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The Tea Barn at Durleighmarsh Farm specialises in some of the best homemade cakes to be found locally.
A real passion is all things cake led naturally to afternoon teas. A fine treat that is always homemade, fresh and seasonal. They use quality ingredients serving them with loose leaf tea or freshly ground coffee if preferred. Afternoon teas are available from early afternoon and require 24 hours notice as everything is made fresh to order.
“My best ever memory of true baking success was when I was about 3 or 4 years old & I made fairy cakes with my long suffering Mum. My Dad came home from work & I was so excited … Dad took a bite & rolled on his back with his arms & legs in the air to play dead – I just KNEW he loved them.”
As do so many of the customers who have found the Baking Bird, Lizzie Crow on her bun run. Homemade pies, savouries, quiches, tempting tarts, drizzled cakes and puff pastries.
The kitchen in her Dorset cottage is always busy. The walls lined with pots and pans, with herbs and ingredients in every nook and cranny and the wholesome heady aroma of freshly baked bread, cakes and pastry.
A regular at the Dorset Farmers Markets she can also be found at the Royal Standard in Upwey.
Waterhouse Fayre homemade preserves, jams, pickles and chutney can found throughout the West Country; in farm shops, delicatessens, specialist cheese shops as well as tea rooms, restaurants and hotels.
A journey which started as a way to use those surplus home grown raspberries by turning them into jam in Ann Stallard’s kitchen.
A business which started on Saturday mornings at the South Molton Pannier Market which has grown over the years.
But it is still a family affair which runs from home. Still only producing small batches in their preserving pans.
Producing the award winning traditional handmade jams, preserves, pickles and chutneys for which they have built an enviable reputation.