Summer 2026 - Issue 184


A little bit of hygge in Barrow

Jonathon with his ‘sales assistant’ – daughter Amelia.
Today’s cinnamon buns were: salted caramel & honeycomb;
chocolate and caramelised nuts;
and vanilla cream cheese frosting

Anyone who’s walked past the Blacksmiths on a Saturday morning will have seen the sign for homemade cinnamon buns – from 8am in the morning until they’re gone! My husband brought a couple home with him (pistachio and white chocolate)… and they were sooo good, I wanted to find out

Jonathon Kempson is a chef at the Blacksmiths and he’s the one who’s been getting up early on a Saturday morning since April to bake these delicious ‘feel good’ buns. They are well worth getting up for!

Karisa Krcmar

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