Improvements in or relating to Cakes, Biscuits, or the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1896-Accepted, 23rd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cakes, Biscuits, or the like.
I, JOHN LATHAM of the Cake Factory Tue Brook, Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster, Wholesale Cake Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to cakes, biscuits or the like, and is designed to produce a
cake, biscuit or the like which shall be very wholesome and at the same time shall
have an attractive appearance while being capable of being manufactured at a very
moderate cost.
In carrying my invention into effect, as applied to cakes, I make a paste coloured
in any suitable manner and flavoured to taste. This paste may be made in a variety
of ways, either by being reduced by grinding or pounding to a suitable fineness or
may be made of any suitable materials such as nuts, carraways or other seeds,
flour, farina, hominy, sugar, syrup, eggs, gums, essences and essential oils, cocoa,
chocolate, coffee, tea and various other materials which being kneaded to a proper
consistency are cut into small pieces of various sizes and forms and of any suitable
colour or colours and flavours. These pieces of paste which are as already stated
moulded or cut to the required shape and size are mixed with batter or dough in
bulk and the cake baked in the ordinary or any suitable way. The result is that
when the cake is cut, it will have a very pleasing appearance, the section of the
cake showing a variety of colours distributed all over the cake and moreover
imparts to the cake a very pleasant flavour. These pieces of paste which are
mixed with the batter may be used either alone or in conjunction with fruits,
candied peel etc.
I have described the above way of carrying my invention into effect, but I wish
it to be distinctly understood that I do not limit myself to this, as the same may be
altered without departing from the principle of my invention, and moreover the
paste may be made of any suitable ingredients in addition to those actually
mentioned above. The invention as applied to biscuits will be obvious without
further description.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1896
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cakes, Biscuits, or the like.
I, JOHN LATHAM of the Cake Factory, Tue Brook, Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster, Wholesale Cake Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention is designed to produce a cake, biscuit or the like which shall be
wholesome and at the same time have an attractive appearance and may have a
variety of flavours while being capable of being manufactured at a very moderate
cost.

page_text: In carrying my invention into effect as applied to cakes, I form a paste of any
of the following materials, namely, nuts, such as walnuts, almonds, pistachios,
filberts or cocoanuts; carraway, coriander or other flavouring seeds, and flour or
other farinaceous material. These materials or any or some of them are reduced
by grinding or pounding to a suitable fineness, and to the powder or pulp I add
any or all of the following, namely, sugar, honey, syrup, eggs, butter or other fat,
spices, essences or any other suitable flavouring and harmless colouring matter.
The whole is then kneaded together into a paste of proper consistency.
The paste is then cut or moulded into small pieces of various sizes and forms.
By colouring and flavouring the batches of paste different colours and flavours, a
variety of colours and flavours are obtained. When the pieces, prepared as above,
are hard enough they are mixed with the cake batter or dough so as to be scattered
here and there about the mass without fracture of their forms. The cake is then
baked in the usual way. By this means a cake is produced having a special or a
variety of flavours scattered about the various points throughout it, and the
section of the cake presents small angular, round or other shaped pieces of paste
of any colour or a variety of colours distributed throughout it. With the pieces
of prepared paste can be mixed with the batter if desirable, fruits, candied peel,
and the like, but I do not claim the use of the latter broadly in cakes as their use
in such is well known.
I have described the invention as applied to the manufacture of cakes, but it is
obvious that biscuits and puddings can be made in a similar manner, as the original
mixture from which the biscuit or pudding is baked is so similar to the mixture
used for a cake that any biscuit maker could at once design biscuits on this
principle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A cake, biscuit or the like having scattered throughout it small pieces of
coloured or flavoured paste substantially as described.
2. The process of making a highly flavoured cake, biscuit or the like of any
flavour or with a variety of flavours, and of any colour or a variety of colours,
substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.