People have been baking and eating cake since the dawn of history. As you may imagine, the cakes people were eating thousands ...

An Eccles cake is particularly good served with cheese, as at the acclaimed London restaurant St John, where it’s paired with a sharp, mature Lancashire. makes. 14. prep. 15 minutes. cook.

Mr Futter spoke out after Sainsbury’s began charging £2.30 for Real Lancashire Eccles Cakes — 61p more than at B&M. Morrisons also raised the price to £2.29, Asda to £2.20 and Aldi to £2.19.

Eccles cakes are a hot commodity, at least when they catch fire in microwaves. For as hellish as that sounds, it's not how the cake is tied to a religious ban.

People living in Dolwyddelan, Conwy county, have been finding almond tarts, lemon tarts and Eccles cakes on verges by the A470 - still in their plastic wrapping.