'More Cake, Vicar?' Campaign to Support Anglican Mission Abroad

From carrot cake to Lincolnshire plum bread with marmite, bishops throughout the UK and the Anglican Communion have named their favourite cakes to help launch the 'More Cake, Vicar?' campaign - which is being run by the USPG: Anglicans in World Mission.

It was chocolate all the way for the Rt Rev Graham James, Bishop of Norwich, who said his favourite flavour was "chocolate cake, with chocolate filling and chocolate on top".

Lemon was the most popular type of cake among the bishops, while the quirkiest response came from the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, who said his favourite cake was fishcake.

Churches are being invited to bake and sell cakes to raise funds to help USPG support the vital work of Anglican churches in over 50 countries, from hospitals in Tanzania to house building in Chile.

A recipe book is available from the USPG website (www.uspg.org.uk/resources) to sell at 'More Cake, Vicar?' events, including a recipe for ginger biscuits, which is the favourite cake of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.

Archbishop Williams commented: "Making these biscuits is a whole family enterprise, in which we all get very sticky and eat rather a lot of dough. The biscuits tend to vary in size rather dramatically depending on who made the dough ball."

The Archbishop also said: "USPG continues to enrich the life of the Anglican Communion through its rootedness in the life of the Provinces. Its commitment to partnership and cooperation yields great dividends as together we share in God's mission worldwide."


Bishops and their favourite cakes:

The Most Rev Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury: Ginger biscuits

The Rt Rev Colin Bennetts, Bishop of Coventry: Apple and sultana cake

The Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop of Lichfield: Chocolate cake

The Rt Rev James Langstaff, Bishop of Lynn: Carrot cake

The Rt Rev Dominic Walker OGS, Bishop of Monmouth : Lemon cake

The Rt Rev Dr Timothy Ellis, Bishop of Grantham: Death by chocolate

The Rt Rev Dr John Saxbee, Bishop of Lincoln: Lincolnshire plum bread with marmite

The Rt Rev Bill Ind, Bishop of Truro: Cornish heavy cake

The Rt Rev John Davies, Bishop of St Asaph: Lemon cake

The Rt Rev John Stroyan, Bishop of Warwick: Carrot cake

The Rt Rev Peter Maurice, Bishop of Taunton: Lemon drizzle cake

The Rt Rev Peter Price, Bishop of Bath & Wells: Dundee cake

The Rt Rev John S Went, Bishop of Tewkesbury: Rich fruit cake

The Rt Rev Graham James, Bishop of Norwich: Chocolate cake, with chocolate filling and chocolate on top

The Rt Rev David A Stancliffe, Bishop of Salisbury: Orange seed cake

The Rt Rev Nicholas Baines, Bishop of Croydon: Chocolate and banana cake

The Rt Rev & Rt Hon Richard Chartres, Bishop of London: Fishcake

The Most Rev Mauricio Andrade, Archbishop of Brazil: Bolo de banana

The Rt Rev Kamble Pradip, Bishop of Nasik, Church of North India: Black Forest gateau

The Rt Rev Michael Doe, USPG General Secretary: Caramel crispy cake