Pontefract Cakes

Name: Pontefract Cakes
Brand: Taveners
SKU: pont0001
Price: 2.97 GBP
Availability: InStock

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Vegetarian
Gelatine Free
Natural Flavours
Natural Colours

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Description

Pontefract Cakes - Now, these traditional liquorice gums lovelies are iconic, and have been around for AGES. Listen to this for a priceless bit of trivia:

According to our in-house sweet anorak, the black liquorice Pontefract Cakes (aka Pomfret Cake, or Yorkshire Penny) with the imprint of the local Castle has been around since 1614! Originally, they were only made in Pontefract, an historic market town in West Yorkshire in England (Wakefield District if you want to be really precise!). Hence the name ... obvously! And they were made using the liquorice root that grew freely in that area. Liquorice is such a big deal there, that they now hold an annual Liquorice Festival! How cool is that?!

Other bits of related trivia:-

- Up to the 1960s the sweets were all made by hand by a Caker or Thumper
- In 1955 a caker was paid 4 pence a tray, with each tray holding 280 little balack chewy beauties!

Where exactly is Pontefract? It's an historic market town in West Yorkshire in England (Wakefield District if you want to be really precise!)

Allergens & Nutritional Information

Ingredients

Treacle, Glucose Syrup, Maize Starch, Invert Sugar Syrup, WHEAT Flour, Liqourice Extract, Modified Potato Starch, Sunflower Oil, Glazing Agents( E903: Carnauba Wax)

Flavours: Flavourings

Allergens: WHEAT

Typical Values: Per 100 g
Energy (kj): 1404 kj
Energy (kcal): 330 kcal
Fat: 0.3 g
Saturated Fat: 0.0 g
Carbohydrates: 79.6 g
of which Sugars: 43.7 g
Protein: 1.6 g
Salt: 0.14 g

Customer reviews

5 stars: 264 (74%)
4 stars: 70 (20%)
3 stars: 14 (4%)
2 stars: 3 (1%)
1 star: 4 (1%)

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Bought as a gift for a liquorice lover, highly recommend‎

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Nostalgic nibble‎

excellent flavour‎

Bought as part of a selection for a gift for OH, loves liquorice and aniseed and these are a favourite‎

The only problem with these is eating too many!‎

Just as good as when I was growing up(many years ago )‎

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Favourite ‎

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These are an old fashioned favourite and valuable for money.‎

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My mum loves these and is really pleased you can still get them. Another blast from the past! ‎

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Licorice as actual grown ups remember as still wonderful. ‎

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Good but not as good as some we have gad‎

Brought back memories great sweets ‎

Delicious‎

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Nice‎

Tasty old-fashioned goodness. I love liquorice.‎

Well packaged. Delivered quickly 👍‎

Bought to form part of a Christmas liquorice selection bag, for a liquorice loving relative. She opened these straight away as they reminded her of times with her Grandfather. Looked, smelt and tasted just like they did when I was much younger. The combination of black treacle and liquorice is a real treat.‎

Delicious liquorice.‎

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Really love the sweet Great service. ‎