Anonymous wrote:I do actually make some 19th century or early 20th century recipes and really quite like them. My grandmother had recipes that were her grandmothers (born in 1840) and was a cook after emigrating to the US, and even some that were her mothers (born about 1816). They can be a bit rough to translate as stuff was not measured precisely.

and a butler.

Anonymous wrote:from
The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook
Battenberg Cake
It looks good but I think it would take a tone time to make it.