Artful Cakes

 Company of Cook's Atelier at the Royal Academy's Burlington Gardens with superb cakes

 Chocolate Cashew & Salted Caramel, Florentines and Rumbles

 Apple & Two Seed Almond Cake, Sticky Buns and Lamingtons

Rhubarb & Ginger and Red Velvet

Muriel's Cakes & Colanders

 Muriel's Kitchen now has three outlets with this latest one in Soho.

 Cakes are the feature

 plus colander lights

 swinging seats

 and pastries with a twist - sour cherry mince pies and berry topped chocolate loaf.

Barbican Beauty

Cake table at Compass' Foodhall in the Barbican.

Cakes & Carvery

Bowler hat lights plus bread and cake display table at Euphorium Bakery's new unit in the City.

 Carvery unit

 Tea & Toast Offer.

Little Waitrose: Big Offer

The "Little Waitrose" in the City has tempting displays, fresh unrefrigerated baguettes ....

.... and free take-out coffee for Waitrose card holders.

Get Stuck In

Yorks Bakery Cafe with their own cakes and traybakes including Salted Caramel Brownie, Black Treacle Tart, Peanut Butter and White Chocolate Blondies.

Love the 'Vote with Your Coffee Bean' satisfaction monitor by the way out and offer of a free coffee when you complete their on-line survey.

Free water available in recycled beer bottles

The English Are Coming

Lille, France boasts almost no cafes such as we have in the UK and the first are just opening up.  Coffee Makers import Has Bean coffee from Staffordshire - a real export success.

 Ambient display of pastries and sandwiches

 The one small chain that does exist is called Notting Hill Coffee.

N4 Find

 Boulangerie Bon Martin in Finsbury Park N4

Coming to a Tesco Near You?

 Harris & Hoole's flagship in Cannon Street has a good looking food offer.

Small Cafe:Great Offer

 Tempting food display in the tiny Attendant cafe.

Wooden Spoon Signage

Guest Spot

Photo taken at Greene King Food Festival last weekend sent in by Claire Martinsen, Founder of Breckland Orchard Drinks.  Claire says "the wooden spoons were effective and made a cheap way of marking prices!  Would work brilliantly well in cafes for cake pricing".

Buy With Your Eyes

 Konditor & Cook at Borough Market - the display above was outside on the street.

Balthazar Beauties

 Quiche

 Salads

Cakes and perfect looking scones

Barcake

 Barcake had a great display at IFE with new product development Salted Caramel Bubble Bar

 and Red Velvet Squares

8 Layer Pop Up

Guest Spot

Pop up Karantania Deli cafe at Westfield Stratford spotted by Tony McVerry - the 8 Layer cake and Pasta baked Muffins look interesting.  Karantania pop up at market stalls all over the place  http://karantaniadeli.co.uk/

Third Floor Espresso

 Banana bread presentation plus upsell toasted and served with honey and cream cheese at 3FE, Dublin

 3FE in Dublin is serious about coffee - see why 3rd Floor Espresso is called what it is at http://www.3fe.com/about/our-story/ and how the owner Colin Harmon went from investment banker to one of the best Baristas in the world.

The slot in the table for the menu card was a neat, simple idea.

Coffee tasting menu