Since the recipe made more batter than my mold could hold we baked the remaining batter in a small cake pan in the oven so we could compare baked versus steamed
I can only think that the recipe must date back to a time in English history when the church was held in very high esteem, and these were the sort of biscuits (cookie) that might be baked and trotted out on special occasions, especially occasions when the church Bishop might be in attendance
Serve freshly baked, cut into thick slices and smeared with butter and jam. The trick with spotteddick like all soda breads is not to over mix the dough
Place carefully in the oven. If possible and your oven shelf will pull out and remain steady put the tray of tartlet cases on the oven shelf before filling so as to not have to move the filled tartlets except to push the shelf back in the oven
However, this recipe is much easier as it is baked. Much loved, as part of the nostalgia of growing up for some older British adults, Jam Roly-Poly is considered alongside sticky toffee pudding and spotteddick pudding as an essential part of their childhood diet
