Fruit cake is nearly 200 years old

A grandmother in England is currently storing a fruit cake made on Holy Week in 1821. Up to this point, the cake is 192 years old and has spent 5 generations in the family.

Nancy Titman, 94, of Deeping St James, Lincs, is a fifth generation family member who retains a box containing a cross-shaped fruit cake. The cake was made on the sixth day of Holy Week in 1821.

Nancy Titman with the fifth "heirloom" cake

The cake still retains the scent and the Cross on the cake is still evident even though it has spent nearly two centuries. This cake is the product of Mr. William Skinner, once the owner of a bakery in London. Mrs. Nancy Titman belongs to Mr. William Skinner's fifth generation of descendants.

It is known that the birth of this cake is associated with some major events in the world such as: Napoleon died, King George IV to the throne, poet John Keats died and painter John Constable painted Hay Wain floating language.

The cake is nearly 2 centuries old

'It is a relic that has accompanied many generations of our families, and we often take the cake on Friday holy occasions. Now, the cake is as hard as stone and like a fossil block. Although it has been a long time, the cake still smells like a new cake, ' said Nancy.

Nancy was handed back the cake by her mother and Nancy intended to give the cake to her daughter Anthea and niece Hannah (10 years old).

Mrs. Nancy loved the cake very much and intended
will give it back to the descendant generation

Cross-shaped cakes made on the sixth week of holy week are usually made from sugar, spices and fruit flavors, which are very popular in the Tudor dynasty and have long been an indispensable cake the traditional Easter day of Christianity. On each cake with a plus sign is a symbol of the cross that Jesus was crucified.