Hot Cakes It is Salford’s sachertorte, Bury’s brioche, Bolton’s baklava and Chorlton’s croissant. It is the Eccles cake, a deceptively simple Manchester-made confection that ranks with the world’s best baked goods. In 1793 James Birch’s shop on the corner of Vicarage Road in Eccles began selling small, flat, raisin-filled cakes. They sold, quite literally, like [...]
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