Quick Cake Stop - Weenie Bakes

We haven't had one of these for a while, so here goes...time for another Quick Cake Stop. 

I recently went to see Shirley Valentine at The Lowry Theatre in Salford. On this particularly sunny Saturday afternoon, the Makers Markets were on at The Lowry Outlet Mall, just across the way. I’ll be entirely honest here and tell you that, really, I was only interested in the food stalls. Jolly good they looked too. Here’s a little tip though: this is something you should never do on an empty stomach. It’s dangerous.

Allow me to elucidate. Those never-ending Metrolink engineering works that have been taking place in some form or another every weekend since the animals came off the ark meant that it was another replacement bus day. My timing is generally impeccable. On a good day, you can set your watch by me. However, thanks to having to take a detour on an overcrowded bus slap bang in the middle of my journey, it took me far longer than anticipated to get to Media City. This meant that I didn’t have time to stop for lunch before the two o’clock show. Now, as we all know, food is at the centre of my universe, so the thought of skipping a meal brings me out in a rash. Sadly, on this occasion, I didn’t have a choice. 

Come 4.15 pm, when the curtain came down on the sensational performance, I was so ravenous I could have started chewing off my t-shirt, so I went for a mooch around the market to see what I could pick up to satisfy the hunger pangs. I came across a splendid little cake and brownie stall that traded by the name of Weenie Bakes. They’re a Manchester based company who specialise in hand-crafted cupcakes and custom made bakes for all occasions.

I’d never heard of them before, but it’s a discovery I’m glad I made. They had a selection of scrumptious looking brownies, all of which merged several of our favourite flavours together. It was a cake-lovers heaven.

First of all, there was the Lemon Cookie Dough Cheesecake Slice. Now, cheesecake is my all-time favourite dessert. When there’s cheesecake around, nothing else gets a look-in. That’s just the way it is. Lemon is one of my favourite cake flavours (lemon drizzle cake, hello) and cookie dough, well, that’s one of life’s greatest guilty pleasures. Merging these three flavours together was a taste sensation.

Lemon Cookie Dough Cheesecake Slice

It had a biscuit base, followed by a layer of lemon cheesecake. It was then topped with sponge and white chocolate chips. Hey, presto! What a creation.

My second purchase, which wasn’t for me but I had to try it for research purposes, was the ‘Slutty Slice’. This was a chocolate fudge brownie containing Oreo chunks on a biscuit base and topped with chocolate sponge. Normally I wouldn’t choose a chocolate brownie, as I find they can be too rich and stodgy, but this was delightful, which I think was due to the fact that it was primarily milk chocolate, rather than dark.

Slutty Slice

So, thank you, Weenie Bakes, for enhancing my weekend with your mouth-watering, inventive creations. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of my over-indulgence and look forward to sampling some more of your delights in the future. 

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