A bakery and cafe adored by its customers is one of the national winners of the FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards. The Aberdaron-based bakery is run by Geraint and Gillian Jones and they have a few bakeries in north Wales.
The family bakery is now offering its various sweet and savory delicacies in Ruthin after opening up a new store earlier this year. It’s great news for me as I often pop into the bakery whilst waiting for my wife to come out of Slimming World.
Don’t worry, she has hit her target weight and it’s ok to treat ourselves every now and then. Bread and cakes are baked daily, and there are a few tables outside for you to eat your goodies whilst nursing a hot drink, that’s if the weather allows.
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The bakery is jam-packed full of sweet things and even sells its own range of honey. You can even grab a bag of ‘Jones crisps’ to go with your choice of sandwich or bap.
The display units are packed full of steak pies, pork pies and vegan oggies. How can you possibly resist the temptation?
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Well, the simple answer is that you can’t. There are loaves and sliced breads galore heaving behind the counter.
Below is a mind-blowing range of iced buns, apple pies, Viennese whirls, blueberry muffins and scones. Your eyes dart around as it’s impossible to make your mind up, especially with a long queue of hungry customers behind you.
I just stare at the cakes and start to panic as the patient staff member asks me what I would like. The bakery has recently brought back honey buns due to popular demand, so we decide to get our mitts on some sweet buns that were placed temptingly on top of the glass counter.
The honey buns were like a cross between an iced bun and a doughnut. They had a lovely buttery taste with a hint of honey. We wished we had bought some more.
We also picked a Twix bar cake, a heavy slab of dense chocolate heaven. It had a biscuity base with layers of creamy gooey caramel and a solid milk chocolate Twix topping - like a chocoholics’ dream.
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The Bakewell tart was a square traditional bake with a shortcrust pastry shell beneath layers of jam, frangipane, and a topping of flaked almonds. It was crisp, sweet with some glazed cherries on the top.
We decide to get a savoury fix with our last choice of a basic cheese and onion pasty. The golden pasty was stuffed full of gooey cheese and encased in a flakey puff pastry.
The melty cheese and onion filling oozed out of the case like a savory volcano. This great little bakery is both simple and unfussy yet sells no nonsense good quality produce.
The shop should have a warning sign that cautions you that the smells outside will entice you in against your will. You will go in for one thing and come out with two or even three items. Just remember not to buy all the honey buns before I get there.
The Facts - Becws Islyn Bakery
Honey bun £1.50
BakewelltTart £2.50
Twix chocolate cake £2.80
Cheese and onion pasty £2.80
Total £9.60
Opening Times
Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm
Atmosphere - It was emotional, even the cakes were in tiers.
Car Parking - Street parking opposite or public car park about 100 metres away.
Disabled Access - Not much room inside but tables and chairs outside.
Service - Some dream of cake, others bake it happen.
Overall - The bakery selling Honey Buns, which has customers queuing down the street.
Becws Islyn Rhuthun, 30 Clwyd Street, Ruthin, Denbighshire 01824 719420