The Great British Bake-Off

News of increasing sales of cake tins and associated ‘kit’ might be ascribed to the new thrift and also to the television programme of the same name. Well a visit to my local farmers’ market today brought more joy. Amongst the usual stalls of locally grown vegetables, locally reared lamb and goat, and Lancashire Bombs (very tasty cheese) were no fewer than 3 cake stalls. In prime position was “Macarons by Design”. Here we can see Margaret Maddern, proud baker and stall holder. We sampled her wares as shown below including orange, mint and chocolate, salted peanut, and chilli and chocolate. A very nice treat indeed. Margaret’s macarons (sic) are gluten-free and can be frozen.