Delighted to escape from A1 your Taster sought out this lauded bakery but ……
Location Stamford
Largest Dimension 105mm
Thickness 40mm
Weight of cake 118gm
Colour of upper crust Dark Brown with pleasantly glazed areas
Interest in crust Lots of piercing and leakage plus good colour. This is a nice cake.
Texture of crust Crisp. A brilliant ” bite”.
Colour of base Mid brown.
Thickness of base 2 to11mm.
Texture of base Complex. Outer layer crisp and biscuity. Intermediate layer perfectly laminated. Inner layer under baked. It is hard to achieve such excellent crisp crusts without burning and also ensuring complete bake-through
Weight of fruit 40gm.
Texture of filling Tiny shriveled currants. Fruit, embarrassed by its size, avoided contact with the other berries and was utterly unbound
Base caramelisation None.
Overview
An attractive bakery with excellent products. The Eccles Cake promised much and delivered on the pastry but disappointed with the contents. Can do better.