March 4, 2012
Janet Currie has contacted Great Food to spread the word about Clandestine Cake Clubs running in the Midlands.
Clandestine Cake Clubbers have formed the following Midlands groups: Loughborough (where Janet bakes); Derby; Leicester; Market Deeping; Newark and Sherwood; and Coventry and Warwickshire.
Janet says: “The idea is that people bake a cake (often to a particular theme), meet, share and eat cake. That’s it.
“Most clubs meet in people’s homes or in cafes and usually comprise 10-25 people. The venues are kept secret until a few days before each event. The clubs are free, other than people either making a contribution to cover the cost of providing drinks, or buying drinks directly from the venue. They are for home and professional bakers alike.”
Loughborough Clandestine baker Halina Davies and a Lemon Vanilla cake
Janet and her sister started the Loughborough Clandestine Cake Club in July 2011.
She continues: “We like to add a little something extra to our Loughborough club events. We’ve had three meetings to date. At the first an artist brought a flock of little white paper birds, the second was at a secret hideaway in Swithland Woods, for the third we had a candlelit ‘Downton Abbeyish’ themed event.
“Our next event is on March 24 at a genuine 1940’s cafe at a working steam railway station.”
Becca Bryers, Elle Townsend and one Chocolate Hazelnut Love Cake
Great Food magazine will take a closer look at this intriguing movement in more detail soon.
Find out more at the very excellent Clandestine Cake Club website.
Here’s the link to the next Loughborough CCC event.
