Bristol is already unfairly well-provided with artisan bakeries but here's another one from Laura Hart who used to bake the fantastic bread and cakes at Lido and before that at Q.V. and Bordeaux Quay.
I met her today at the Made in Bristol Craft Fair where she was running a joint pop-up tea and biscuits stall with Kate Gover of Lahloo Tea. She'd baked some amazing-looking mince pies and these delicious heart-shaped custard creams which tasted almost exactly as I remember them when I was a child, only crumblier and slightly less sweet. (Apparently the secret is using Bird's Custard Powder in the filling.)
She also sells her bread, croissants and cakes in Hampton Lane (just off Cotham Hill) from 8am to lunchtime Monday to Friday and normally has a stand outside Planet Pizza in Gloucester Road from 9am to lunchtime on Saturdays.
You can keep tabs on any other outlets via her website www.hartsbakery.co.uk
Those are darling!
ReplyDeleteThey are! So clever . . .
ReplyDeleteI made some almost identical custard cream hearts using a recipe in one of Nigella's books that also uses Bird's Custard Powder. They looked great but God they were sweet! Did you taste them Fiona?
ReplyDeleteAha! But yes I did taste them and no, they weren't oversweet (and I don't have a very sweet tooth)
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