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A Taste of History 
with Joyce White
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT JOYCE
  • FOOD HISTORY CONSULTING
  • FAUX FOOD SHOP
  • HISTORIC RECIPES
  • EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
    • PROGRAM TOPICS
    • BOOKING A PROGRAM

Faux Biscuits, Cookies (Small Cakes) & Confectionary

Georgian+ Chocolate Meringue Biscuits

$36 = Set of 9

Chocolate Biscuits

$9 = Set of 2

Georgian & Victorian Shrewsbury Cakes

Made using late hand-carved wooden Georgian 

pastry/sugar paste moulds.


$50 per pound



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Ginger Cakes

Plain: $16/dozen or $30/2 dozen 

Iced: $19/dozen or $35/2 dozen 


(2.5" long hearts)



Georgian & Victorian Naples or Savoy Biscuits (Lady Fingers)

Georgian & Victorian Naples or Savoy Biscuits (Lady Fingers)

Made in vintage Naples Biscuits pans.


$12 per pound



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Confectionary

Almond Sugar Plums

Barley Sugar Drops or Horehound Drops

Barley Sugar Drops or Horehound Drops

$14 = Set of 25 pieces in 

one color (pink or white)

Barley Sugar Drops or Horehound Drops

Barley Sugar Drops or Horehound Drops

Barley Sugar Drops or Horehound Drops

$12 = Set of 15 pieces

Black Jacks Stick Candy

Barley Sugar Drops or Horehound Drops

Black Jacks Stick Candy

$10 = Set of 6

Candied Orange Peel

Candied Orange Peel

Black Jacks Stick Candy

$30 = Set of 14 pieces

Small Candy Drops

Candied Orange Peel

Crystallized Ginger

$15 = Set of 21 pieces in one color


Available Colors: Orange, Yellow, Green, Red, & Violet

Crystallized Ginger

Candied Orange Peel

Crystallized Ginger

$22 = Set of 14 pieces

Large Jelly Drops

Quince Cheese/Paste

Large Jelly Drops

$36 = Set of 18 pieces in one color


Available Colors: Orange, Yellow, Green, Red, & Violet

Marchpane

Quince Cheese/Paste

Large Jelly Drops

$22 = Set of 10 pieces


Based on a c.1844 recipe from The Lady's Own Cookery Book by Charlotte Campbell Bury

Quince Cheese/Paste

Quince Cheese/Paste

Quince Cheese/Paste

$24 = Set of 15 pieces

Rock Candy

Quince Cheese/Paste

$32 = Set of 10 pieces of assorted sizes in one color


Available Colors: Clear, Brown Sugar, Yellow, Violet, Red, & Green

Marrons Glace

$28 - Set of 14 pieces

Clear Toy Candy

Available in red, yellow, or green


Small Pig: $5 each

Snail: $7 each

Bird: $9 each

Duck: $12 each

Train Car: $15 each


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