'Stottie cake' might not be familiar to those living outside the North East. It’s a savoury bread, not a sweet cake, but it’s every bit as rewarding to eat. Here lovefood's Matt shows us how to make one.
My dad is a Geordie but I grew up in Plymouth, meaning that trips to Newcastle-upon-Tyne to visit friends and family also offered the rare treat of a batch of fresh stottie cakes.
OK, they might be particularly attractive to me because of the nostalgia factor; but I promise you, there's no other bread quite like these wheels of wonder. They are a soft, but quite heavy bread, which makes for a very satisfying mouthful.
What goes well with stottie cake?
Wikipedia suggests that the name comes from the theory that the bread might bounce when dropped… we couldn’t help but wonder about that.
They don't bounce. What a shame.
Where can I buy them from?
Make your own
Though it’s disappointing to hear this from Greggs, stotties are actually fairly simple to make at home, though they do require a couple of hours to be ready for baking.
You can follow our step-by-step recipe here.
Learning to speak Geordie
Geordie | English |
Canny | Good |
Git canny good/Reet canny | Very good |
Alreet | Alright |
Divvent burn 'em man! | Don't burn them! |
Hev yee got any pease pudding te gan wi this? | Have you got any pease pudding to go with this? |
Here hinnie lad, here's ya stottie bait | Here, my lovely boy, I have prepared your lunch |
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