Stottie cake explained

A stottie/stotty (cake) is a type of bread from North East England.^[1]

Physical description

It has an uneven round flat shape, with a diameter of about 200mm and a depth of about NaNmm. It sometimes has a small hole or indentation near the center. It weighs about 270g. Its color is mostly white, with patches of brown. It has a crusty and/or fluffy texture.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cooking method

The dough is often made the same way as normal white bread (containing fat, not French- or Italian-style).^[5] Stottie dough may be made by combining excess dough through kneading and rolling.

The dough only gets one rise instead of two. For example, it may be baked as follows:

1. The dough is divided into parts that are formed into large discs.
2. A hole or indent is made in the center of each disc.
3. These discs of dough are proved.
4. The discs are baked on the bottom of the oven at 200C for 15 minutes.
5. The discs are rotated and baked at a slightly lower temperature for 15 more minutes.

Usage

It is often used to make sandwiches by separating it horizontally and putting toppings such as ham, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, or fried egg, and butter, pease pudding, or ketchup inside.

History

The name may have come from the North-Eastern word stot, meaning to bounce, perhaps due to how the dough was thrown, or stotted, onto the bottom of the oven.

The bread has been made since at least before WWII.

Other names and related concepts

• Oven-bottom cake (Yorkshire)
• Scuffler (Yorkshire)
• Fadge (Scotland, Ireland, Northumberland, and Lancashrre)^[6]
• Hearth-breads (Italy and France)

Further reading

Book: Brears, Peter . Traditional Food in Yorkshire . 2014 . Prospect Books . 9781909248335 . en.

See also

• List of bread rolls
• List of British breads
• Stotting

Notes and References

1. Book: Mason, Laura . The Taste of Britain . Brown . Catherine . 2006 . Harper Press . 978-0-00-724132-3 . Hammersmith, London . 283 . Stotty Cake . . Internet Archive.
2. Web site: Types of bread . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20241006175217/https://www.fabflour.co.uk/fab-bread/types-of-bread . 2024-10-06 . FabFlour: Flour Advisory Board .
3. Web site: Potty . Olivia "livvypotts" . 2016-04-15 . Top Stotty . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220626133132/https://oliviapotts.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/stotty-bread-recipe/ . 2022-06-26 . 2024-10-06 . A Half- . en.
4. Web site: August 18, 2004 . last updated July 9, 2018 . Stottie Bread . 2024-10-06 . CooksInfo . en-US.
5. News: 12 January 2011 . Stottie cake - the taste of home . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815221631/http://www.shieldsgazette.com/time-of-our-lives/stottie-cake-the-taste-of-home-1-3011005 . 2016-08-15 . Shields Gazette.
6. Book: Griffiths, Bill . A Dictionary of North East Dialect . 2004 . Northumbria University Press . 978-1-904794-06-6 . 52, 152-153, 185 . Internet Archive.