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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

#cooksky 🍜🍽️ Scones made with the walnut cake bread pudding. From a recipe in the National Trust Book of Scones.

A scone on a plate with blackberries on it on a wood table The scone halved, with butter and apricot jam, on the blackberry plate on the wood table.
aug 30, 2025, 2:24 pm • 50 3

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Elizabeth @maj8.bsky.social

So do you bake it twice? First to make bread pudding, then bake in to scones?

aug 30, 2025, 2:28 pm • 2 0 • view
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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

Here’s the recipe: they are called wet Nelly scones.

It's in the national trust book of scones. Did not see it on line, so 450g self-rising flour, Itsp baking powder, 125g butter, 50g sugar, 1 egg, 400g wet Nelly cold and crumbled, 120-150ml milk. Cut butter into flour mix, add milk, egg, and wet Nelly, cut out scones, bake at 200c for 15-20m.
aug 30, 2025, 2:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Elizabeth @maj8.bsky.social

What is “Wet Nelly” in this recipe?????

aug 30, 2025, 2:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

It’s a special bread pudding made of Nelson Cake from Liverpool but I just use whatever bread pudding I have and it’s great.

aug 30, 2025, 2:33 pm • 1 0 • view
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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

So this is the third incarnation of this cake: it was first a walnut cake that we didn’t like, so I turned it into bread pudding to give it oomph. Then it goes cold into a scone recipe. It is a classic “never let anything go to waste” recipe.

aug 30, 2025, 2:29 pm • 6 0 • view
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Elizabeth @maj8.bsky.social

I’ve been craving bread pudding lately! This is a sign to make it, right? 🤣

aug 30, 2025, 2:33 pm • 2 0 • view
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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

The universe has spoken. Keep 400g back for the scones!

aug 30, 2025, 2:34 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dogtor Approximate @dogtorapproximate.bsky.social

I wonder if this would make me love scones as I love bread pudding . Might try it .

aug 30, 2025, 3:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

It’s really good and ALSO makes my judgmental parsimonious ancestors who live in my head and yell at me when I am frivolous happy.

aug 30, 2025, 4:51 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dogtor Approximate @dogtorapproximate.bsky.social

Love this!! I might well make some bread pudding next week then!

aug 30, 2025, 5:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

I wrote it up for someone - wet Nelly is the bread pudding made of Nelson cake but any bread pudding works!

It's in the national trust book of scones. Did not see it on line, so 450g self-rising flour, Itsp baking powder, 125g butter, 50g sugar, 1 egg, 400g wet Nelly cold and crumbled, 120-150ml milk. Cut butter into flour mix, add milk, egg, and wet Nelly, cut out scones, bake at 200c for 15-20m.
aug 30, 2025, 5:09 pm • 3 0 • view
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Dogtor Approximate @dogtorapproximate.bsky.social

Thanks! I'm getting quite excited about them now :)

aug 30, 2025, 5:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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Susie HQ @susiehq.bsky.social

What a pretty plate.

aug 30, 2025, 3:05 pm • 1 0 • view
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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

😊 I decided I was bored with plain white plates. I’m a rebel!

aug 30, 2025, 3:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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Lisa @schroedesgs.bsky.social

Looks good. I’m about 1/10th through the scones in that book 😂

aug 30, 2025, 3:33 pm • 2 0 • view
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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

I love that book - it’s so good. And thank you!

aug 30, 2025, 4:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Tressa @tressa77.bsky.social

They look delicious.

aug 30, 2025, 4:08 pm • 2 0 • view
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Abbaetha, forever team parsnip @abbaetha.bsky.social

Thank you!

aug 30, 2025, 4:51 pm • 0 0 • view