British Sweet Pastries

Eccles cake is a specialty of the eponymous city in the Greater Manchester region. The dish consists of a crispy puff pastry filled with cinnamon, raisins or currants, and brown sugar, the whole concoction glazed with honey to develop its characte... READ MORE

Bakewell pudding is a traditional dessert consisting of a pastry base that is filled with fruit jam and a paste made from ground almonds, butter, and eggs. The first Bakewell pudding was created by accident at a local inn around 1860. It is recomm... READ MORE

Banbury cake is a traditional thin pastry filled with fruit and spices, originating from the town of Banbury. The pastry is made with a combination of puff pastry, butter, currants, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, mace, ginger, rose water, beaten egg whi... READ MORE

Bedfordshire's answer to the popular Cornish pasty is called Bedfordshire clanger, an old dish dating back to the 19th century. This delicacy originally started as a boiled suet pudding with a savory meat filling on one end and a sweet fr... READ MORE

London cheesecake, despite its name, is not a cheesecake, nor is it from London. This British sweet pastry is made with puff pastry that’s filled with almond cream and a dollop of jam. Once baked, the puff pastry is brushed with icing consis... READ MORE

Warm and fragrant Jersey wonders (also known as des mervelles) are tasty snacks similar to doughnuts, made with a combination of flour, butter, sugar, and eggs. The dough is traditionally twisted before being fried in hot oil until golden... READ MORE

Isle of Wight doughnuts are traditional doughnuts originating from the Isle of Wight. The doughnuts are either filled with currants and tied in a knot or filled with apples and shaped in a turnover (half circle). The dough for these doughnuts is o... READ MORE