Emergency Room

When there just isn’t enough time to make your own prescription, try one of these quick fixes taste-tested by the Cake Doctor!

• Fernandez & Wells of Soho offers delectable and organic cakes and tarts alongside excellent espresso (73 Beak Street, London W1F 9SR, ph. +44 7287 8124).
• The Nordic Bakery stocks cinnamon buns and oatmeal cookies full to the brim with warmth and spice (14A Golden Square, London W1F 9JG, ph. +44 20 3230 1077).
• Nude Espresso near Brick Lane makes a powerful coffee to wash down their pick me up cakes (26 Hanbury Street, London E1 6QR, ph. +44 78 0422 3590).
• Violet Cakes over Dalston way offers organic remedies, baked while you wait, and delicious warming teas to boot (47 Wilton Way, London E8 3ED, ph. +44 20 7275 8360).

And a little further afield…

• Adriano Zumbo Patisserie is filled with patisseries of exceptional quality, complexity and style (296 Darling St, Balmain).
• Bourke Street Bakery stocks artisanal breads and baked goods at several locations around Sydney, but my favourite’s on the corner of Bourke Street (633 Bourke Street, Surry Hills, ph. +612 9699 1011.