Cornwall

<p>And the new independent bakery in polperro is great!!</p>


<p>Hmmmm&#8230;. Not sure why you&#8217;ve missed this one gem but I feel its unfair they haven&#8217;t had a proper moment in the light&#8230;. </p>
<p>Out of the list above one very very important omitted unbelievably delicious and hugely popular patisserie is Choukette in Newquay hasn&#8217;t had its incredible foods highlighted. </p>
<p>So unique is Choukette that people are misding out from the utterly stunning representations and utterly delightfully tasting pastries and sweets. </p>
<p>They need their moment too</p>



<p>It’s&nbsp;<em>Bake Off</em>&nbsp;season and boy are we ready for it this year – the reliability of great bakes, good humour, and wholesome TV-shaped joy can’t be beat – and now I’ve got a hankering for pastries and cakes with ‘a good crumb’. Here’s Muddy’s pick of for where to head for the best bakes in Cornwall.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gorse_cornwall/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gorse</a>, Lanteague</h2>



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<p>Hipster sourdough heaven. Muddy Award finalists in 2025, find lovingly made sourdough loafs of all kinds and pastries beyond the usual croissants, plus eat in sandwiches and coffees. Get there early for the best of the pastries and baguettes &#8211; the sesame loaf is my favourite, but you&#8217;ll need a deep wallet for regular purchasing. Lots of handy parking, plus other interesting shops on the estate for all your purchasing needs (wine, surfboards, beer, etc!).</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.ladyvalebakery.co.uk/">Ladyvale Bakery</a><strong>, Nansledan</strong></h2>



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<p>A gem of a bakery, a proper vibrant yellow ray of sunshine on a cloudy Cornish day. Ladyvale is the bakery part of Woods Café, run by Lara, and winner of numerous Muddy awards including best café in 2019.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong><a aria-label="Electric Bakery (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.electricbakery.co/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Electric Bakery</a>, Bude</strong></h2>



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<p>Open Weds &#8211; Sunday, this bakery in Bude serves artisanal sourdough, specialty coffee and craft beers to the hip, surfer/ art crowd (the morning weekend queue is legendary), as well as hosting street food pop ups. Also donuts, which are amazing. The red velvet one was filled with cream cheese.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-stones-bakery-falmouth-amp-penryn"><strong><a aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.stonesbakery.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stones Bakery</a>, Falmouth</strong> &amp; Penryn</h2>



<p>You&#8217;ll find the OG Stones Bakery at the top end of Falmouth’s Old High Street, up towards the Star &amp; Garter, and the new bakery in Penryn too now, serving up their delish freshly baked goods &#8211; the bread is fab, but the cheese straws are what my kids go back for over and over, along with the quiches.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-magic-whisk"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/the.magic.whisk/">The Magic Whisk</a></h2>



<p>Bruno and Athina, aka&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/the.magic.whisk/">The Magic Whisk</a>&nbsp;are Muddy Award finalists and run a micro-bakery served from their cute pink van (plus soft-serve ice cream too). Find them popping up at farmers markets across the Duchy, including Truro, and Tregew Foodbarn.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="St Ives Bakery (opens in a new tab)" href="http://www.stivesbakery.co.uk/" target="_blank">St Ives Bakery</a>, St Ives</strong></h2>



<p>What springs to mind first when I think of St Ives Bakery is the&nbsp;piles of giant meringues in the window but they also&nbsp;make a fine&nbsp;pasty.&nbsp;They are handmade, freshly baked throughout the day and available in shortcrust or flaky pastry. Choose from traditional steak, lamb and mint, chicken, cheese n’ veg and more. And don’t worry if a seagull&nbsp;snatches&nbsp;it right out of your hands – it’s a rite of passage and you won’t make that mistake again.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-mardy-bakery-at-the-bothy-padstow"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mardy.bakery/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mardy Bakery</a> at The Bothy, Padstow</h2>



<p>Agathé&#8217;s French baked goodies are now only available for private commissions, but good news, she is also baking from Thurs &#8211; Sunday at The Bothy in Padstow. Follow the footpath up from Duke Street, where when the sun shines you can enjoy your cakes with coffee in the garden, or, tuck in away from the weather in the candle-lit bothy itself.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="St Agnes Bakery (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.stagnesbakery.co.uk/" target="_blank">St Agnes Bakery</a>, St Agnes</strong></h2>



<p>St Agnes Bakery won best local producer at 2021&#8217;s Muddy Awards and has been baking traditional Cornish recipes for over 100 years, including bread, cakes, pasties and their famed giant sausage rolls. Head in-store, or order online for their new delivery service.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-butchers-bakehouse-st-columb-porthleven-and-wadebridge"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebutchersbakehouse/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Butchers Bakehouse</a>, St Columb, Porthleven and Wadebridge</h2>



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<p>Artisanal bakers &#8211; baguettes, sourdough, cinnamon buns plus croissants and more &#8211; the Butchers Bakehouse was a welcome addition to Wadebridge when they opened, and now they&#8217;ve a branch in Porthleven too. My favourite are the biscoff pain au chocolate, the gooey cookies and the marmite sourdough, yes, really! Give it a try. They also serve coffee to take-away and sandwiches and salads.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong><a aria-label="Coombeshead Farm (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.coombesheadfarm.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Coombeshead Farm</a>, Lewinnick</strong></h2>



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<p>*The* foodie destination on the Cornwall/ Devon border, Coombeshead Farm is a restaurant with rooms, a collaboration between Tom Adams (of London restaurant Pitt Cue) and April Bloomfield (of New York cheffing fame) &#8211; as well as a working farm growing and raising pretty much everything they serve, it is also home to an outstanding bakery, headed up by Ben Glazer. Order sourdough bread in numerous top Cornish (and London) restaurants and you&#8217;re almost certainly eating Coombeshead bread &#8211; which is distinctively dark, malty and flatter than some bakeries offer. (They also make an excellent malt loaf&#8230;)</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-da-bara-bakery-indian-queens-amp-hawksfield"><strong><a aria-label="Da Bara Bakery (opens in a new tab)" href="https://dabara.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Da Bara Bakery</a>, Indian Queens</strong> &amp; Hawksfield</h2>



<p>Home to the best cinnamon buns in the world, or at least the UK &#8211; so good that you can buy them by post, so don&#8217;t fret if you&#8217;re nowhere near the cafés (and there&#8217;s a new one at Hawksfield near Wadebridge). Da Bara also sell their bakes and bread to other fab cafés, too many to list here, sadly, so keep an eye out. Other baked goods are available too, including sourdough bread, pastries and nearer to Christmas, some pretty awesome mince pies.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bb-s-bakery-pool-nr-cambourne-amp-redruth"><a href="https://www.bbsbakery.com/">BB&#8217;s Bakery,</a> Pool, Nr Cambourne &amp; Redruth</h2>



<p>BB&#8217;s operate an entirely gluten free kitchen and can also cater for other dietary and allergen needs, as they can make extra substitutions on top of the gluten free bakes and they are safe for Coeliacs, which is great news. As well as their café, they also appear at markets and food fairs. We loved the Brillionaire (brownie and caramel) and the pumpkin spiced latte bars sound great.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-jacka-bakery-plymouth"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JackaBakery/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jacka Bakery</a>, Plymouth</h2>



<p>Laying claim to being the oldest bakery in the UK (425 years!) and possibly the prettiest, Jacka’s is where you will find Muddy whenever we’re passing Plymouth Barbican, usually with an almond croissant or failing that a cinnamon swirl banana bread (or both) in our greedy little hands. And exciting news! They’re now open for your early morning coffee and cake fix, seven days a week, from 8.30am.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-heyl-bakery-plymouth"><a href="https://www.heylbakery.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Heyl Bakery</a>, Plymouth</h2>



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<p>Vegan bakes you’re after? Plymouth’s first 100% plant-based sourdough bakery, Heyl, is run by Sam and Kate who use locally-grown, organic and heritage grains&nbsp;for their delicious bakes. Their new shop at Alma Yard is now open where you can order online for Friday collection. Expect naturally leavened loaves and buns, and seasonally-inspired treats, including damson bread. Also a feature at Tavistock Market and a pop-up at Jar in Plymouth.</p>



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