Tales of the Unexpected at Townhouse Coffee and Brew Bar, Preston

South Lancashire Clandestine Cake club has been running  for over 6 years and over the years for our 39 and counting events we have been hosted by lots of lovely venues. We have lots of favourites, one of which we paid a return visit to for our most recent event.

We have loved them all, all different in their own way. So we were really pleased when we were invited back to hold another event at this great little coffee house in Preston.

Run by the a great team we love this venue, it's so friendly and the refreshments are second to none, the Townhouse is a wonderful retreat from the busy town centre. Its so calming...

For our theme this event we decided on "Tales of the Unexpected" and we really enjoyed chatting through the "unexpected" ingredients in our cakes, great fun and some amazing combinations.

Lemon and Lavender drizzle cake containing swede. This was also gluten free

4 C's cake - included cauliflower

Rich Porter Cake - West Indian Porter

Rich Dark chocolate cake - Guinness

Citrus and Cardamon cake - chickpeas. Gluten Free

Julie's Swiss roll - Spinach

You can find the Townhouse Coffee and Brew Bar on Friargate, in Preston Town Centre

Tolkien Inspired cakes at Townhouse Coffee and Brew Bar, Preston

For those of you in the know, the 25th of March every year is Tolkien reading day, so as we held our last cake club on this date, I decided that we would have a Tolkien inspired cake theme.

Our lovely members ever inventive came up with some fantastic cakes which fitted the theme perfectly.

Bilbo's Tea cake

Anglo Saxon shield and seax cake

Evil Eye ginger cake

Magic lemon cake

Beorns Honey cake

Chocolate "ring" cake

Chocolate orange ring cake

Blueberry lavender shire cake

Our lovely venue was the Townhouse Coffee  and Brew Bar on Friargate in Preston town centre. Our hosts were fabulous, so welcoming and lovely attentive service, they couldn't do enough for us.

We thought the decor was great and loved the book swap area, the menu was also fabulous and featured some lovely dishes and the drinks were great, they have Origin coffee ( as chemex, aeropress, pourover and expresso) and Birdhouse teas. Please pay them a visit while you are in town. They are open Monday to Saturday.

We love independent coffee shops and their individuality, fresh flowers, quirky decor and great service with a smile.

Individual pots of tea and cute little urns of milk

You can find the Townhouse Coffee and Brew Bar at 62 Friargate, Preston . They are on facebook

Cosy corners to relax and lose yourself in a book

Says it all really .........