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Old Original Bakewell Pudding ShopNewest Review: ... across the road from the White Horse Inn. This building is now known as the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop. Today the Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop is a thriving enterprise that still makes these puddings to the original recipe by hand. These puddings are now exported all over the world from here and the visitor can buy hampers and have them posted out to an address anywhere on the ... more |
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by - written on 16/10/07 (Very useful, 229 readings)
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The Derbyshire Village of Bakewell is famous for giving its name to a unique desert that is now known world over as either Bakewell tarts or Bakewell puddings. There is a great deal of debate regarding the name, although locally there seems to be a preference to using the name pudding rather than tart and I shall therefore hereafter adopt that same nomenclature. The very first Bakewell puddings were made at the White Horse Inn in the village in 1860 when the cook made an error whilst making strawberry tart for her guests and spread the egg mixture on top of the jam instead of stirring it into the mixture. The result was so successful that a local woman ... Read the complete review
by - written on 16/10/05 (Very useful, 1333 readings)
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We had a weekend in Derbyshire last month, and when I texted my mum to tell her we’d found a place to stay in Bakewell she immediately replied to say bring her back a tart. Luckily we’d already spotted a quaint little shop called ‘The Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop’ so this was the first port of call. Set in the centre of Bakewell Village, the Pudding Shop immediately caught my eye because of the prettiness of the exterior of the place. The whole of Bakewell village seems to be built with huge great blocks of stone, and the Pudding Shop is no exception. It looks quaint, with the dark green paintwork and white stone I almost expected to see an E on the ... Read the complete review
by - written on 12/01/01 (Very useful, 196 readings)
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In supermarkets they sell a silly little cake called a Bakewell Tart. If you visit Bakewell in Derbyshire then you will see the real thing and it is not a Bakewell Tart but a Bakewell Pudding. It is believed that the first Bakewell Pudding was made by mistake around 1860 when a cook preparing strawberry tarts spread the egg mixture on top of the jam instead of mixing it into the pastry. These puddings were so popular they have been made ever since. The Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop has a plaque on the wall outside stating that they have been making Bakewell Puddings since 1889. This is the shop to visit if you want the real pudding. There are a ... Read the complete review

