Welcome to Once Upon a Tart… baking, goodies and jess’ everyday, culinary adventure in the merchant city,
–we love baking and good food soooooo we opened a place to do all things foodie _we specialise in proper teas, no tea bags for us , excellent coffees and good old fashioned food including soups, berry waffles, porridge, scones, muffins, cakes, banana bread, tarts, brownies, bread n butter pud, ooooohh the list goes on and on ,chunky bread sandwiches and daily specials. With a chilled atmosphere and loads of space we are perfect for business pow wows, girly teas, boys doing lunch, shoppers needing re-fuelled ….oooh and we try to use packaging products , all made from plants and are compostable, so they can turn back to soil in 12 weeks after use.(vegware.com)
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for our poor sick Clare and sicker (flu bug)Gareth…get better soon ,we have had to brig in the reserve team
a fab review from Stylists Emerald Street
We love the name, we love its cake and most of all, we love the attitude of Once Upon A Tart. Housed in an former art space, it’s a riot of pink and black Alice In Wonderland decor, which is also surprisingly relaxed. Come for brunch and order the amazing blueberry pancakes, or make a pitstop in the afternoon for pai mu tan tea (which translates as white hairy monkey tea) and the amazing raspberry brownies or the hot chocolate fudge cake. Whatever you order, it’s happy endings all round.
happy easter…spring is maybees here
we are so busy at tart we need more seats ahhh this is so what school dinner halls should look like…. a little bit of dayglo goes a long way
this will brighten up your monday morning as bright as custard oo off to make custard tarts
oooh and more yellow
we love love pink ,pastels, spring, sunshine ,heat, cake,especially once we add the raspberries mmm
raspberry cheesecake
pastel ice lollies
pink pink pink
pretty please …Santa we want this baby for Christmas
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here at once upon a Tart we have a thing for blueberries? Beautiful, blue, bloomy blueberries…
we become berry monsters,check out this absolutely perfect blueberry jam. It’s so straightforward that it seems silly to even share the recipe. But that’s its genius. Beneath all that obviousness is a jam that is so perfectly spreadable and so… blue. We have already eaten it on toast, biscuits, pancakes …if you don’t want to smash your face into a pile of it, then it’s probably not jam worthy.
BLUEBERRY JAM RECIPE:
2 lb 8oz (6 baskets) blueberries
2/3 cup water
2 lb sugar
juice of 3 lemons
1 package of liquid pectin
- Put the blueberries and water in a heavy pot. Bring to a boil, then cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. The fruit should be quite soft.
- Lower the heat and add the sugar and lemon juice. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Turn up the heat and boil for 5 minutes.
- Add the pectin and boil for another minute or 2, until it has set. I test for set by spooning the jam onto a plate that has ben stored in the freezer. We place it back in the freezer for 10 seconds and then press my finger to it. If it wrinkles, the jam is done.
-Ladle into hot sterilized jars and seal. If you’re storing it at room temperature, it’s a good idea to process them. It’s ready to eat the next day.
