Our British friend Julie arrived in Fayette in early June for an extended visit, bringing gifts of a historic and consumable nature — Eccles Cakes — along with a recipe and written history of this ...

Like many of England’s other delicacies, the Eccles cake has a history as rich and as local as the pastry itself. The factory was smaller than I expected; you wouldn’t have any idea that the ...

A SPATE of Merseyside fires have been triggered by Eccles cakes, firefighters revealed. The small round pastries have caused at least three blazes in recent weeks after attempts to warm them up went ...

On the occasion of the Queen’s Birthday, we ask British-born chef Ian Curley of The European how to make one of his favourite English treats, the Eccles cake. These cakes are one of my strongest ...

This traditional northern treat is crisp and filled with dried fruit – but which fruit? And should they be nestled in flaky or puff pastry? Before the whoopee pie and the red velvet, before even the ...

SWEET-toothed Crosby people have been warned after a spate of fires were caused by reheating Eccles cakes. Firefighters issued the caution after the pastries were blamed for at least three blazes in ...

A pastry war has broken out after a bakery in Monton created a tart to rival the traditional Eccles cake. Selo Deli in Monton has gone head-to-head with Salford’s famous fruity sweet treat – with a ...

Greggs' refusal to sell Eccles cakes, in Eccles – during Eccles Cake Week – has left sweet treat fans with a sour taste. The pasty chain still won't sell the flaked pastry delicacy at its shop, in ...

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Greggs has come under fire for not stocking Eccles cakes during a special celebration of the delicacy – even at its shop in ECCLES! The bakery giant’s branch in the Salford suburb’s shopping centre ...