Sourdough Bakery. Cardiff, Wales

May 2021

Walking through the residential streets of Cardiff's Roath, spotting the haunts of my student days, the last thing I expected to come across was an old garage, mid-terrace, housing a sourdough bakery.  Despite the small shop front, the bakery has a cavernous interior, plenty of space for all manner of sourdough loaves, including ones made with quinoa, and yesterday's bread going cheap.  

In the sweet treats line up, 6 flavours of doughnut sit alongside choc chip pretzel cookies, and their signature Queens - no less than 27 layers of melt in the mouth, flaky pastry, similar to a round, sugar-dusted croissant, filled with the flavour of the month which changes with the seasons.  Being the last day of the month, I just managed to get my hands on May's offering - the PBJ Queen.  The zingiest raspberry jam marbled with peanut butter diplomat cream - a genius invention I have to say, oozing with every bite from the soft, sugary Queen.  This really was the perfect pastry.

Find Friends in Knead on Moy Road in Roath, and take a big bag!

If it's plant-based bakes you're after, head to Wild Thing on Cathays Terrace for pay-what-you-can-afford cakes, coffee and brunch, with profit used to fund community projects.  There's a lovely courtyard out the back, the perfect spot to relax with a good book whilst you enjoy their produce.

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