Cornish charity Cornwall Hospice Care says that behind every scrumptious recipe there’s a story just waiting to be told - and have produced a book to prove the point.

The Great Cornish Cake Bake Cake Book is the brainchild of community fund-raiser Judy Lawton, who runs the charity’s annual Great Cornish Cake Bake Day.

She said: ’I had the idea two years ago when I realised many people have favourite recipes that have been handed down by relatives. It’s been a huge privilege to meet those who have contributed to the book and for many it’s been both emotional and magical to put their memories and their delicious dishes in writing.’

The book, which is on sale for £6.99, introduces such delights as Fat Nanna’s Dundee Cake and Eastbourne Pier Doughnuts and features people like Doreen Donnithorne who’s still baking in her 91st year.

’Doreen’s Marmalade Thatch Cake is one I had never heard of before,’ says Judy, ’and is as appealing as Sheila’s Sticky Ginger Cake and Graham’s Gypsy Tart.’

The book with its wipeable pages, has been printed by the St Austell Printing Company and is raising money to help fund the care provided by the charity to terminally ill people in Cornwall and their families.

The book is now on sale in all Cornwall Hospice Care’s shops, 31 of them stretching from Bude to Penzance, and on Amazon.