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Jam Jamboree !
Are you like me a Jam Fan! I’m not taking you back to your mis-spent youth wearing staypress trousers and Doctor Martin’s in a town called malice. I am however referring to that delicious sweet fruity spread for which bread … Continue reading
Fabulous new desserts
Last week saw us growing our range even further, and experimenting with roulades. We’ve created two recipes, one for a chocolate roulade and one for a white roulade with raspberries. The chocolate roulade was made on Thursday and it certainly … Continue reading
It’s Easter soon and time to think about a handmade Simnel cake
With Easter looming, our attention turns to the great British tradition of The Simnel cake. These handmade fruit cakes, traditionally made by young girls in domestic service as a gift for their Mother on Mothering Sunday are now only associated … Continue reading
What’s For Pudding?
After what has seemed like an eternity and a monumental uphill struggle, we finally have our puddings ready and available for retailing. I’ve lost count of how many different variations of sticky toffee pudding we have sampled and how many … Continue reading
Keep it local
Today I was able to find another great local producer for our cake ingrdeients. This time it was honey. Although we were buying English honey, I really wanted to be using honey from as near to us as possible. After … Continue reading
A taste of things to come
We’ve been busy creating new recipes to add to our existing luxury fruit cakes online. This morning our bakery was filled with the aroma of warm stem ginger as Dad was honing his masterpiece Sticky Stem Ginger cake. He makes … Continue reading
Join the Cake Club and become a cake connoisseur!
I am just finalising the details of our new addition to our cake range; The Cake Club. If like me you are a real foodie then this is the ultimate delight. Become a member of our cake club for either … Continue reading
Christmas at Country Farm
We’re back in the swing of things, busy baking after a hectic December baking and packing our festive fruit cakes for mailing throughout the UK and Europe. We certainly kept Des, our dilligent local courier busy every day up to Christmas … Continue reading
Local artist creates masterpieces for Country Farm Cakes
When we first created the recipes for our new fruit cakes, it took us ages to perfect every last little detail, was there too much spice, not enough golden sultanas. Some of the recipes came from my mother Wendy’s vast … Continue reading
Time for Tea
Well Autumn’s here and the Summer has finally gone. Outside the bakery the leaves are turning on the old oaks out in the deer park. It is this time of year when afternoon tea at 4 come into it’s own. … Continue reading