Breads & pastries

We make our bread the old-fashioned way, using only natural ingredients: top quality flour, water, just enough sea salt, yeast and, most importantly, plenty of time. Our doughs take between 12 and 48 hours to rise. This results in wonderful ‘real’ bread that is easily digestible and naturally delicious.

Our pastries, made with premium French pastry butter, are exceptional in flavour and texture. Sweet fillings include crème patissière, home-made fruit curds, Belgian chocolate and the best quality fruit. Our sausage rolls are generously filled with locally-sourced free range meat. Cheese straws are laced with punchy farmhouse cheeses.

Breads & pastries usually available daily Monday to Saturday:

• Holtwhites white, 50/50 and multigrain tin loaves, bloomers and bread rolls
• Chase sourdough
• Baguette and ‘Batard’ French loaves
• Ciabatta loaves and rolls
• 100% rye or seeded spelt & rye bread (wheat-free but not gluten-free)
• Sweet breads and buns: fruit & tea bread (except Fridays)
• Sweet pastries: croissant, pain au chocolat, almond croissant, pain au raisin, pastel de nata (Portuguese custard tart)
• Savoury pastries: sausage rolls

Other ‘specials’ are only available on certain days of the week:

• Tuesday – Irish Soda Bread (also on available on Fridays)
• Thursday – Olive Sourdough
• Friday – New York Deli rye sourdough; 100% wholemeal, Irish soda bread, chocolate bread; focaccia with rosemary & sea salt
• Saturday – Raisin & walnut sourdough; Kalamata olive ciabatta; focaccia with rosemary & sea salt, luxury cheese straw, special patisserie…

On Sundays we offer a smaller range of freshly-baked breads (French loaves, baguettes and Chase sourdough) along side our full range of pastries. Any bread left over from the day before is also available half price – perfect for toasting!

Please check our specials board, as daily specials may change from time to time. We also recommend that you call the bakery in advance to order a particular item to avoid disappointment, as popular breads and pastries can sell out early on busy days.

When it comes to cakes, we lean towards simple but delicious variations on classics. Best-sellers include our sensational double chocolate brownies, comforting tea-infused bread pudding, moist Earl Grey fruitcake and gluten-free orange & almond cake. Our hand-decorated gingerbread biscuits are a popular after-school treat for kids.

Like everything else at Holtwhites, we make all of our cakes and biscuits from scratch. We only use real ingredients, such as organic flour, free-range eggs and real butter, because we want everything to taste as good as it looks.

Our cake selection can vary from day to day, so it’s best to visit the bakery to see what we’ve got. If you want us to make something in particular, give us as much notice as possible and we’ll try our best to oblige.