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Tunis cake

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77: 40: 111:. The Scottish bakery Macfarlane Langs produced commercial Tunis Cakes in the 1930s, and when they merged with McVitie & Price in 1948 to form a company called 242: 143: 448: 346: 76: 443: 458: 428: 371: 131:, whose husband was a baker at McVitie's. Her husband had eaten a similar cake whilst stationed in 402: 274: 214: 162:
instead of marzipan fruits. An early recipe does not include the chocolate and marzipan topping.
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used by McVitie's is said to have been created by Elizabeth Ewing of
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was known for exporting North African fruits. In March 1934 the
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produced a Tunis cake until the mid 1980s. The updated
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printed a recipe including the North African fruits
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Tunis Cake

Madeira cake
icing
marzipan

Madeira cake
chocolate
marzipan
Christmas
Edwardian
United Biscuits
McVitie's
McVitie's
recipe
Inverness
Tunisia
World War II
supermarkets in the UK
BBC Good Food
Mary Berry
holly leaves
berries
Tunis
dates
figs
walnuts
prunes
honey
"Christmas 2011 order form"

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