Artisan bakers and bakeries are ever increasing in popularity. Walking down the high street smelling fresh bread and seeing cakes and tarts in shop windows is a real wonder and a culinary experience to be celebrated.
Yorkshires best bakeries have real heritage and heart but also real skill. Botham's Biscuits are renowned for there beautiful flavours and traditional recipes. This comes from Elizabeth Botham herself who founded the bakery over 150 years ago. Originally selling her wares from a basket in Whitby's local market.
Today Botham's remains as popular as ever with shops and tea rooms as busy as ever.
Bakeries remain popular today partly because of the memories they invoke cooking with a grand parent or the first time learning to make a cake but elevated to a whole new level with a world of potential flavours and techniques to explore.
Shortbread has long been a classic, used either as a quick snack or in a variety of desserts and dishes. my personal favourite biscuit flavours are the classic butter or chocolate chip with creamy milk chocolate melting away after that biscuity crunch.
Savoury bakes such as cheese scones and crackers also remain popular, we'd definitely recommend our Sawley kitchen rosemary crackers paired with Cheese the herbal rosemary zing really adds that extra dimension.
Cheese scones vary widely as you travel around the cafes of Britain, one of our favourites are Red onion & chutney cheese scones definitely worth a try.
Artisan cafes are now competing for who can have the most interesting and conversation starting brownies the tallest and biggest pastries which is brilliant news for us all and watch this space as more and more new combinations are discovered.
Some innovative new trends are the Cruffin a Muffin crossed with a croissant (they're massive & delicious) or also topped croissants with a sauch or glaze adding to the crisp layers of flaky pastry.
Overall peoples passion for baking has never been stronger and our love of baked treats continues to grow
Many great businesses have been born out of a love for baking, so go get your biscuits, cakes, flapjack and shortbread, to eat yourself or share with friends.
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