Hi Nora, it is actually called Simnel Cake. Your aunt was right , it is as she described. It is also often made with 12 marzipan balls around the edge of the top and they represent the twelve apostles, my mother also a Liverpudlian, used to make it at Easter. -------Original Message------- From: Nora Kevan Date: 31/03/2014 1:41:10 p.m. To: Lynne; eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Liverpool Mothers Dear Lynne and Sally. Thank you for your kind words. When we emigrated to Australia we were sponsored by the aunts mentioned In my story. They both got married late in life and both lived to their 90s. , Like me, they both lost their sight in old age. One of them Martha Lived to be 93 and almost till the day she died she would write write her Memories down for me in Texta crayons. She remembers her mother telling her many details of her life. One was that my grandmother Sarah told her she remembered her mother Ellen Guy walking with her and her five sisters across the fields from Virginia St. Bootle to visit their grandmother Mary Ann Guy nee Wilcock at Lark Hill Lane Mansions where she and her husband were caretaker and Gardener. Ellen used to bake a Simmel Cake and the little girls would pick Wild flowers along the way to give to their grandmother. This would be in The 1870s as Mary Ann Wilcock died in 1879 and her husband James Guy in 1884. By the way does anyone know what a Simmel cake is? My aunt thought it was a Spicy cake with a layer of marzipan on top. Regards, Nora. -----Original Message----- From: Lynne Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 8:41 AM To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Liverpool Mothers Oh, Nora, you did make me cry! Thanks for sharing that very touching story. Kind regards, Lynne Nora Kevan <kevanna@tadaust.org.au> wrote: > > > >I hope my contribution is not considered too long. > >I remember my paternal grandmother as a little woman who was a bit absent >minded. She would look for her glasses until someone noticed she had tipped >them up onto the top of her head. I lived with her and my grandfather and >two unmarried aunts from the age of 7 when my mother died until 14 when my >father married again >.. She wasnt a very good cook ,and I was always glad when one of the aunts >did the cooking But she was a wonderful organiser. All her children had >household chores, even the boys. > >Her name was Sarah Allerton, born 16 Jun 1871 , the youngest of six >daughters of James Allerton and Ellen Guy. She was only six months old when >her father died. On 31 Mar 1891 She married Richard Edwards b. 23 Jan 1870 >at St. Marys, Walton on the Hill. They had nine children between 1891 and >1911. She died 22 Nov 1944. > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message