The Welsh Baker Story
Flash forward a few years, and I find myself a young nurse in her 20's leaving Wales to work in America. I left the UK with just a few suitcases of clothes, some pictures and mementos and of course, my family recipes. I settled in Southern California (it's warmer than Wales!) and I worked as a nurse at the Sherman Oaks Burn Center for a good long while before meeting and marrying my soul-mate, Joe. With his love and support, I gave up nursing to become a full-time homemaker, a wife and a mother to two wonderful children - first a boy - Thomas - and then a girl - Rebecca.
Around the time of the birth of my daughter, I felt my Welsh roots reawakening after a visit from my mother and her companion Bill Mahoney. Bill made Welsh Cakes for us and they were delicious. I had long wanted to introduce my traditional family recipes to my American family so I started with Welsh Cakes which was among my very favorite. Soon they became a favorite of my American family too. “So different, so delicious!” Everyone loved them. Joe would tell me “You could go into business selling these!” Easy for him to say, but what mother of two young children has the time for that?
Mwynhau! (That's Enjoy in Welsh!)