The Nest

Homemade and home baked at The Nest where you can treat yourself to some of the best cakes, pastries and brownies in the south of England

Homemade cakes in Sittingbourne

A small family run cafe tucked away in a quite area of Sittingbourne in Kent offering simple homemade food and good coffee.

The best coffee in Sittingbourne

Well supported by the locals they regularly host craft fairs and activities, with awell deserved reputation for their afternoon teas.

Afternoon tea in Sittingbourne

Decadence

The walled garden at Cafe Paradiso at the end of North St in Chichester.

Garden patio Cafe Paradiso Chichester West Sussex

A perfect setting for a slice of their extra special chocolate cake.

Best chocolate cake Chichester West Sussex

Being Chichesters first original and strictly vegetarian restaurant everything is home baked and delicious.

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If not the cake, their chocolate and orange muffins or warm blueberry scones served with butter are just as good.

Warm blueberry scone served with butter Cafe Paradiso

The menu offers an interesting range of herbal and fruit teas

Fruit and herbal teas Chichester West Sussex

As well as being vegan friendly and catering for celiac, dairy and nut alergies

Vegan mince pies Chichester West Sussex

The local pub

The last place I ever expected to find carrot cake was in a pub

Home baked cakes Chichester West Sussex

But there it was. What could easily be the best carrot cake in Chichester. As you come through the door and into the Woodmancote Pub. Nestled up next to the pork scratchings. Looking just like it belonged right there, beneath an array of wine bottles.

Afternoon tea Chichester West Sussex

But then they do most things differently. Almost verging on the bizarre.

Tea and scones Chichester West Sussex

Good food and hospitality that is slightly more expensive without being too offensive. I like different.

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Four cake layers

A four layer chocolate fudge cake

Four layer chocolate fudge cake Selsey

Part of an artful display of cakes, chocolate and lashings of cream that is difficult to ignore.

Best cake shops Chichester West Sussex

These cakes at the Riviera Cafe in Selsey are big, bold and totally decadent

Pudding and desserts in Chichester ,West Sussex

Home baked

I generally associate cupcakes with those predictably dull office snacks that merely serve to remind one of  another wasted year. But that was until I stopped at The Two Sisters Cake Shop and Vintage Tearoom in North St in Chichester.

Scones with melted butter

Hot cheese scones with melted butter

Delicious cheese scones Driftwood Cafe Emsworth

A good excuse to do a mid-morning coffee at the Driftwood Cafe in Emsworth.

Coffee and croissant Driftwood Cafe

Or a croissant with blackcurrent jam. It’s one of the nicer cafes I have found.

Best coffee shops in the South East of England

Situated on the High St in Emsworth they offer a breakfast morning menu and a light lunch menu from late morning. But it gets very busy at midday and I try to avoid the rush.