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Victorian Mourning Cakes (Recipe Inspired by THINGS HALF IN SHADOW)

Pssst. Wanna know a secret? These Victorian Mourning Cakes were supposed to be Victorian Mourning Cookies. But something happened. And now we have cake. Which is never a bad thing, amirite?     Why are Victorian Mourning Cakes the book-inspired recipe for Things Half in Shadow? When main characters Edward and Lucy in Things Half in Shadow visit the home of a bereaved Victorian family, they’re handed funeral cookies as they wait for their...