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.
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 July!
Using the delicious fruit & vegetables harvested in summer...
Courgette and Lime Cake
£12*
Using courgettes freshly harvested from their Cheshire field!
A tangy, summery cake filled with homemade Lime Curd and topped with lime glace icing and pistachio nuts.
Tour de France Love Buns! (GF)
£10*
Celebrating July's biggest bike race the Tour de France Love Buns are very much a chocolate lovers chocolate cake!
A gluten free chocolate sponge base with a fresh raspberry baked into their heart. Topped with chocolate frosting and a Tour de France fondant jersey. The buns are ideal for powering you up the Col du Tourmalet or Mont Ventoux!
Lemon Marmalade & Sultana Plant Loaf (VG)
£10*
As the season draws to a close we’ve had a glut of Lemons which we’ve preserved into a chunky, zingy marmalade.
The lemons are complemented with plump sultanas in our plant-based loaf cake.
Courgette & Lime Love Buns x2
£6*
Using courgettes freshly harvested from their Cheshire field!
Tangy, summery buns filled with homemade Lime Curd and topped with lime glace icing and pistachio nuts.
Bara Brith
£10*
A traditional Welsh cake (the name means 'speckled bread'). Delicious either by itself or spread with butter and jam.
The loaf contains no added fat and has a modern twist with addition of tangy, dried cranberries in addition to plump, tea soaked sultanas and raisins.
* Retail prices shown excluding delivery, please contact kate@runawaytrainbakery.com for wholesale prices