What Is Clotted Cream and How Is It Used

Asked Jul 14, 2020 by DG J.

What is Clotted Cream?

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Gâteau de Ménage (“Household Cake”)

From the Franche-Comté area of France, gâteau de ménage translates as “household cake.” (Is it any wonder we prefer the French name?) With a base of rich, yeasted brioche-like dough that’s shaped into a tart shell and filled with a sweet, eggy cream c

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Sue H.
December 10, 2020
It is a speciality from the the southwest of England: Cornwall and Devon. It is traditionally served in cream teas. There is much controversy over whether the cream should go first or second with jam on scones. My mum was Cornish and it was cream second. Also American scones are not the same as English ones US scones are much bigger and sweeter .

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Gâteau de Ménage (“Household Cake”)

From the Franche-Comté area of France, gâteau de ménage translates as “household cake.” (Is it any wonder we prefer the French name?) With a base of rich, yeasted brioche-like dough that’s shaped into a tart shell and filled with a sweet, eggy cream c

By Lawman JohnsonMay 21, 2026