Bhen I left London to live in the countryside, it took a while to feel at home. For the first few weeks, I felt very uncomfortable. “Bake a cake,” said my partner, not in the least altruistic, as I hadn’t made any homemade treats since we moved in. So I did. The first thing I made was the most quintessential English teatime treat, a Bakewell tart. I make a really good Bakewell tart, using a recipe I discovered a long, long time ago and never improved on. And it worked, I felt at home.

That’s what I thought about when I opened a bar, a really big bar, Fatso (I really can’t decide if I love or hate that name – my two Gen Z babies can’t believe that a name like that is acceptable). Anyway, the new bar they’ve just launched is called Sweet Tart, costs £6.75 and I really enjoyed it. Not in a “I could eat half a bar” way, but in a “one piece is lovely, thank you” way. (I should probably point out that there’s also coconut in there, which I couldn’t really taste but which gave the whole thing a nice mouthfeel.)

It is dark chocolate, but not too dark at 60%, and it contains shortbread pieces with cherries and almonds.

Speaking of coconut, I also have some delicious coconut macaroons drizzled with 85% chocolate from Pump Street£1.95 each (available in store only or online as part of the Pastry Box). Coconut macaroons remind me of my mother-in-law making them on rice paper (have we stopped using rice paper since baking paper and non-stick trays came along?) and are another quintessential English treat.

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