Lardy Cake

[Bedford Red]

Thanks everyone. Obviously it's for sale in more places than i thought, but not in Bedford for some reason, i have tried trust me.

[THE FLASH]

Theres a Bakers in Bassett that sells a good one........Greggs is shite..too dry.

[reeves4england]

Theres a Bakers in Bassett that sells a good one........Greggs is shite..too dry.

*cough*

Sounds like you have a few options there, but the bakery in Borough Fields in Wootton Bassett sells it too. Love the stuff.

[Reg Smeeton]

 This takes me back....when I was a nipper, as a treat on a Saturday, we used to have a lardy delivered by a mobile baker, for a post match treat.  The old man would then despatch me down the street to buy a bottle of Tizer and a Football Pink. 

 Said lardy, was probably unlike today's effort's,  being coated by enough grease to lube the axles and pistons of an 0-6-0 Collett pannier tank.

 This was back when the "rag and bone" man still called with a horse and cart....I kid you not.

[reeves4england]

This takes me back....when I was a nipper, as a treat on a Saturday, we used to have a lardy delivered by a mobile baker, for a post match treat.  The old man would then despatch me down the street to buy a bottle of Tizer and a Football Pink. 

 Said lardy, was probably unlike today's effort's,  being coated by enough grease to lube the axles and pistons of an 0-6-0 Collett pannier tank.

 This was back when the "rag and bone" man still called with a horse and cart....I kid you not.

The ones in Bassett are pretty darn greasy! They stick to the bag so that it falls apart when you try to remove the cake, and its impossible to eat it without getting your fingers filthy. The way it should be!

[Bedford Red]

This takes me back....when I was a nipper, as a treat on a Saturday, we used to have a lardy delivered by a mobile baker, for a post match treat.  The old man would then despatch me down the street to buy a bottle of Tizer and a Football Pink. 

 Said lardy, was probably unlike today's effort's,  being coated by enough grease to lube the axles and pistons of an 0-6-0 Collett pannier tank.

 This was back when the "rag and bone" man still called with a horse and cart....I kid you not.

That was the best lardy cake, some of the new stuff i've had isn't anything like when i was a kid, the more stodgier and covered in grease the better.

And i remember the rag n bone man coming down our road in Bedford when i was young, on a horse and cart just like you said Reg, that took me right back.

[nevillew]

Growing up, "The Pie Shop" in Devizes used to make superb lardies, always queues on market days

[THE FLASH]

Growing up, "The Pie Shop" in Devizes used to make superb lardies, always queues on market days

We used to come over the plain from Codford for them...alas no more :-(

[STFC_Gazza]

The Cakehole on Moredon Road and Breadlines on Rodbourne Road do.

[ronnie21]

Talking of ther rag and bone man, anybody seen the guy with a pony and cart going round town collecting scrap metal?  Don't know wether he is just a diddy or what, but I do know he held a lot of traffic up who were following him up the hill by Christ Church last week!

[trogladite]

The Cakehole on Moredon Road and Breadlines on Rodbourne Road do.

We had one from the Cakehole today.  Fab. A little on the thin side but taste and lard content? Superb.

8 out of 10

[4D]

A Lardy has to be moist with plenty of fruit 

[sonicyouth]

bump

bought a lardy cake from nash's bakery in oxford market today, it's bloody wonderful. £2.25 for a big slab of the stuff.

[LucienSanchez]

I found some in Breadlines in Rodbourne last week, and it was an excellent attempt

[Peter Venkman]

My missus knows how to make it. Her Gramp used to be a baker and his bakery made the best lardy cake ever!

Bake one...post it.....nowwwwwwwwwwwwwww