Shrewsbury Cakes (RETIRED)

The basket: It's to-scale wicker basket. Functional but nothing extraordinary. Not much to say about it, really. You could get a similar one for a dollar at Michaels.B



The tea cloth: This is very cute, but loses points for being screen-printed. What, AG, the tea dress is good enough for embroidery but the tea cloth isn't? Okay, I really wouldn't expect them to go to trouble for something this small, but a half-assed effort gets a half-assed grade. B-



The sugar loaf: Simple but awesome. I love stuff like this that is nothing like you'd find today but still a regular part of colonial life. AG even managed to put some real, plastic-wrapped sugar in it instead of a piece of Styrofoam. Way to go, AG. I do wish the paper were blue all the way through, though. Mine has worn down in some spots to show the white underneath. A





The cookie cutters: Nice quality, functional metal cookie cutters. This isn't that flimsy crap that gets all bent out of shape, but just like a nice cookie cutter you'd use yourself (and can!). You get a crescent moon, a star, a heart, and a clover/club. A+



The recipe: Yep, that's a recipe all right. Period on the front, unfolds to modern text that runs onto the back. This is printed on nice, thick paper, unlike the dance lesson invitation. A