Lakeside Cabin Cafe (nr St Ives)

Cakes….really giant, tasty, homemade, moist cakes (End of review)…Ha ha not really but that does sum it up in 7 words.

We recently went on holiday to Cornwall, and this was one of the best places we ate at. As soon as I saw the pictures of the cakes I was so there. I mean, look at this monster…

I usually find that size doesn’t matter 😉 and in terms of cake the bigger is not usually the better, more times than not a cake is either large or delicious, but not usually both. At the Lakeside Cabin Cafe the cake I had was both extra large and more importantly extra delicious.

Going back to the beginning though, we arrived early for lunch and was lucky to find it pretty quiet. The inside of the cafe is quite small, but they have a small covered outdoor area and then a larger garden area over-looking the lake. The weather was a perfect 21-degrees-C with a clear blue sky, so it was a pleasure to sit outside on the picnic benches.

We ordered our giant cakes with a side of lunch, and whilst we waited we went over to the lake for a little walk, it was very pleasant. I had soup, my husband had a salad and the kids had toasted sandwiches. The salad had a strange mix of flavours (according to H) but I loved my soup, the bread and the soup were both pleasingly thick.

But to be honest it is a surprise that I even remember the soup because my brain was wiped of everything after I tasted that cake. I chose the double chocolate with fresh cream cake; to be honest, I wanted to live inside it.

The downside of the cafe, I suspect because of the cake, it became very busy very quickly and the staff were not able to keep up, though they were so nice. There were only two people working that afternoon, and it was not enough, we did have to wait a long time. Now it was worth the wait, trust me, but it did eat into one of our beach days on the way to St Ives.

My suggestion to you is: get the cake to take-away if it appears busy, and my small suggestion to the owners is due to the price I would have liked a half portion for half the price, because the portion sizes were giant and I could not eat it all – though I did try. But who is complaining really, you’ve seen the cake right?