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Home > Festival > A showcase of bakes at Lakes Cakes Fest

A showcase of bakes at Lakes Cakes Fest

By Caroline King - September 12, 2019Posted in : Festival, Food & Drink

Got a sweet tooth? Then head to the Lake District this weekend, as a festival dedicated to cake is set to take place.

Lakes Cakes Fest 2019
Head to Lakes Cakes Fest in Kendal

Local business owner Mary Stansfield, is bringing the only festival dedicated to cake to the Cumbrian market town of Kendal this weekend.

Stansfield’s Ridiculously Rich is a luxury bakery business which makes Gooey Chocolate Brownies, Sticky Toffee Flapjacks, and chunky Rocky Road. The festival will showcase some of these tasty treats alongside other local bakeries and producers.

Festival-goers can expect handmade patisserie from The Sunflower Kitchens; bread, sourdough and cakes from The Coffee Kitchen; handmade fudge from Do Me a Flavour Fudge; the popular Grasmere Gingerbread; as well as cake decorating tuition and supplies.

Millionaires Brownie
Ridiculously Rich Millionaires Brownie

There will be demonstrations from skilled cake decorators, showing sugar craft and other inspiring techniques, as well as truffle making and a show of bread down the ages.

Children will be able to make cake-themed sand art images.

When: 15th September 2019
Where: The Factory Tap, Aynam Road, Kendal, Cumbria
£: Admission costs £5 for adults. Children go free

More info: www.lakescakesfest.co.uk

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