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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

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

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

Quirky coffee shops in Chichester

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

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

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

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

The menu offers an interesting range of herbal and fruit teas

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

Every cafe, tea room and coffee shop serves an afternoon tea. A timeless ritual, jealously preserved.

 

‘Ritual’ being the key word. Sometimes elegant, sometimes not.  Seldom very different though. Generally the same well worn menu.

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Ikhishi Bakes in Bournemouth is a home-based bakery supplying desserts and puddings to local pubs and restaurants.

All prepared in Tracy Coopers home kitchen in Bransgore.

Born in Zimbabwe and brought up in South Africa Tracey Cooper started at a young age, watching and helping her Gran at work in her kitchen.

A simple start to a journey culminating in a business in the UK.

Specialities include koeksisters, plaited dough twisted into shape and soaked in golden syrup,

Cape brandy pudding (tipsy tart), an indulgent dessert packed with dates and pecan nuts and then covered with a spicy brandy sauce

Lastly those melkterts, sprinkled with cinnamon. So much more creamier than regular custard tarts.

She is assisted in the kitchen by her daughter, Lauren, and fellow bakers, Sam and Thelma.

A four layer chocolate fudge cake

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

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

Try some of the best home baked cakes in Midhurst and the South Downs

Found in Hill House on Rumbolds Hill the homemade soups, savoury tarts, scones and biscuits are just as good.

Tilly’s of Midhurst is a small family run tea room where they always add a little extra to what they do.

home baked cakes in Rogate

The Swan Fittleworth