Talk:Lardy cake

Removal of unreferenced material
I've taken out this section from the Lardy cake entry:

"Versions of the cake are also baked in the West Country, particularly in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. These are areas of England where pig farming (of which lard is a product) has traditionally been a mainstay of the agricultural economy.  Despite contemporary concerns about high-calorie, high-fat foods, it is still widely eaten, appearing on the menu at the Royal United Hospital, Bath and as an adornment to the summer garden parties at Buckingham Palace.  However, lard has a significantly lower proportion of saturated fats than butter, a common cake ingredient."

I am busy doing more research on lardy cake, in general, to get this article up to a good standard and if I find a good source for the information that I've taken out I'm happy to put it back in. But as it stands although it might be correct it is unreferenced.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by TheRegencyCook (talk • contribs) 09:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Wikibooks
Might be good to dig out a recipe and stick it on the relevant Wikibook, and then link add Cookbook to the article. -- Ratarsed (talk) 13:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced material removed from article
I removed the following, as it has been tagged for citation for some time.

The recipe originated from the Caswell family in Avebury Wiltshire, handed down from 4 generations, where the family ran a bakery since 1829. The trade was handed down several generations to James William Caswell of Yatesbury, his brother George Henry of Calne and their sisters Alice and Mary of Avebury. The last of these businesses ceased in 1953 in Avebury.

The lardy cake recipe was always attributed to James William, who delivered these cakes to locals on his bicycle.


 * William Avery (talk) 09:11, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

So how do I rectify this? The information is absolutely correct, as I am a descendant of the Caswell bakers and this is legend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caswellsubs (talk • contribs) 01:47, 10 February 2013 (UTC)


 * You must find a source for the information from a reputable place, as per WP:IRS. If you can find a source referring to it just as a "local legend", it would probably be acceptable to add the material back in prefaced with "Local legend has it that..." or something similar; that would fit in quite well with the final paragraph starting "There is some dispute...". As a Wiltshirite, I'm a little disatisfied with the article as it stands at the moment, as most unreliable sources (e.g. introductions to recipes in cook books) usually claim it originated here. But alas, I've no reliable source for it. 155.192.33.250 (talk) 16:21, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Broken Link
Clicking the first link in the refs section (http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/recipebook/index.php?option=com_rapidrecipe&page=viewrecipe&recipe_id=1171) yielded a "This account has been suspended!" page a few minutes ago. Satkomuni (talk) 03:36, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

You can add Somerset to the list of Counties for lardy cake- I am a Noad of Noad's bakery Noad's Corner, Odd Down Bath - my father baked Lardy cakes and Noad's bakery sold them for years. Noad's Bakery is no longer but there is still a bakery on Noad's Corner. http://www.bathintime.co.uk/image/433505/noad-bakery-at-noads-corner-bloomfield-road-odd-down-c-1950s

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.15.76.217 (talk) 15:26, 26 July 2018 (UTC)