Tea and cake is a real Welsh custom and there is a very good selection at the Brecon Beacons Food Festival, within the Market Hall in Brecon on Saturday 1st October. Whether tea and cake is around the kitchen table with a couple of friends or a much more sophisticated posh afternoon tea taste and quality are important and the businesses exhibiting at the festival certainly meet those criteria.
We hear from the exhibitors. Starting with the traditional Welsh cake…
Fat Bottom Welsh Cakes
We started Fat Bottom Welsh Cakes back in November 2019. We have over 20 flavours, and we continue to create new flavour combinations ever since.. And we’re always. open to suggestions!
Tea and cake stays with traditional Welsh produce with Bara Brith but Popty make so much more.
Popty Cara
Fantastic home made cakes, made with love in the heart of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Established in 1993, we supply the wholesale, retail and local markets. All the cakes are individually handmade and are cooked fresh to order (no stocks are held, at all).
For those that want to avoid gluten…
Good and Proper Brownies
We are a small family business making lovely chocolate brownies.
With these cheesecakes Tea and Cake may need a spoon and fork.
Marie Cresci’s Cheesecakes
We are renowned in the area for its quality and presentation, we achieve this by paying special attention to every fine detail and only using the very finest and freshest ingredients. If you are looking for a great selection of home-made cheesecakes in the Ammanford, SA18 area, then take a look and order from our easy to use on screen menu. You will see that we offer something for every member of your family. If your favourite cheesecake is not on our menu just message your request through on the comments page and we will happily try and prepare it especially for you. Flavours include Blackcurrant Blueberry Cappuccino Caramel Shortbread.
Cakes come in all shapes sizes and taste and Baker Bears cover many of those options
Baker Bears
Passionately baking with love in the heart of Caerphilly providing a delicious range of treats to order as well at Farmers Markets.
Baker Bears offers Cupcakes, Mini cakes, Cakesicles, Millionaire, Rocky road, Tiffin, Cake & brownie jars, Paint your own biscuits, Hot chocolate bombs and Pumpkin smashes.
Baker Bears also caters for bespoke Wedding & Occasion cakes as well as Vegan, Dairy and Gluten Free and has a 5 hygiene rating.
Brownies are so versatile for tea and Cake
2greedycatering
Delicious, fudgy, homemade gluten free brownies, available in many different flavours. Collection and delivery available within the Brecon area, as well as finding us at St. Mary’s Bakery, Brecon.
2Greedy Catering began trading during the 2021 lockdown at home by owner Eliot, offering a range of brownies, loaded slabs and New York style baked cheesecakes. Since then, 2Greedy has expanded in to producing Gluten Free brownies, maintaining the same delicious flavours and fudge-like texture. In July, he began supplying a variety of these Gluten Free brownies to St. Mary’s Bakery in Brecon and was met with positive feedback from the wider community.
Chockshop Abergavenny
Chockshop founder, Greg Shearman, poured his passion for baking into creating the very best brownies he could. Greg made sure these brownies were seriously fresh – handmade, hand-cut and hand decorated. Crunchy peanut butter, sticky toffee and rocky road are the most popular.
Tea and Cake needs a good tea and the food festival offers two of the very best tea companies.
Welsh Brew Tea
Welsh Brew Tea is a true family business.
For the last thirty years, Alan, James & Sarah have worked on establishing our tea as an iconic Welsh brand, creating a unique blend of African and Indian teas, specifically blended to complement our wonderful Welsh water. And our story continues for one simple reason – those who try Welsh Brew, keep buying it.
And we continue to grow. Bringing you a range of exciting products. There’s Welsh Brew Decaf, so you can enjoy a cuppa before bed-time. And our premium Welsh Gold, a blend of the finest teas, sourced from around the world.
If speciality teas are your bag ‘Tea Birds‘ fit the biscuit. Whether you need to calm or invigorate, there’s sure to be something for you. We blend Moroccan Gunpowder Green, Peppermint, Green, Lemon and Ginger, Mixed Red Berry, Indian Spiced Chai, Camomile, Jasmine Green Tea, Green Tea Mango and Bergamot, Green Rooibos and orange, Earl Grey and Welsh Breakfast Tea.
Tea and Cake is very conservative for Morgans brew excellent as they are. But using teas in roasting meats flavouring gins or cakes such as Earl Grey sponge. Delicious!
Morgans Brew
We have a selection of 52 bag and loose leaf teas to tickle your taste buds. Our range includes black, Earl Grey, caffeine free, infusions such as Herbal and Fruit, Chai and Speciality; all mixed for your enjoyment not only as tea for a drink of tea but for many other culinary delights.
Back in the days of a tea room in Shrewsbury, a plan was developed that a group of regular customers would sample a different black tea every day for a period of six months. After the sampling period was over, the collected results provided an overall winner. The top tea that they selected was a black tea from Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda and this was the beginning of Morgan’s Brew Tea.
- Traditional Plantations: Our teas are sourced from traditional plantations, and grown using natural methods.
- Non GMO: All our teas are non GMO.
- High Quality: The highest quality and purest teas are selected for our award-winning blends.
