Any holiday is improved by a visit to one of the Westmorland Family Service stations. It's not so much somewhere to have a quick stop, as a big part of the journey. They have natural surroundings, and lovely sustainable premises. And food. Food worth stopping for.
We stopped on the way back from Cornwall (well - and on the way there...) and here are the sweet things we ate!
I'm a big fan of the teacake. Tunnocks are the kings, but M&S was the ones I was brought up on. These just outclass both. You can't get a measure of the size here. Almost too big. Almost.
The trick to these services is to take a little home with you, not too much - at £3.60 per cake you could get a few boxes of the regular grade teacakes.
You can also pick up a big box of fresh fudge for your mom's birthday! I had a nibble of the rhubarb and chocolate one. Scrumptious.
This is what I came for. It's basically 4 teacakes in one - the biscuit is very crumbly - the jam is solid and fruity - the mallow is tasty and fluffy, and the chocolate is deep enough to make grown men weep.
Naturally I ate it in one extended sitting.
It's not an everyday treat, its not even a once per holiday treat. This almost begs to be rare and special - it's Christmas Day good! I think that a plate of these to have as a festive treat would be amazing, and part of a great tradition. I'll have to see whether I can find an excuse to drive past nearer the time.
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