What sweet item do you usually order in cafes?

[AlwaysTakeTheWetherWithEwe]

Personally I love a Portuguese custard tart, cinnamon whirl or brownie(But no gluten free brownies please.) A nice bit of cake(no dried fruit) is very welcome too but I find it hard to get decent cake now that doesn’t involve too many flavours or bloody biscuits on top.

What’s your sweet item of choice l?

Love a Portuguese tart, or an almond croissant. Nothing with icing, or anything chocolatey. I do enjoy a fruit cake or toasted tea cake too.

An éclair, if you're offering, thanks. But only if they have ones with the chocolate that cracks, not ganache.

Carrot cake (but not enough places offer it).

Cake usually.

If I go to the posh patisserie, I go for a Paris Brest...it's incredible

Millionaire shortbread

Or sometimes scones.

Otherwise I like a lemon tart

Carrot cake, lemon drizzle cake or coffee cake please.

Whatever is gluten free and not a brownie. So, usually, nothing 😟

Scones, tarts au citron or carrot cake for me please! I tend to prefer fruity things over chocolate though. You don’t see enough lemon curd tarts for my liking!

yes usually this Is what i would have. if its Costa I get their Lemon tart 😋

Coffee and walnut cake or millionaire's shortcake 😋

cake to share if two of us. Otherwise toasted tea cake or croissant if they are warm.

Usually something with dried fruit - pain aux raisins, raisin toast, fruit cake. Or maybe cherry bakewell. Occasionally millionaire's shortbread or flapjack. If with the 3 DC, will get 2 packs of toffee waffles, so we can have 1 each & it's not too expensive.

Ooh I’d forgotten coffee and walnut cake and now I really want a slab!

First choice is a cheese scone, failing that, anything that is made with real lemon or rhubarb.

I'm usually up for a pain au chocolat

Whatever is gluten free and not a brownie. So, usually, nothing 😟

Sincere sympathies. I always feel so sorry for people with coeliac disease in cafes because brownies are almost always the only option and it’s shit.

Oh yes to the Portuguese tart and cinnamon swirl. Also carrot cake or a Bee sting. Nothing really chocolaty.

I rarely have anything sweet in a cafe, because I'm normally there for lunch with a drink.
I like a Portuguese tart though or a Paris Brest as someone else said 😋

Lemon drizzle, fruit cake or a fruity flapjack.
We often eat gluten free as dc is coeliac we have a local cafe who's cakes are all gluten free and dc can never decide because their just not used to so much choice.

Costa:
love their Almond, Raspberry Bakewell slice
National trust
a cream tea but swap drink for a coffee
other places:
banana and walnut
lemon drizzle
Victoria sponge

Whatever they have that is most likely to be made with real ingredients not starch and corn syrup and emulsifiers.

It's bloody hard. Our local place has gone down the impress route with massive cakes which look anazing and taste horrific. Everyone else seems to like them though.

Freshly made scones are usually a safe bet, a fresh cream éclair, pavlova or very dense fruit cake. I love a cheesecake but so few places make them without crappy ingredients.

I rarely bother now because I have been disappointed so often. Never in Costa or similar, I’d rather have a croissant. But first choice in a proper teashop with homemade cakes would be millionaire’s shortbread.