Fat Rascals and Christmas cake
Christmas at Bettys is both homegrown and distinctly continental. Stollen and shortbread tempt alongside fondant fancies, fruitcake and Fat Rascals. Tea-room blend is to be taken with lebkuchen, while hand-foiled milk chocolate guineas can be exchanged for a white chocolate franc. Enjoy Florentines from the Ilkley Hamper, Yorkshire gingerbread and the Swiss Grand Cru Bettys Express with a slice of chocolate sachertorteor soft iced Christmas cake. Celebrating its centenary this year, Bettys offers a masterclass in festive feasting.
Founded in 1919, there are six Bettys Café Tea Rooms across Yorkshire today, as well as a craft bakery, cookery school and thriving online service. The unusual Swiss-Yorkshire heritage is rooted in legend. Fritz Bützer, a Swiss baker and confectioner who later changed his name to Frederick Belmont, travelled to England in 1907 but lost his destination address . Unable to speak a word of English, a kindly local translated ‘’ (German for sausage) for Bradford and put him on a
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