Lockdown - Day 49

Churchill's Fruit Cake

“This cake was one of Winston Churchill's favourites. It originates from Churchill’s long-standing cook, Georgina Landemare who catered for Winston during the war at Downing Street and then at his family home, Chartwell in Kent. 

Mrs Landemare cooked for the Churchill family from 1939 throughout the duration of the war, until she retired in 1954. During the war period, meals were often created using the most basic of ingredients as part of the rationing era.
According to Mrs Landemare, Churchill was an 'incredibly fussy eater' but she was often able to produce something delicious that satisfied his appetite for ‘simple’ British food.

Such was the impact of her cooking, on VE night Churchill actually thanked Mrs Landemare for her efforts by saying that he 'could not have managed throughout the war without her cooking'.” https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/recipes/churchills-fruit-cake


A warm sunny day of 21 degrees, and VE Day. So baked a Winston Churchill Fruit Cake (follow the above link for the yummy recipe) which we then ate while listening to Winston Churchill’s victory speech to the nation announcing the end of the war in Europe, and raised a glass of bubbles in a national toast: "To those who gave so much, we thank you". 

Then this evening we shall be joining the nation in a sing along rendition of the wartime classic We'll Meet Again, before listening to the Queen's pre-recorded address, broadcast at the exact moment her father, King George VI, gave a radio address 75 years ago.

Take care, stay safe and well...