Bakeries and delis
in Ross and Cromarty.

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Ross and Cromarty

Brownies, sourdough and scotch eggs.

Good baking is easy to find on the Black Isle and around it. In Muir of Ord, a cake shop and café bakes everything by hand, from brownies and cupcakes to seasonal muffins, with soups and sandwiches for anyone who wants something savoury. On Fortrose High Street, a husband and wife bake sourdough loaves, croissants and bundt cakes with no premixes. Along the same street, a café deli fills its counter with scotch eggs, pies and lemon tarts. The best things sell early, so go in the morning and take a loaf down to the shore.

From the magazine4 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 04Issue 04Spring / Summer 2022

Jeni Iannetta left a career in the arts to bake gin and tonic cupcakes at Bad Girl Bakery in Muir of Ord, in the Highlands.

Jeni worked for Scottish Opera and Dundee Contemporary Arts before she turned her passion into the day job. Her bakes went from a trestle table to the train when she was headhunted by the Caledonian Sleeper, and by the National Trust for Scotland too. That was the push, in 2017, to set up her own bakery and café with her husband, Douglas Hardie. The name is a playful poke at the old idea that if it's nice it must be naughty, and the café's motto is that bad girls make good cakes. Alongside the cupcakes, made with local Loch Ness Gin, you might find crème brûlée doughnuts and cherry cheesecake brownies.

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