The Cake Lady of Darjeeling - India

Sticky Date Cake with Palm Sugar Icing

I heard about Helly the cake lady from an article in Sbs food magazine, Feast which made me even more sure that I had to visit the hill station of Darjeeling in India's North east. You won't find cakes this good anywhere in India let alone your local coffee shop at home!

Helly, originally from New Zealand moved to Darjeeling 3 years ago and has started a business baking the most beautiful moist cakes and selling them to the tourists and coffee shops.

There is no better way to enjoy a freshly brewed Darjeeling tea than with one of these! :) Helly uses local and organic ingredients wherever possible so the cakes often come with new and interesting decorations using special types of seeds and all sorts of special stuff she sources from the hills of Darjeeling.

We tried the Chai Carrot Cake, the Lemon Syrup Cake with Lemon Cream & the Sticky Date Cake with Palm Sugar Icing... Mmmmmmm