❤️she loved camp coffee too made with sterry milk.😂
Camp coffee - wow there's a memory! Mum's made the best for us kids! Thank you. Best, Rik
Funny thing since watching your channel i have bought more flour than i actually need! My grandmother was of Greek Heritage
she baked Greek sweets that were out of this world, we were lucky enough to be the tasters! Although we had different Greek dishes growing up and i make some to this day, my grandfather ran a restaurant in Perth back in the day so they only served Anglo Saxon food as their customers were mainly from England, we had the best foods from both worlds! My favourite from the restaurant back when i was a child was their baked custard, yum! Never met my granddad though who started the business as he died beford i was born his children worked the restaurant until the early 60's,
regards Cin
Cin, fantastic memories right there. Thank you for sharing. Best, Rik
My grandmother used to make traditional Apfelkuchen and Käsekuchen. Always a treat!
Lovely! Thank you. Best, Rik
I would say she was just my grandma, but that would be totally incorrect: she was my GREAT grandma… it was a special treat when she would make a coconut cake for me, especially as I was the only one ‘allowed’ to eat it. Rick, I have been addicted to your bacon/cheese potato, but this may just be my new favourite… it’s nearly 11pm, but I will be making this first thing in the morning, that I promise. Thank you sooo-oooo much.
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It’s just come out of the oven and I am ‘desperate’ to have a slice - thank you so much!
@@philipB31 Hope you enjoy! Thank you. Best, Rik
My mum used to make a bun loaf using a similar cooking method. It is a cake with fruit in it. Buttered when served, especially when not long out of the oven. Yummy.
Lovely! Thank you. Best, Rik
Sounds lovely and easy,yes I love the old recipes.My mum used to make a chocolate coconut cake, a basic coconut cake with cocoa added yummy
Sounds great! Thank you. Best, Rik
Thanks for your beautiful recipe look delicious ❤
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OMG Rik...... I could kill for a crumb of coconut cake.😋
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This is amazing! I shared it with my work team today thanks Rik😊
Fantastic! Thank you. Best, Rik
Definitely trying this one 😊
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Definitely going to make this. Love anything coconut ❤
Hope you enjoy. Thank you. Best, Rik
What a great recipe!!! Thank you for sharing it with us ❤❤
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I’m hungry after watching you! Thanks a lot!
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My Mother always made this boiled coconut cake. Its so moist as the coconut is softened. Makes a nice pudding with custard too.
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An old family recipe, similar to your coconut one, was grandma's ginger cake, yum, yum.
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Rik-
This cake looks amazing! I will cherish this recipe! I’m the baker in our family and yes I have a recipe box full of recipes handed down.
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Well I remember Nana's chicken, leek, and oatmeal soup. Hated it as a child, now I make it a couple times a year. Grandma's cake looks delicious, Rik.
Yes, as young ones, there are always more things on the mind. Thank you. Best, Rik
I love loaf liners, they are so useful.
Yes they are! Thank you. Best, Rik
My father used to do a steamed apple suet pudding and we used to have that for are tea after school in the winter with a sprinkle of sugar. My father also cooked a rabbit pie with a pastry crust over the top held up by egg cups and the edge of the tray /dish. Will be doing the coconut cake as it looks delicious. ❤❤
Great memories right there. Thanks for sharing. Thank you. Best, Rik
That looks lovely a perfect cake
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That looks beautiful, ❤.
My mum used to make cold tea loaf in the same tin you just used, it was lovely. Amother one that I miss that she made was bacon bones and green lentil stew.
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Amother 😂 ❤
Sounds amazing! Thank you. Best, Rik
Just made this….very nice. will add to my regular bakes!😊
Lovely! Thank you. Best, Rik
This is a simple cake to make, I'm surprised it's not more popular
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Yummy! Wow, you ate well in your gr grandma's house! Thank you for sharing as not everyone likes to share their sacred granny recipes (even if one marries into the family!)
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Will have to try making that cake!!!
Thank you. You got this. Best, Rik
Grandma would be proud! Lyndsey would like a bit blackcurrant jam on that though lol xxx
Lovely! Thank you. Best, Rik
My paternal grandmother used to make tiesen flats (Welsh cakes/cookies), but you've done those already.😉 She baked quite a bit, always wanted something sweet with her tea, but I don't remember what else was in her repertoire (its been over 50 years she's gone). I do remember coconut from my early years....aha! She also made a jelly roll, and may have sometimes sprinkled coconut on that! Yes, over raspberry jam. That's an old timey recipe folks would love to try. Also, for my birthdays, Mom used to make animal-shaped layer cakes with colored coconut over the frosting to make the various ears, paws, etc.; she also made cookies, cupcakes, and banana bread. LOTS of banana bread. We had lots of overripe bananas! Oh, Mom made a ton of baked egg custards, too, to use up eggs from our chickens.
Rik, another subject, have you ever made a NY-style crumb cake? Heavy/dense crumb topping (almond flavored) makes up more than half the thickness, spread over the cake part, plenty of powdered sugar over the crumb layer. I'll bet the rest of the world would love it!
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Chef Rick I would love to see a jam roll poly please. And also a meat and potato suet pudding. I really enjoy your channel and look forward to you popping up daily it seems. Tried out many of your recipes and they are very good.
Jam rolly poly on the channel - great suggestions. Thank you. Best, Rik
Wow. That is just what I need with my afternoon tea! On the shopping list for the ingredients. My grandmother made the most delicious bread pudding and so did my mother. I’ve never been able to get as moist as theirs. Not sure if you’ve cooked one. Perhaps before I started watching you? Just love your “ just chuck it in “ lol💕
Bread pudding on the channel - sweet and savoury and there is actually one scheduled for Monday I think. Thank you. Best, Rik
@@BackyardChef . Really. Can’t wait! 💕
My great-grandmother made something like this, but she also put in a small (about 8 oz) tin of crushed pineapple. My big difficulty with this is that my wife now has an allergy to eggs. So, I may try this with egg substitutes and eggless (non-custard) style ice cream. A tropical cake for dessert is a nice treat!
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Definitely going to make this, probably today.
Nice cake! Thank you. Best, Rik
My son made me your lemon drizzle loaf of a previous video. It was fantastic. Cant wait for him to try some more recipies.
Amazing! Thank you. Best, Rik
Hey Rik, I love the enthusiasm you have for each prepared dish, brilliant mate😂. If you havent already dome these (I'm still checking through your less recent videos)
Faggots and peas
Stew with dumplings
Fish pie (mash topped)
Curried eggs
Toad in the hole
Eve's pud
Jam roly poly
Steamed puds
(choc, golden syrup, fruit)
Cookies
Semolina pud
My grandmother was Italian so she used to make italian desserts , like panna cotta and tiramisu.
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My grandmother used to make a spice loaf cake with sultanas in it. Wonderful memories!
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That looks nice and not too difficult without all that creaming butter and sugar and beating in eggs one at a time and all that stuff. It means that a even hack-cook like me can probably manage this one! Thanks, Rik. 😊
If this hack cook can do it - you got this! Thank you. Best, Rik
Proper recipes, I like the all in one methods...but love the boil recipes even more as you get a better texture 😊
I totally agree! Thank you. Best, Rik
@@BackyardChef 👍
I can smell that coconut through the screen, mmmmm!
Another on my to do list x
Lovely cake this. Thank you. Best, Rik
Oh wow. I love coconut too. Your cake looks amazing and soft. I can't wait to try it. My Nan and Mum mostly made jam sponges or fruit cakes, which were delicious, but it would have been nice if they'd make other cakes. I think we sometimes had coconut cake at school. Thanks, Rik.
Thank you. I love fruit cakes. Best, Rik
i made this cake today and had a slice while it was still a bit warm.we love it!
Thank you. Its a really nice one from the old days. Best, Rik
Your great grandmas cake looks delicious Rik , I still make a boiled fruit cake that was my mums recipe and it always turns out moist , I often play around with the ingredients to change the flavours , iv used coconut in that one too , thank you , Amanda xx
Sounds great! Thank you. Best, Rik
Brings back great memories of my Nan's coconut loaf, she'd always put glace cherries in it too. Cheers Rik. :)
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Just made the cake looks delicious
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Hi Rik in the 50s my great aunt made Bun loaf great stuff.
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I just looked up loaf tin liners and they are available for order if you can't find them in stores. Pricing I found ranges $8 - 16 USD, for around 40 pieces. I imagine commercial bakers get a better price point per liner, but probably order by the hundreds. Except for gift giving presentation, I'll be using the parchment! Great recipe and will be taking this to the work day pot luck next week end!
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🌸💗🌸 yumm! Thank you🌸💗🌸
You are so welcome! Thank you. Best, Rik
Rik it's more delicious spread with jam. Yummy ❤ from Canada 🇨🇦
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Welsh Cakes! I loved those. My Grandmum used to make them. With currants, not raisins.
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