Pastry Week
The first week of the Great TfL Bake Off is pastry week, for which we will visit this minimalist jam roly poly recipe from a 1952 edition of the London Transport Magazine. The added knitted swimwear gives a new meaning to the phrase 'soggy bottom'.
Quick and Easy Bread Recipes (1964)TfL Corporate Archives
Bread Week
We go forward in time for bread week, to these 'quick and easy' bread recipes from the London Transport Magazine, 1964. We wonder how they would go down with Paul Hollywood?
Recipe for Champion Gateau (1967)TfL Corporate Archives
Cake Week
We're staying in the 1960s for cake week, with this racing car gateau from a 1967 edition of the London Transport Magazine. This recipe is not for beginners though - you will already need to know how to make a swiss roll!
Biscuit Week
For biscuit week, how about trying some recipes to help your 1964 party go with a swing! Brandy snaps for the sweet-toothed among us, and the savoury eaters are covered too - if you like the sound of onion buttered biscuits
Patisserie Week
You won't find some of the Bake Off's fancier patisserie recipes in our staff magazines. But we think this 1951 recipe for puff pastry French tartlets just about makes the cut - complete with raspberry or strawberry jam
Pudding Week
For pudding week, try a classic Christmas pudding from the London Transport Magazine, 1949
Christmas at Croydon Food Production Centre (1954) by London Transport ExecutiveTfL Corporate Archives
Of course, you could just outsource the work and buy your Christmas pudding - in 1954 you could have bought this from London Transport's in-house food production centre for 4 shillings and sixpence
Recipe for treacle tart (1965)TfL Corporate Archives
Tart Week
This recipe from the London Transport Magazine in 1965 bills itself as 'particularly good' - sure to be a hit with judges and friends alike!
Recipe for mince pie and fruit & spice pie (1967)TfL Corporate Archives
Pie Week
Another Christmas treat, this time for pie week. After all, a mince pie a day keeps the bad luck away - at least according to this recipe from the London Transport Magazine, 1967
Dessert Week
Lots of dessert options from this page of the London Transport Magazine, 1969. Macaroni surprise, anyone?
Chocolate Week
Time now for chocolate week, in the form of this 1955 recipe for chocolate and banana flan - with bonus caramel frosting!
Custard Week
And finally... We leave you with a rather unusual offering: Individual cheese custards for dieters. If they don't fill you up, don't worry, you can always snack on some braised celery! What *would* Prue say to that - worth the calories?
Staff Member with Christmas Puddings (1968) by London Transport ExecutiveTfL Corporate Archives
That's a wrap!
That's the end of the Great TfL Bake Off. We hope you've enjoyed these recipes. If you try any of them why not share the results with us at corporatearchives@tfl.gov.uk!
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