Regional cakes.

[CaramelJones]

What regional cakes and other baked goods exist in your area?

I love how much variation there is with accents in the U.K so now I'm curious to know what cakes and other delights there are.

Yorkshire curd tart. Parkin. Fat rascals.

ChessieFL That books looks perfect for me. Thank you!

Obviously they are seasonal, but Easter biscuits made with Oil of Cassia are pretty specific to Somerset (and nearby) I believe.

There's a thing around Tamworth/the Midlands called "Lumpy Bumpy" but I'm not 100% sure what it is - features on pub dessert menus a lot.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee I'm Scottish and totally agree with you about Yumyums. They should be much more common.

I want to try all of these.

In London we had things called cheese cakes which weren't cheese! Puff pastry, jam and long shreds of coconut stick on with icing. Was yummy but not had one for 20+ years

Bara brith and welsh cakes but also teisen fel which is a type of honey cake and teisen lap which is a fruit cake I think

Also not a cake but Glamorgan sausages which are a traditional sausage recipe which is vegetarian, although I believe some older recipes do contain meat

Three from Cumbria:

Cumberland Rum Nicky - a sort of lattice topped pie with rum-soaked dried fruits

Grasmere gingerbread - a very sandy, very gingery sort of shortbread (bit of an acquired taste)

And obviously, Sticky Toffee Pudding, originating from Sharrow Bay hotel.

I've noticed a lot of Empire biscuits in Scottish bakeries: two shortbread biscuits sandwiched with jam, with glace icing and a jelly tot on the top. Never noticed them further south!

Marple Bridge tart which is a variation of the Manchester tart. I haven't tried one but I hear they are very good.

Do other areas have pineapple tarts and raspberry tarts?

Ooh yes of course grasmere gingerbread. Only ever sold from that one shop.

Also Dorset Apple Cake. Lovely bumpy top with apple pieces in it and crunchy sugar sometimes on top. From Dorset, obv.

I've noticed a lot of Empire biscuits in Scottish bakeries: two shortbread biscuits sandwiched with jam, with glace icing and a jelly tot on the top. Never noticed them further south!

I was just going to ask if Empire biscuits were common elsewhere. I love them but the top biscuit must be fully coated in icing. None of this little circle of icing in the middle nonsense.

I remember them. I grew up in Croydon and worked after school. I used to call at the bakers on the way to work and buy one. I haven't seen them anywhere else.

Yes it's the best although I don't think I have had since primary school and I'm 48🤣

Something else.
For a number of years we'd regularly stay in Staffordshire.
The inn that we stayed in would always serve Staffordshire Oat Cakes for breakfast with a voice of fillings eg cheese and bacon.
They're not like the Scottish hard biscuits, they're a whole meal pancake that gets folded over your filling.

Absolutely delicious and difficult to buy in shops due to how they're made.

Googling tells me that Yum Yuma were indeed originally Scottish! I just thought they were an M&S thing

Yes it's lovely 😋

@CaramelJones you can buy pineapple tarts in M&S we had one after dinner last night.

Bakewell puddings, only the proper ones from Bakewell - nothing like a Mr Kipling Bakewell tart!

@stackhead glad to hear it, they are hands down my favourite doughnut ever, and that's interesting to hear they are a recent addition some places too.

Its most definitely not a cake or bread, but my inlaws had never had pakora till they came up to Scotland. It's not Scottish, just seems to be really popular here!!

I don’t like the proper bakewell puddings. Mr K wins every time!

I don't think I'd realised Parkin was regional - we sometimes had it on bonfire night growing up in Essex (along with treacle toffee). But DM was from Lancashire

Really?!!! I don't mind an empire biscuit, but they are everywhere up here, my toddler loves them. Buy yes, fully coated top biscuit or get away with you!!

I miss these so much (live in England now)

Also Empire biscuits (can't even make them as Royal Scot biscuits aren't available here).
Strawberry tarts, rhubarb pies and all the cream cakes only sold in Scottish bakeries it seems.

Yes to Aberdeen rolls, I used to love one for my playpiece at primary.

I miss white puddings, Wallace's pies and bridies too