In the early years of ‘Wandana Flats’ records show that many of the tenants were migrants who took Australian citizenship. The records of the tenants and their address at ‘Wandana Flats’ can be found on Trove, the database of the National Library of Australia. The documents were called the Certificate of Registration of Australian Citizens and Certificates of Naturalisation.
The traditional recipe copied below was shared by a tenant at ‘Wandana Flats’ in The Australian Woman’s Weekly in 1960. The tenant would have lived in an apartment in the high rise A block similar to the one in the photographs below taken in 1956.
The photographs are from a collection at the State Library of Western Australia. No copyright infringement intend.
"... The Australian Woman’s Weekly 13 July 1960.
HONEY MEAL CAKE
Four ounces butter or substitute,
1 cup brown sugar,
1 cup candied honey,
1 tablespoon orange marmalade,
4oz chopped raisins
4oz chopped sultanas,
1 oz chopped glace cherries,
1 oz chopped almonds or walnuts,
1 teaspoon vanilla,
1 1/2 cups wholemeal self-raising flour,
teaspoon each salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg,
2 eggs,
1/2 cup milk.
Cream butter or substitute with brown sugar and honey. Add marmalade, chopped fruits and nuts, and vanilla, mix well. Mix flour with salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Fold into creamed mixture alternately with milk and beaten eggs. Spoon into a greased 7in. cake-tin, and bake in a moderate oven 1 to 1| hours. Cool a little, then remove from tin. Decorate when cold with orange icing and chopped toasted almonds and walnuts.
Consolation prize of £1 to Mrs. P. Spiers, Flat 504, "Wandana," Subiaco, W.A..."
"... The Australian Woman’s Weekly 13 July 1960.
HONEY MEAL CAKE
Four ounces butter or substitute,
1 cup brown sugar,
1 cup candied honey,
1 tablespoon orange marmalade,
4oz chopped raisins
4oz chopped sultanas,
1 oz chopped glace cherries,
1 oz chopped almonds or walnuts,
1 teaspoon vanilla,
1 1/2 cups wholemeal self-raising flour,
teaspoon each salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg,
2 eggs,
1/2 cup milk.
Cream butter or substitute with brown sugar and honey. Add marmalade, chopped fruits and nuts, and vanilla, mix well. Mix flour with salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Fold into creamed mixture alternately with milk and beaten eggs. Spoon into a greased 7in. cake-tin, and bake in a moderate oven 1 to 1| hours. Cool a little, then remove from tin. Decorate when cold with orange icing and chopped toasted almonds and walnuts.
Consolation prize of £1 to Mrs. P. Spiers, Flat 504, "Wandana," Subiaco, W.A..."
