Welcome to The Runaway Train Bakery Bakery
The Runaway Train Bakery
The Runaway Train Bakery
The Runaway Train Bakery
The Runaway Train Bakery uses fruit and vegetables from Cheshire to create innovative and seasonal cakes.
The bakery uses local ingredients including free range Cheshire eggs & flour milled in Stockport. We also avoid the use of ultra processed foods and single use plastic.
In 2024 our Pink Ginger Cake won a Gold Taste of Cheshire Award as part of the Groobox entry in 2025 a Silver Award.
The story so far...
The Runaway Train Bakery
The Runaway Train Bakery
In the summer of 2024 I was struck by the lack of variety in the cakes available locally. I felt they didn't reflect either the season or their locality, and were made with margarine and other chemical 'nasties' and worse still were packaged in single use plastic.
Happily a local veg box provider bought into my idea for creative, cakes made from local ingredients. Groobox became my customer, veg supplier and the bakery's first home!
Why Runaway Train?
The Runaway Train Bakery
Why Runaway Train?
The bakery is named after a 1993 song 'Runaway Train' by Soul Asylum.
It was a very personal name choice & for me is about escaping from depression and a professional career that was making me miserable.
Nowadays 'Runaway Train' is often played at high volume as I bake and serenade the cakes.
Special Cakes
New Letters and Blogs
Why Runaway Train?
Cakes are a key part of every celebration! Our range always extends to include cakes for Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day, Halloween etc ...
Although cakes for special events aren't a mainstay of The Runaway Train Bakery we can happily produce them for customers on request.
New Letters and Blogs
New Letters and Blogs
New Letters and Blogs
I write a weekly news letter focusing on my current foraging, harvesting and baking. It also covers the development of new cakes & life in the kitchen.
In addition to being included in every cake box the news letters are also published as a blog below.
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New Letters and Blogs
New Letters and Blogs
Cakes for November!
Using the delicious fruit & vegetables harvested in autumn.
Black Treacle Bonfire Cake
£12*
A dark and gingery cake with a tangy lemon glaze and decoratyed with glace ginger and candied peel. Ideal eaten with a cup of tea on an autumn afternoon or around the bonfire.
S'mores Pies
£10*
A traditional Canadian bonfire treat S’mores pies are topped with toasted marshmallow. Underneath is a buttery biscuit base & a rich chocolate chunk brownie. A decadent and hearty autumnal pudding cake.
Orange Squash Loaf
£10*
Using seasonal Cheshire Squash, succulent sultanas and walnuts our loaf cake is flavoured with orange and spice. It’s topped with roasted pumpkin seeds.
The Orange Squash Loaf is ideal for packed lunches and keeps well in a cake tin (assuming it lasts that long…)
Chocolate Bundt Cake
£12*
A rich, chocolate bundt (ring) cake. Topped with a dark chocolate ganache and freeze dried raspberry crumbs.
Chocolate Raspberry Love Buns
£12*
A rich, chocolate bun with a fresh raspberry baked into it. Topped with a dark chocolate ganache and freeze dried raspberry crumbs.
* Retail prices shown excluding delivery, please contact kate@runawaytrainbakery.com for wholesale prices