All Hail the Godcake! Musician honours Cov snack in song

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His latest release 'All Hail the Godcake' is full of praise for the tasty pastry

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'.

Goody told CoventryLive: "There's three great spots doing the Godcakes: Esquires at the transport museum; the Belgrade does them, and the Undercroft Café 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 café, 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 café I thought I would get one instead of a muffin."

Goody will be performing the song at Godiva Festival , on Saturday September 1.