Tesco recalls cakes after walnut mix-up

Tesco has recalled some of its “finest chocolate cake” range after discovering it contained walnuts following a mix-up with carrot cake.

A manufacturing error led to the nuts being added to the £2.75 cakes, with a best-before date of Jan 17, because of the undeclared allergen.

Tesco said: “We have been made aware by our supplier that due to a manufacturing error that a small number of boxes from one date code have been incorrectly packed with carrot cake. The cake contains walnuts and as such has incorrect allergen information on the packaging.”

Anyone with the affected product will be given a refund in store.