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Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (later editions)
- Year
- 1890-1950
- Era
- 19th century
- Origin
- England · Europe
- Language
- English
- Category
- Household/Etiquette
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, in its later Ward, Lock & Co. editions issued between roughly 1890 and 1950, extended the reach of Isabella Beeton's mid-Victorian compendium well into the twentieth century. Successive revisions enlarged the recipe sections and adapted advice on cookery, servants, and domestic economy to changing tastes and technologies. Edition and impression vary widely in scarcity and interest, making accurate dating essential to valuation.
Cooking from this book
Victoria Sandwich Cake
Signature dishFew bakes are as firmly bound to the later Mrs Beeton editions as the Victoria Sandwich. A pair of light, equal-weight sponge layers united by jam and finished with a dusting of sugar, it came to embody the genteel English tea table that Ward Lock so carefully promoted between 1890 and 1950. Successive editions polished and re-presented it, making the cake a quiet emblem of the book's enduring domestic authority.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
