What's your local traditional sweet treat?

I grew up in a street in the North West that actually had a bakery at each end of it! They used to compete on all their goods to see who made the best and the two sweet things that were hotly disputed were Apple Charlottes and Chorley Cakes.

Both bakeries have since closed down and I have no idea where you could get these from today.

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Asleep-Tie-6179@reddit

Welsh cakes. They're basically what would happen if a pancake and a scone had a very stressful childhood

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North_Still_2234@reddit

Bara brith!

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tomtink1@reddit

Had some this weekend. Delicious!

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Arbdew@reddit

They sound similar to a Singing Hinny from Northumberland. Flour, baking powder, lard or butter, currants, milk or buttermilk and salt and/or sugar. Your description would fit as well!

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EugeneHartke@reddit

Not especially English. But totally worth mentioning here.

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EnoughRadish@reddit

I miss living in Wales in no small part because of Welsh cakes!!!!

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MolassesInevitable53@reddit

I love that description!

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Rough-Back2205@reddit

Bakewell pudding and Buxton pudding here in the Peak District, I did once live in the land of the Fat Rascal though.

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Timely_Egg_6827@reddit

Dorset - lardy cake, Reeve the Baker, Blandford Forum

Bedfordshire - Gunn's Baker, Sandy - they dod a Bedfordshire clanger, not meat to be fully authentic but tasty.

If get as far as Fife, Scotland - Donaldson's cream donuts esp if they still do the giant one for b'day parties.

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boredandolden@reddit

Local, a lemontop from Redcar.

My personal fave though are black bullets from a bit further North, Jesmond.

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LaraH39@reddit

Northern Ireland is the home of the tray bake lol

I'd say the most popular / famous are 15's

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Erheniel@reddit

Drippers

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BlueFungus458@reddit

Lady cake.

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Jigglypuffs_quiff@reddit

Is that like lardy cake but in a dress?

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Gottastopthisnow@reddit

~~Dorset~~ Knob

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Puzzleheaded-Lynx-89@reddit

Not exactly a sweet treat! More a savoury one!

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Gottastopthisnow@reddit

True. Depends what you top it with I suppose

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ddmf@reddit

Dundee or nearby for a Fisher and Donaldson fudge donut.

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Usual-Pizza-4402@reddit

London cheesecake if you’re in London or Essex, hard to find nowadays though

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EfficiencyRecent4528@reddit

Is this kind of pastry base and then with strands of coconut? They sell it in the small baker chain near me, South West London, never tried it but the lady behind the counter says it’s one of the best things they do.

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Usual-Pizza-4402@reddit

Yeah it’s so good and has jam in the middle, I would highly recommend having it with a cuppa

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SaltyName8341@reddit

Eccles cake and Martin's bakeries in Manchester

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Aggravating-Nail-764@reddit

I love an Eccles cake

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longestyeahboiiiever@reddit

Omg Tottenham cake in London!!!

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Jigglypuffs_quiff@reddit

It'll never win the league though

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No-Specific-6409@reddit

Chelsea buns as well!

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Other-Initiative4886@reddit

Shrewsbury biscuit

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iceystealth@reddit

I’m from there, and never heard of them till now.

I would have gone Butter Buns. Especially those from the Market.

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w0lllf@reddit

Parkin in Yorkshire. Its alright. More of a autumn or winter cake for me.

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schemmenti@reddit

Or a Yorkshire curd tart, the lovechild of a quiche and a custard tart.

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Worried-Penalty8744@reddit

Might as well throw in a Yorkshire pudding with a scoop of ice cream too because for some reason people somehow have leftover ones after a Sunday roast

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RufusBowland@reddit

My mum (Yorkshirewoman) apparently used to put sugar on hers as a kid. My nan made loads by all account. I'm still waiting to be given access to the secret family recipe...

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schemmenti@reddit

Ice creams a new one on me! Jam yes but ice cream no! But I suppose it is just a deformed pancake.

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wreckinballbob@reddit

Or is a pancake a failed Yorkie?

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Hideonthepromenade@reddit

Portland dough buns

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spicyzsurviving@reddit

Get to Scotland and find some Butteries from Aberdeenshire

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orange_fudge@reddit

Chelsea bun - obviously from Chelsea, but a fine expression of the genre can be had at Fitzbillies in Cambridge where you'll be surrounded by people from Chelsea anyway.

Eton / Harrow mess - enjoy at a cricket match in Berkshire or anywhere poshos are to be found.

Trinity / Cambridge burnt cream - a more custardy English crème brûlée.

And not traditional... but if you're on a pilgrimage for sweet treats, stop at Jacks Gelato in Cambridge.

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llksg@reddit

Kentish tart

The individual ones I think are gross but the big ones where you get a slice and they dark sugar taste is amazing.

Bad ones are bad, good ones are incredible

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t0riaj@reddit

I'd never heard of a Shropshire butter bun until I moved here. They are basically a yeasted dough made with a shit load of butter and then soaked in sugar syrup and sticky bottom. Guaranteed diabetes

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llksg@reddit

Holy shit I want to eat this so much

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mcglash@reddit

Type 2. Thank you.

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pixelpixski@reddit

Used to have these as a child! Never knew what they were called, just that they were delicious!

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NoddyNodderson@reddit

One of the best things around, we also have the Shrewsbury Biscuit of course

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Chibi_Panda2@reddit

Bakewell Tart ir Parkin

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glittermaniac@reddit

Dorset Apple cake!

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Dedward5@reddit

Saffron Bun

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ThinkIshatmyself@reddit

Uncle Joe's Mint Balls!

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goldielockswasframed@reddit

Keep you all aglow!

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Complex_Excuse490@reddit

Manchester tart or Eccles cakes.

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Zal_17@reddit

Is a cornflake tart also from Manchester? I always associate it, don't think I've really seen it anywhere else.

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Northern_Staa@reddit

Bloody love cornflake tart! Was a school dinner staple for us in Manchester and I always get some whenever I’m back home. Served hot with custard 😍

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

Scones. With cream and jam. And no, I will not be drawn into further discussions!

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WallflowerWhitler@reddit

Not necessarily a regional thing, but Yorkshire is home to the rhubarb triangle. Triangulates between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell. We have very tasty stuff.

Anything like a crumble or pie would be great.

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tobotic@reddit

I can't think of any County Durham specific desserts.

But I lived in East Sussex for twelve years before moving here, so I will offer up: Banoffee Pie was invented in Jevington in the 1970s.

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Mumstheword76@reddit

Chorley cakes

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GarlicEmergency7788@reddit

Sticky toffee pudding

You can buy genuine Cartmel ones in a lot of supermarkets etc. nowadays

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