[Sca-cooks] Dessert/subtlety ideas
Mark S. Harris
MarkSHarris at austin.rr.com
Tue Mar 6 22:47:25 PST 2012
Tre asked"
<<< I'm cooking feast for Drachenwald's Crown Tourney at the end of
this month. I have most of the menu worked out, but am still lacking a
subtlety or any kind of dessert. Their Majesties are doing landsknecht
at the event, so the feast is late-period. I'm not sticking strictly
to German foods, on the theory that landsknecht, being mercenaries,
traveled quite a bit and may have picked up favorite dishes from other
countries. >>>
<<< So, does anyone have an idea for something that might double as a
medieval birthday cake, while being appropriate for a Crown tourney
feast? >>>
Most period pastries I remember us discussing haven't been large
cakes. Here is one though:
Great-Cake-art (8K) 6/ 1/08 "A Great Cake from the Rose Tourney"
by Johnnae llyn Lewis.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/Great-Cake-art.html
Are you willing to consider a cross between modern decorator cakes and
a medieval solteltie?
Chastlete-art (18K) 4/ 4/02 "Chastlete, a Pastry Castle" by Lady
Constance de LaRose.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/Chastlete-art.html
As far as cakes go, these files might also be of use:
Sugar-Icing-art (36K) 11/10/01 "Sugar Icing" by Johnnae llyn Lewis.
Some
notes on sugar icing in late
period.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/Sugar-Icing-art.html
sugar-icing-msg (6K) 1/16/02 Period sugar icing/frosting.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/sugar-icing-msg.html
Perhaps some other medieval item could be dressed up with period icing
to look like a modern "birthday cake"?
Perhaps one of these?
pastry-logs-msg (30K) 11/19/05 'jelly-roll' pastries made of a flat
dough spread with filling and then rolled up.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/pastry-logs-msg.html
Stefan
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