When you buy a cake from a bakery..

[rinseandrepeat1]

What one do you choose?

I'm just curious.

For me it's always a sprinkle doughnut I never really explore other options.

@Pombearprincess we had Gypsy tart for school dinners in S London in the 1980s (not really that far from Kent!). I've a feeling I might have seen in it a bakery in Yorkshire, but since I don't like it, I didn't pay much attention.

Yes we had gypsy tart for school dinners in Yorkshire.

Bread pudding

apricot danish from the M&S bakery

I would love almost all the above, but I'm gluten free so it's always a macaron, or several mini macarons. They are delicious too!

Sadly, lardy cake isn’t something we can claim for our own here in Wiltshire. It is a well known treat across many counties in southern England.

Iced bun or a cream slice

Actually, if I'm in York on a Wednesday-Friday, and I've just got off the bus at Clifford's Tower, it'll be an almond or cherry Bakewell croissant from Cosgriff and Sons bakery. They are amazing, and the part-time bakery has a lovely back story that I want to support.

Cosgriff and Sons

Well I'm going to be really keeping my eyes out everywhere I go now for local bakeries and to try some of these treats that I have never had.

I like the sound of Lardy Cake after googling - looks like something I'd enjoy.

Really going to try and find a London Cheesecake too.

My DHs favourite. I prefer a strawberry danish or strawberry tart.

Portuguese tarts at Lidl they’re lovely. Lidl isn’t trendy.
Got to be fresh cream slice.

Oh @rinseandrepeat1 what have you done?! I now need to go to the bakery today and buy multiple cream cakes!

I'm in Essex, they sell these here too - which makes my Kent born husband happy!

Now I want a cake....🍰

Same for me 😊

Lardy cake for me, I always thought it was a Hampshire thing. Or an iced apple doughnut, which you don't see very often. Failing those two a jam doughnut.

Cheesecake from the cheesecake shop in the High street

Heartandseoul my apologies our local baker in Swindon used to make it..... absolutely gorgeous

God tier baked goods 👌

A fudge doughnut with cream or a strawberry tart

This thread is making me miss Percy Ingle.

Too many bakeries my way are wanky £4 for a greasy donut types.

I am a sucker for an artificial cream slice when available. Apple turnover otherwise.

I’d forgotten about Percy Ingle, I used to love the iced finger buns as a child.

Pre Pandemic, I started going to a wanky coffee shop purely because my friend started working there. The (now ubiquitous) Donuts made an appearance at £4.50 each. I swear to god they were just 30p Donuts from the supermarket with a blob of custard and a wanky viola flower plonked on top.

Mad thing is, you could get a delicious, free range locally produced bacon sandwich for the same price.

There's some proper Emperors New Clothes shite out there.

I HAVE FOUND A LONDON CHEESECAKE.

I actually drove to a nearby bakery today to try some of these suggestions. I got London cheesecake and bread pudding.

Will post pics later when I have them for pudding!!

Clearly I am evolving from my sprinkle doughnut era