Song of praise for the Godcake
COVENTRY’S homegrown composer David Goody has penned a song to honour a little known local delicacy.
His latest release ‘All Hail the Godcake’ is full of praise for the tasty pastry.
The triangular dessert, said to represent the Holy Trinity, was traditionally made by godparents to be eaten at Christenings.
These tasty treats are deliciously crispy on the outside and filled with mincemeat similar to a mince pie at Christmas.
To jazz it up, you can add a sweet filling made from currants, orange peel, spices and a drop of rum.
The Godcake is fast reclaiming its spot as the snack of choice for true Cov-kids, after Nuneaton-based Heritage Cake Company started production.
The song follows his local hits ‘Straight out of Earlsdon’ and ‘Rules of the Ring Road.’
Mr Goody said: “There’s three great spots doing the Godcakes: Esquires at the transport museum; the Belgrade does them, and the Undercroft Cafe at St Marys Guildhall.
“The three of them are supplied by the Heritage Cake Company - of the three, Esquires is my first choice with its lovely coffee and Godcake deal.
“I like singing about local foods, with ‘We call it a Batch,’ and I liked the idea of doing a song about something that is almost forgotten but dates back to the 14th century.
“Why shouldn’t a Coventry Godcake be as celebrated as an Eccles Cake?
“The first time I discovered them was probably about two years ago in the Coventry music museum cafe, with an exhibition they had and all the Coventry Godcakes were on show in a box there.
“I thought they tasted really good and then the next time I was at the transport museum cafe I thought I would get one instead of a muffin.”
He will be performing the song at the Godiva Festival.
“I end up doing my music with weird and unusual instruments, so when I started Straight out of Earlsdon I used a strange small German electric travel ukulele, which is something between a cricket bat and an egg slicer in looks.
“I did a load of songs on that and then I did the batch song and the ringroad song on a three string guitar I made myself.
“To give it a local flavour I stuck an organ sound at the start, to be reminiscent of the cathedral.”