Cake Shops and traditional cakes

[Heather74]

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I don't count Chatwins because even though it IS a genuine family bakers - it originates in Nantwich, which is Cheshire !!

very true, but I was just listing shops that can still be found in our town centre

[Aidanagain]

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Isn't this post-Xmas time a time of abstinence & losing the few pounds ? All the aforementioned sound lovely tho.

[Heather74]

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But Aidan we are losing pounds! £'s and £'s on all those lovely cakes in the cake shop

[suzannewozere2]

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We have Dorringtons but they aren't as good as they were.

Who remembers Andersons, and Tooks?
or Elizabeth Annes Patisserie in Clacton.

As a kid we went to Grandparents in Tottenham and they had a huge gateau/cream cake for tea it was probably Percy Ingles but it was decorated with flake and a lovely green sauce.

Pies = Manzies Walthamstow for pie mash and liquor.

[Jaffa cake kid]

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As well as Chatwins in Cheshire theres also Weinholts of Chester which is where I would go with my parent when they where visiting me at Uni, They do a Meringue based cake which if lethal! Its an oval meringue nest into which there is a slab of sponge which is soaked within an inch of its life with rum not rum essence RUM! this is then covered with a chocolate truffle mix and finally topped off with piped whipped cream and chopped nuts. I had one once in the up stairs tea room on an empty stomach and ended up sliding down my chair and under the table. I have never lived in down. But I really miss Chatwins Maderia Cake now I live in Ireland, I've never tasted better yet.

[gerdie01]

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I remember as a small child receiving a gingerbread man when I visited my Grandparents as they lived a few doors down from a bakery called Wimbush. Does anyone in here ever worked at Wimbush at one time. Their gingerbread men were the best ever! I would love the recipe but that may be a long shot.
lorraine

[Twocky61]

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Viney's in Cirencester was a good one from the late 60's early 70's

[miloshobloczek]

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I will never forget pancakes that made my grangrandma

[Twocky61]

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Gardeners in Cheltenham did the biggest lardy/dripper cakes in the known galaxy

[staffslad]

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A previous poster mentioned Taylor's. I remember their shops and their Five Star Bakery. My dad worked for a while delivering cakes from another small bakery to their chain of 2 or 3 shops. He would sometimes come back with left over bread and cakes at night, and especially on saturdays.

[big kid]

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there used to be a bakers about ten houses down the street from where i live. everything they made was perfect. not found another to equal them yet.

[Richard1978]

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Marple, where I grew up still has at least 2 independent bakers & cake shops.

Anyone remember the 1980s slogan "Naughty But Nice" for cream cakes?

[darren]

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CHARLIE WHITTEN BAKERY PORTADOWN 1950'S.

[staffslad]

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I don't think there was anything quite like having a cream cake from a cake shop for tea. As they were expensive, we didn't have them often, but I remember the excitement when my mom would get a box of cakes--they were always in those white square boxes--and the anticipation of what was inside. I even remember the pleasure of standing outside traditional cake shops and just looking at all the cakes on display.

Another shop I remember was in Towyn,Wales. I think it was called the Sandbank Bakery or similar, and was on a long road that led to the beach. On the opposite side of the road were lots of amusement arcades. Anyone familiar with Towyn I am sure will remember it--it may still be there as I haven't been to Towyn for probably close to 20 years.

[Wirral Writer]

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I miss the delicious trifles that cake shops used to sell.