[Review] Comforting school puddings at The Caramel Tart Company

I was on the 149 bus to London Bridge when I spotted this Caramel Tart shop on my left so took a picture of it.

At first, I thought it was just caramel tarts so I was thinking whether to check it out or not but then the foodie in me kicked in so I got off the next bus stop and literally walked back one stop to go to The Caramel Tart Company.

When I got there, it was definitely rewarding because it was not just caramel tarts but school pudding which got me excited!!

The amazing thing was that it had almost everything under the sun like crumble, cheesecakes, sponge puddings, tarts and vegan options with optional custard and cream.

On the first visit, I just got the Jam sponge with coconut and custard because I felt that it really represented my school puddings but to be honest it was really hard as the others choices were equally representative desserts like the Jam Tart, apple crumble, Chocolate sponge etc.

As well as the traditional choices, there were soda cakes which are made with fizzy drinks like Iron Bru and other flavours.

The jam sponge and custard definitely bought back school memories of the dinner ladies and the sponge was delicious as expected as it was fluffy and soft.

On the next visit, I decided to try something creative, so I had the mint chocolate aero sponge which was surprisingly good as it was chocolately with a minty kick.

Also had the cherry almond sponge which was visually nice with a lovely almond flavour to it.

Sadly, due to the Covid, I'm going to be stuck at home for a while so I stocked up on a lot of desserts from The Caramel Tart Company but in a way, the desserts will keep me happy for a few days.

Peach and pear crumble, cherry crumble and apple crumble:

The crumbles were amazing with cream and the crumble had a nice texture after it was reheated in the oven.

Cherry crumble:

Trio (Carrot Cake, Marble Cake, Red Velvet), Brownlicious, Upside down Pineapple sponge with treacle and Vegan Jam cake with coconut and Jam tart.

Trio (Carrot Cake, Marble Cake, Red Velvet):

The carrot cake was the best I've had in a while as it was moist with a lovely hint of cinnamon.

The red velvet was just as good.

Brownlicious:

Upside down Pineapple sponge with treacle:

Vegan Jam cake with coconut:

Jam tart:

All of them were amazing especially the brownlicious which was soft and chocolately and the pineapple one was sweet with maple syrup which goes well with custard.

I'm sure everyone knows about this company but if they don't I would definitely recommend it as they are on uber eats, just eat and deliveroo.

Locations:

Locations:

Aldgate - E1 2PS

Dalston - E8 4AA

Peckham - SE15 6TR

Tottenham - coming soon

Apple cream pie @ Little Mermaid Bakery

Got this because I like apple and puff pastry.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Apple cream pie:

 

Visually it looked nothing like an apple pie even though it was labelled apple cream pie.
It actually looked like a sausage roll.

 

I was hoping it would taste like an apple turnover which has apples and cream inside but there was no cream inside.
From the labelling it said there was crispy apple and hokkaido cream custard cream inside it.

 

 

Overall I found it too sweet especially the custard which was slightly sickly.
If they had used unsweetened cooking apples it would have balanced out the sweetness.
The puff pastry was slightly too buttery.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Apple crumble and custard @ H-Tea-O Tea Garden

Had a craving for apple crumble and custard, so came here for it.

I came during tea time hours, and ordered the apple crumble and custard.

I waited at least 15 minutes for it, luckily I didnt order anything else, the apple crumble is ready made, and the custard is ready made, all that had to be done was to re-heat it.

The apple crumble and custard tasted ok, the crumble wasnt proper crumble.
The custard was'nt that hot either, although it tasted good overall, the service could have been quicker, same with waiting for my change, it took ages.

Mini Egg custard mooncakes! @ 半島 Boutique

Got the mini moon cakes from Peninsula boutique, eight cute moon cakes in a box, two layers of four.

The pastry was very buttery, and when the packet was opened, you could smell the butter from the pastry.
The pastry was about 4mm thick, and tasted like the Taiwanese pineapple roll pastry, but softer.

The egg custard in the middles was warm orange in colour, and the texture was dense like cheesecake.
It was not too sweet, with full creaminess of the custard.