The Thousands

Summer is well and truly here. But it doesn’t mean you have to spend those sunny days turning a painful shade of rouge on the beach or sweating on the couch watching the tennis and wishing Raf was your boyfriend. Summer means Port Elliot and its glorious bakery.
 Port Elliot Bakery has been a south coast cult tradition for 17 years amongst those in the know. Not a scary one where 8 year old girls marry their uncles, but rather one for those addicted to freshly baked carbohydrates. And there’s some good news for those of us who are stingy at the petrol pump, the Port Elliot owners have given birth to a new, closer member of the tasty family on Brighton’s Jetty Road.

Whether you’re feeling for a sausage roll, craving a kransky or pining for a pie, the Brighton Jetty Bakery offers all the usual suspects with the same well-loved recipes. But the sweet stuff is what really brings all the boys to the yard. Vanilla slices, custard tarts, bee stings and finger buns all represent and the chocolate donuts have stolen my heart. None of this stale, cakiness you find on the $1 donut shelf at the supermarket and no more just biting the icing off and throwing the rest to the gulls. The dough is chewy and sweet yet still so fluffy it makes the perfect pillow to rest your head on when you pass out in a baked food coma.
 So when you’re next in Brighton remember to slip, slop, slap and stuff your face.