Hannah’s taste test: Light, fluffy – and on a Dudson plate too!
ONE of the first things you will notice in the café is the large clock, which used to be housed in the old library in the Ironmarket. The 130-year-old timepiece originally sat in the tower of the long-demolished Municipal Hall, and its ticking provides a restful backdrop. There were a wide range of cakes on the menu, all priced at £2. I could have chosen a slice of traditionally made lemon drizzle, chocolate, biscoff or
Victoria sponge cakes, or gone for a gluten-free Victoria sponge or vegan orange and chocolate chip muffins. I went for the biscoff cake, mostly because no one had tried that one yet and it looked so deliciously tempting. It was served on a Dudson plate – of course I turned it over!
Biscoff biscuit. The cake itself was light and fluffy and tasted unmistakably homemade. The icing was very sweet – not a problem for me with my sweet tooth – and I saved the biscuit to dunk in my coffee (£1.75).
A new machine will allow all manner of posh coffees to be whipped up, but mine was perfectly fine as it was. And it was served in a Friends of Brampton Museum mug, with a Fentonbased Finsbury China backstamp, and a little glass bottle of milk.
I’ve been a regular visitor to Brampton Museum my whole life, and there’s no doubt that the Little Vintage Tearoom has added another reason to keep coming back.