soul cakes

This Hallowe’en, remember trick-or-treat is actually British

Trick-or-treat is yet another US import, right? Wrong: trick-or-treating has its foundations firmly rooted here in the UK and can be traced back to the middle ages.

Soul cakes were traditionally made for All Saints Day or All Souls' Day to celebrate the dead. The cakes, often simply referred to as souls, were given out to soulers (mainly consisting of children and the poor) who would...