A Piece Of Cake

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A Piece of Cake: 2. Pontefract Cake

A Piece of Cake

2. Pontefract Cake

BBC Radio 4 Extra - A Piece of Cake, 2. Pontefract Cake

Another choice slice of British sweet treats and the stories behind them.

More history of British sweet treats. Famous far beyond Yorkshire, Sheila McClennon samples Pontefract Cake.

Sheila McClennon visits the historic market town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire to trace the origins of its famous cakes made of liquorice.

Another choice slice of five British sweet treats and the stories behind them.

Producer: Libby Cross 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2004.

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