Yesterday I went to the RHS garden, Rosemoor at Great Torrington, North Devon, you may have seen my rose photos. What I didn’t know until I got there, was that they were having a local food festival. There was fish, preserves, cheese, cider, wonderful sausages and ethically produced meat and the strongest chilli chocolate I’ve ever tasted. I wasn’t going to let it beat me, but I bought a milder bar with coffee added. The bread was gorgeous, I chose a densely textured, dark loaf with apple that is perfect on its own or with the tiniest sliver of cheese.
My favourite stand by far was Tom’s Cakes. Tom has a little shop in Combe Martin where he sells heavenly mousses and bavarois, truffles, tarts and loads more indulgent, diet busting, delights. My photos do not do them justice, they are exquisite, but look at these and drool.
They are made with pate sablee pastry, real vanilla and must be the best outside of France. Tom has won Gold awards for his Blueberry Frangipane, and White Chocolate and Rasberry Bavarois in the Taste of the West Awards. There are a couple of wedding cakes on his website, have a peep. http://www.northdevoncakes.co.uk/#/photos/4572073167
Lucid Gypsy 
Gilly, my mouth is watering! Just as well for my diet that there’s a few thousand miles of salt water between me and his shop 😉
This is obviously a case where you cannot decide what to choose and also a case of acquiring a temporary memory loss (diet? what diet?!!!) 🙂
Your photos show some delicious treats. We’re they okay with you taking photos?
Those little chocolate covered mice look so cute 🙂
oh my! luckily I have not yet had breakfast … .but those fabulous looking cakes have given me ideas for later in the day … he is an artist!
Good thing I didn’t know about the food festival. Just looking at your photos has me salivating. The mice are nice, as are all the tarts. Yum.
Yummy! Yummy!
I have never heard of this? Wow ! “strongest chilli chocolate I’ve ever tasted. I wasn’t going to let it beat me, but I bought a milder bar with coffee added.”
Cannot imagine !
What a treat
How fabulous. Can we see photos of the cheese please? I prefer it to cake…
Now I’m hungry…
I am drooling!
An unexpected food festival at a beautiful garden!
Your trip to Rosemoor fed all your senses! 😉
That dark loaf with apple sounds too delicious, Gilly. 🙂 I’ll have one of the chocolate mice for afters.
Yum! Which cake is your favourite?
Your magazine-like photos do them justice. Salivating.