Country Fare Cumberland Rum Nicky Fruit Cake 700g

Country Fare Cumberland Rum Nicky Fruit Cake 700g

Product number: 61228

In the late 18th century the ports of northern Cumberland were very important centres of trade, renowned for the importation of sugar, spices and rum. Inspired by these flavours and named after a traditional regional tea-time treat, Country Fare’s Cumberland Rum Nicky Fruit Cake is a moist, rum-infused cake with a hint of ginger, beautifully topped with nuts and a large slice of crystallised orange.

It’s a real treat served after dinner with mature cheeses like cheddar – in the proper tradition of northern ‘suppers’ – but it’s also delightful with a cup of afternoon tea, even if you don’t take your brew strong enough to stand a spoon up in, like so many local farmers do.

The History of The Cumberland Rum Nicky

Often seen in Cumbrian farmhouses and bakeries as some sort of variation on a pastry slice or lattice-topped tart, the origins of a Cumberland Rum Nicky are lost in the mists of time – there’s even a suggestion that its name comes from illicitly traded goods, ‘liberated’ from the rum importers in Whitehaven – but every recipe agrees on two things, it should be moist and chewy, and it should have lots of rum!

About Country Fare

Based in the picturesque valley of Mallerstang, near Kirkby Stephen, Dianne Halliday has converted a barn in the grounds of her working sheep farm into a real cottage industry. Inspired by traditional family bakes that have been passed down and perfected through the generations, she and her team of baking experts, gathered from the surrounding farming community, use the freshest possible ingredients to make unbelievably delicious fruit cakes.

Something magical occurs before a finished product leaves the Country Fare bakery, resulting in the moistest, most flavoursome fruit cake imaginable. Maybe it’s something in the beautifully fresh air of the valley where Dianne and her expert team do their baking. Maybe it’s the fact they bake everything by hand using only the finest local ingredients. Maybe it’s down to the time-honoured family recipes, taste-tested and refined through the ages… Whatever it is, the results speak for themselves – there really is no other cake quite like a Country Fare Cake.

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