02/11/2026
Soul Cakes for Samhain
In celebration of Samhain, we invited cult food writer and cook Jago Rackham () to create a special recipe for soul cakes. Traditionally made for the soulers who went singing door to door on Samhain night, soul cakes are rather like shortbread, spiced with nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger, and studded with currants.
Inspired by our Samhain fragrance, Jago has used marmalade, blackcurrant leaves and tonka bean in his recipe.
You’ll need:
150g unsalted butter
4 tsp dried blackcurrant leaves
120g caster sugar
4 egg yolks
1 tonka bean, grated
2 tsp orange marmalade
1 tsp grenadine
300g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
4 tbsp milk
10 drops orange bitters
1. Melt the butter with the blackcurrant leaves, infuse for 10 minutes, then strain and cool until soft.
2. Cream with the sugar, then beat in two yolks, the tonka, marmalade and grenadine.
3. Fold in the flour, baking powder and salt, then the milk, to make a firm dough.
4. Press into greased moulds and score a pentagram on top.Brush with the other two yolks beaten with the bitters.
5. Bake at 180°C for 15 minutes, glazing again halfway, then cool before turning out.
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