David Hood on Nostr: Because of a discussion on Bluesky, I went looking for the oldest proto-lolly cake ...

Because of a discussion on Bluesky, I went looking for the oldest proto-lolly cake recipe I could find in Papers Past, 1947. By 1960 Condensed milk was a standard binding agent, and the Fruit Puff Log/ Lolly Cake doesn't appear until the confectionary production technology of the 1980s.