Where To Buy Eccles Cakes In London
In fact while traditional eccles cakes contain lard this one is proudly vegetarian.
Where to buy eccles cakes in london. So i first tried eccles cakes when i was vacationing in london and i have to say that i fell in love with it. John restaurant st john restaurant on jun 25 2018 at 1 41am pdt eccles cakes. Inside the puff pastry the filling currants allspice nutmeg and dark brown sugar is a jammy delight. In eccles in lancashire during the 1790s people would queue outside james birch s bakery eager to buy his flat currant filled cakes.
Best bakeries in london on international bakery deli café the boombox bakeshop artisan bakery razzle dazzle cupcakes black walnut bakery cafe spicer s bakery deli unger s market nova era european deli and bakery. The editor of this magazine once posted an eccles cake from st john restaurant in london to the gourmet traveller offices in sydney. It arrived some eight days later in extremely good nick even though it had been put in the post with the slice of lancashire cheese it had been served with at the restaurant. Buy the selected items together.
The pastry is super buttery and flaky without falling apart completely and the filling is super decadent with. It s name probably derives from the greek ecclesia meaning assembly and indeed it is famous for an annual assembly the wakes a fair characterised by licentious maypole dancing copious ale quaffing and conspicuous currant cake consuming. A post shared by st. And so my quest began to acquire the finest delicacies the north has to offer in london.
Nowadays fergus henderson of london s st john restaurant is known for his version served with a wedge of lancashire cheese. This scrummy recipe is from his book nose to tail eating 16 99. Real lancashire eccles cakes 150g 10 67 2 03 1 ounce in stock. Dating to the late 18th century and a town called eccles in manchester eccles cakes are round sweet currant filled cakes made with buttery pastry usually topped with coarse sugar.