Eccles Cake Festival - 7-13th October 2013 (2 Viewers)

As part of the upcoming National Cake Week Eccles town centre near Manchester will be hosting their very own Eccles Cake Festival in October!

There will be a host of exciting things going on in the week with everything from competitions, arts & crafts to walks and market stalls etc. So why not join in the fun!

Eccles Cakes are named after the English town of Eccles although it is uncertain who in fact invented the recipe. James Birch is credited with being the first person to sell Eccles cakes on a commercial basis, which he sold from his shop at the corner of Vicarage Road and St Mary’s Road (now known as Church Street) in the town centre, in 1793.

 

[Jean]

We're going tomorrow and looking forward to it.

 

[Angie]

I am hoping that my little budding assistant gets me lots of photo's.

 

[Jean]

We did, Hannah got some lovely shots.

 

[Angie]

Here are some of the yummy pictures that Hannah took of some of the cake stalls at the Eccles Cake Festival:








Ha ha the Cookie Monster makes an appearance!




Macaroons draughts or chess you decide! Although you may have to add different colours if you were playing chess so that you could distinguish between the pieces.




These are craft faces that you can paint, Hannah painted the giraffe. These rocky roads look


I love the green colour used on this cake, it's beautiful.


Here are lots of Halloween goodies for sale.




Carrot Cake hmmmm.

Here are the pride and joy of Eccles....the cakes themselves!







Along with all the yummy cakes there were also other market stalls running, crafty design and stoneware being decorated. Blind taste testing for the Eccles Cake versus Chorley Cake and the Eccles Borough Band played during the afternoon.

A lovely afternoon was had by all accounts.

 

[Jean]

Hannahs pictures have turned out really well.