Tunnock's Teacakes

Anyone growing up in Scotland is aware of the name Tunnocks. They have been around since 1890 and still make the same delicious cakes and biscuits that they always have. I daresay the ingredients have changed over the years but somehow they taste exactly the same as they did when I was young. While at primary school we were taken on a school trip to the Tunnock's Factory to see how cakes and biscuits were made...yes those were the days when school trips finished with a treat or two. We were all given a huge bag of biscuits when we left and mine was practically filled with Tea Cakes, this began my lifelong love of these cakes/biscuits. That is ...

Tunnock's Tea Cakes are a force to be reckoned with. Retained as being one of life's little luxuries, I've often found that this cake is ideal for Sunday evenings, surrounded by the papers and a big pot of tea at the ready. They are of course, "Tea Cakes," by name although with coffee they are also plainly acceptable to wash down with. "Munch Mallows", "Go Ahead" Mallows and supermarket brands - I've tried them all including similar copies with an empire biscuit base bought from Greggs the bakers not so long ago, trying to copy the style of the old fashioned and sensibly British, Tunnock's Tea Cakes. Just like Irn Bru, Tunnock's ...

Introduction ========== I hate January and February because I lost my close family in those months so it is always a very low time for me. Now you are thinking what has this got to do with teacakes? Well my Mum loved these teacakes and when she used to take me shopping she would always by one pack and open them in the car before we returned home. We would both have one each and she saved the rest for later (not that I saw them again). I had forgotten this until I was walking around my local Somerfield's and saw them on the shelf. The memory can rushing back and brought a smile on my face so how could I resist buying a pack in the memory of my ...