It's another lockdown Easter this year, but I was able to pick up a few Easter treats in central London unlike last year. This year, some of London's best-loved bakeries are serving up Easter treats at a reduced opening days and hours. So, I thought that I would share with you, even if you're unable to get into London at the moment or are curious to see what is out there.
First up, we have Yolkin, which is famous for their ice cream macaron sandwiches. Yolkin have remained closed through this lockdown and have only just opened up last week. Always catering to the seasonal, Yolkin's treats are cute and flavoursome. This year for Easter, they are selling four different ice cream sandwich flavours with the Easter designs and a special ice cream sundae with a chick macaron and sprinkles. The ice cream macarons include a chick, rabbit, egg nest (pictured below), and lamb. The rabbit is a "rabbit candy" flavour, the chick a lemon cream cheese, the egg nest is chocolate, and the lamb cookies and cream. I had the chocolate egg nest, and it was delicious, and I would not expect anything less from them.
Additionally, they were selling four different types of macarons in the Easter theme - lamb, rabbit, flower, and chick. The chick was not available on my visit, but the other three are pictured below. The lamb is a matcha flavour, and the rabbit is chocolate. The flower, which was my favourite, is a rose and raspberry flavour.
Next up, we have Whipped, which is famous for their cheesecakes and moved into their new premises on Endell Street above Covent Garden. They have only fairly recently reopened again too, having been based on Drury Street around the corner but happened to close to move premises right before the first lockdown. I am not a cheesecake lover, but they have started to create stuffed cookies. They only had this one Easter cookie on the day, which was a stuffed carrot cake cookie. The cake inside the cookie had a cheesecake base, so I was not the keenish on it. However, I had also purchased a cinnamon bun stuffed cookie, and it was the best ever.
Lastly, we have Humble Crumble! They have been open during the lockdown and have become quite popular! Their crumbles are often seasonal and draw large crowds. For Easter, they had toasted meringue nests topped with Cadbury's Mini Eggs. There is also a choice of two flavours - blueberry and cinnamon or rose and raspberry. I opted for the first option, and it was one of my favourite crumble fillings from them.
For Mother's Day, they did extend their Valentine's Day offering featuring a heart-shaped chocolate. They just completed this before launching their Easter range.
Quite a few places have either shut permanently or temporarily and have not reopened, and I did not cover some of the options simply because I have not been making needless trips and have scaled down any time spent outside the home where others may be. I hope you manage to enjoy the day and the remaining time off.
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