It is a fortified wine (17%) now made to a secret recipe of grape juice, malt extracts, herbs and spices, but it no longer contains meat.

After I had my first baby my husband lovingly made me vats of hot chocolate to a very similar recipe to boost my milk supplies.

Also related to the Chorley cake is East Lancashire's "Sad Cake", made to a similar recipe.

Made from over fifty different rare spices and herbs to a recipe known only to a bunch of ancient monks what live on some mountain somewhere.

Today's Grasmere Gingerbread is made to a "secret recipe" popularized by Sarah Nelson (1815-1904).

Sarah Nelson was the original maker of the famous Grasmere Gingerbread , made to a secret recipe kept within the family to this day.

Another one-off is Tierenteyn-Verlent (Groentenmarkt 3, www.tierenteyn-verlent.be), which sells natural mustard made to a centuries-old recipe.

An iced bun is a bread roll made to a sweet recipe with an icing sugar glaze covering the top (usually white or pink).

Beer Nuts is a brand of snack food building on the original product, peanuts with a "unique" sweet-and-salty glazing made to a "secret recipe".

Over the years, Saxby's pies were made to a secret recipe.