Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2009 | Page 91

FOOD & DRINK

life

Local food & drink
Quirky cakes for
Quirky customers
Honing her skills at the Quay

and Pecan, Beetroot and

Arts where Tess Barlow was

Brazil Nut, Sweet Potato and

head chef from 2001 to 2005

Chocolate Fudge, Butternut

and Quirky Cakes are the

Squash and Coconut and the

product of the prototypes

original favourite Carrot Cake.

Tess tried out on her willing
customers.
“It was a variation on the

Quirky Cakes are currently
sold by The Real Island Food
Company, Brighstone Stores

theme of carrot cake, using

and at the Vectis Food and

different root vegetables and

Craft Market, or can be

spices,” she explained. Her

ordered direct from Tess on

five staple cakes are: Parsnip

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