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Madeleine Jenness and Ellie Moodley from Southampton have been crowned the winners of our bake-off style competition recently. Madeleine won in the adult’s category, while 13-year-old Ellie won the competition in the under 16s category. Their winning bakes will now be made and sold throughout …
Amateur bakers get ready! We are so excited to be hosting our first ever Great CommuniBake Off this summer. It takes place on Saturday, July 30 and as well as being huge fun, it will also help us raise funds for a new bread slicing …
This month we’re celebrating National Cream Tea Day (June 27) and to mark the most delicious day of the year, we thought we would bring you some of the history behind one of the nation’s favourite traditions. If you read our recent blog post about …
Nominations for the BBC Food & Farming Awards are currently underway, and we would absolutely love it, if you could nominate us in the Best Shop or Market category if you have ever enjoyed one of our delicious bakes or savoury treats. For this award, …
National Picnic Week takes place in June and we like nothing better than a good old fashioned British picnic. We’ve put together some of our top tips to help you have the perfect picnic: Next time you’re having a family day out, stop by and …
The sponge cake can be traced back to the 15th century. It was one of the first types of cake to be made without yeast and the term ‘sponge cake’ comes from the sponge-like openness of the crumb. It became the pinnacle of British food …
Here at CommuniBakes, we’re partial to a traditional afternoon tea. In the 21st century, it’s all about sandwiches, cakes, scones and cream and jam, and a good cuppa, but it used to be very different. Back in the mid to late 1800s, afternoon tea was …
We know that times are tough for many people out there, so those more fortunate than others can do their bit for their neighbours in the community, who might be struggling, by purchasing vouchers from us for loaves of bread or cakes and other sweet …
Communicare is hosting a plant sale here on Saturday, May 7 from 10am until 12.30pm and is asking people to sow extra seeds, take cuttings and grow on plants to sell to raise funds for the charity.
Great news! If you’d like to walk your pet pooch to our community bakery when you pop in for your favourite bakes, you can now use our new Park’n’Bark. It’s being modelled here by Wilbur, who is well known to the team, volunteers and friends …