Savoury Pastry and Quiche Class

A class to teach you the secrets of delicious pastry. You will learn how to make short crust pastry the French way, and also discover a delicious and simple alternative to puff pastry. Together we create our famous beetroot quiche for you to take home, share, and show off!  We also make mini quiches, perfect for parties. The class takes place around the long wooden table at our shop in Kemp town. It's a really fun and informative class. We have a break for coffee and something hot and sweet from the oven! Take home a whole quiche, fun mini quiches, and your own rough puff pastry. We give you class notes and recipes, and further ideas to make the most of all you learn. 1.00 - 4.30p.m.

Bunny Illustrated Easter Egg

Christmas Cake

We put sherry, brandy, peel, lots of fruit and perfect spice into this juicy Christmas cake, Wrapped in think artisan marzipan made only with real almonds - limited number, order early to avoid disappointment!

12cm £10.50
16cm £18.00
20cm £28.00

Traditional Chocolate Log

The classic traditional chocolate log recipe. Genoise sponge rolled up around a delightful whipped ganache. Wheat-free. 10.5cm £9.45 14cm £12.60 17.5cm £15.50 21cm £18.60 32cm £27.00

Croquant Log

Rich chocolate mousse set on a layer of ganache over a praline base. Drizzled with a dark chocolate glaze. 10.5cm £9.45 14cm £12.60 17.5cm £15.50 21cm £18.60 32cm £27.00

Framboisier Raspberry Cake

Light Genoise sponge soaked in a syrup, and melt-in-your-mouth chiboust cream turned in with raspberries. A summery delight!   Please allow 2 days notice

Mousse des vagues

One of the most delightful and popular mousse cakes. Velvety dark and milk chocolate mousse and raspberries. Wrapped in a thin chocolate case and standing on a light flourless, chocolate sponge. The top is layered with dark chocolate waves, which is where it gets its name - mousse of waves!   Please allow 2 days' notice

Fraisier Strawberry Cake

This cake is a summer classic, comprised of moistened, génoise sponge layers separated by a light vanilla chiboust and fresh strawberries. Extremely popular for birthdays, a great cake to decorate with a special birthday message. Also good to tier into a stunning display. The Fraisier is finished with a softly set fruit glaze and decorated with berries.   Please allow 2 days' notice

Metis Mousse with Gold Dust

A rich chocolate mousse with a vanilla crème brûlée centre and a soft sponge base containing no flour. Beautifully finished with a mirror glaze and gold dust sprinkle. If you like chocolate mousses you may also like to try the croquant chocolat! Celebration messages can be written with dark or white chocolate.   Please allow 2 days' notice

Raspberry and Passion Fruit Mousse

A deliciously fruity combination of light, tangy passion fruit mousse and raspberry mousse on a moist almond sponge base. Raspberry glaze finish makes it very pretty to adorn with a message.    

Croquant Chocolat

The Croquant Chocolat makes a fantastic choice to present as a birthday cake as it lends itself so beautifully to being adorned with a special birthday message. Light, wonderfully chocolatey, and perfectly balanced in richness - the Croquant is a very special treat. A crispy praline base covered in a layer of dark chocolate ganache. Then a medium-dark chocolate mousse topped with chocolate glaze.   Please allow 2 days' notice

Tiramisu Vegan Cake

Luxurious vegan layered cake, a real treat! The bottom genoise sponge layer is infused with rum and fresh espresso coffee. The next layer is a light vanilla, cashew nut and maple syrup mousse. Then, a smooth creamy coffee and date layer - topped with rich dark chocolate vegan ganache - and dusted with cocoa! Go on, treat yourself!    

Fraisier Wedding or Party Cake

The Fraisier cake displayed on a 3 tier stand. This strawberry based cake is perfect as a summer wedding cake or birthday party cake. Read more or see our cake display kit at the end of this menu. You may also be interested to read about our Piece Montee wedding cake, a traditional show-stopping tower of creme patissier filled profiteroles.  

Cake Display Stand

Choose whatever cakes you like and display up to five tiers on this display. It's very easy to put together and can be assembled on site. The display can be borrowed for no charge, although we do need to hold a deposit. Please note you are advised to keep your cakes chilled until an hour before eating them.

Artisan baguette

This baguette won the World Bread Awards in 2018. It's made with traditional French flour, a sourdough poolish (batter-like dough) and a small amount of yeast. Very crusty, the best bit being the particularly crunchy pointy ends. We bake the rolls shown here late in the morning to use them for simple but the most delicious lunchtime sandwiches!  

Chewy Brown

Traditionally called a campaillou, this is one of our most popular loaves. Perfected by Real Patisserie and now very much part of Brighton's food culture introduced back in 1999. The Chewy Brown loaf is made from a combination of rye and malted wheat sourdough, is good for almost anything, but makes particularly wonderful toast!

Chewy White

An open textured crusty white bread excellent for toasting. The dough is fermented in tubs and knocked back and folded over the course of the day until it is cut into chunks and and loaded into the oven. Full creamy flavour. The bread is baked very hot so you can relish the wheaty aroma of the deeply caramelled crust!

Spelt sourdough

What a bread! An Open Bakery special... Deeply caramelised, aromatic crust. The most wonderful thing about this loaf is the wholemeal spelt flour with which we make it - a rough ground flour, rich in minerals. Starting with a wet dough gives the bread perfect moisture and a really satisfying texture.

Farmhouse Cob

We make this simple white loaf from French flour and a rye sourdough starter to give great taste and a beautiful warm colour to the crumb. You may also like the Chewy White  

Campagrain Loaf (multicereal bread)

This is one of our most flavoursome and wholesome loaves packed with amazing ingredients. To get the full benefit of all the goodness that goes into the multi-cereal, we let the dough rest overnight which allows more moisture into the crumb. A mix of wheat, barley, toasted flaxes, sunflower seeds and more! A full nutty flavour.

Stonebaked oval seeded

An Open Bakery favourite. The seeds which we soak before using give it light nutty flavour:  linseeds, poppy seeds and sunflower seeds give it omega 3, minerals and vitamins so good healthy stuff! This bread is made with traditional French wheat flour and a little rye sourdough starter for extra colour and flavour.

Wheat Sourdough

Our authentic artisan sourdough loaf has a deep caramel crust and firm open texture. A course-ground French white wheat flour (traditional Francaise) gives the wonderful aroma and flavour to the crumb and the well-baked crust adds the finishing touch. Sourdough loaves vary greatly in intensity depending on how each bakery prepares its dough. We prepare ours to be mellow,  sour enough to give a really satisfying full, deep flavour.

Rye sour

A pure rye sourdough. Mouth watering thinly sliced with savoury toppings. This dough is made very wet like a batter. Then a very long ferment allows the sourdough's flavour to mature to its full tanginess! Will keep for ages, and excellent for making mini sandwiches!  

Traditional French Baguette

You know a good French baguette because all you need is a slice of cheese for the most amazing meal! The authentic sweet taste and fine crust comes from making our baguettes with fine, French flour.  

Authentic Italian Focaccia

Soft crusted, Italian bread with a light open texture. The dough is made with extra virgin olive oil. And we drizzle it on too. Loaded with lovely ingredients.  

Fjord

A rich, dense, dark, Scandinavian style bread packed full of seeds and with added herbs. High in fibre and protein and low in carbohydrates. Introduced to our range in late 2013 this unusual and flavoursome bread is quickly gaining in popularity. For ingredients and allergen information please click on the highlighted individual product in the list below.

Patisserie and Viennoiserie

Baked each morning, we recommend you try and get in early when the croissants, danishes and other pastries are just out of the oven and still warm! Our croissant recently won the accolade of the Great Taste Gold Star. Party Food - see our full range of mini tarts, pastries, savouries and other tasty bites!

Savoury

Award winning quiche, sandwiches and other mouth watering savouries baked and placed straight onto the shelves! With all our food we like to switch ingredients around with the seasons, so it’s always worth popping in to see what’s on the menu. Party food, quiches, minis and other savouries can be ordered for special occasions.  

Open Bakery Classes

Bread Baking Class

(PLEASE NOTE WE GET VERY BUSY WITH ENQUIRIES, BOTH VIA EMAIL AND IN THE SHOP.   WE REQUIRE PAYMENT TO SECURE THE BOOKING - PLEASE CALL 01273 609655 TO BOOK TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!)

If you've ever wondered how to perfect a sourdough loaf or baguette at home this is your chance to find out. You will learn how to knead and develop different doughs, and bake using our own stone-decked bread oven. We teach different techniques on how to knead and mould 5 types of bread - wheat and rye sourdoughs as well as focaccia and baguettes. Baking classes are informal and take place around the long wooden table in the Kemp Town shop. Coffee and lunch are included, and you get a bundle of your own baked loaves to take home with you. The class also details the use of time, heat and steam and how you can use these things to artfully affect your bread. Lunch makes for a welcome break after a little vigorous kneading to build up you appetite! Coffee and hot chocolate fondants straight from the oven for another boost in the afternoon. 5.5 hr class. 10:30 a.m to 4 p.m. £80. Please call the shop to book or use the contact form to check availability. Please note payment is required in full to secure places. We can amend a booking or give a refund with 7 days notice of the event date.

Pastry and Quiche Class

Discover the subtle secrets of delicious pastry! You will learn how to make short crust pastry the French way, and also perfect a delicious and simple alternative to puff pastry. Together we create our famous beetroot quiche for you to take home, share, and show off! We also make mini quiches, perfect for parties. The class takes place around the long wooden table at our shop in Kemp town. It's a really fun and informative class. We have a break for coffee and something hot and sweet from the oven! Take home a whole quiche, fun mini quiches, and your own rough puff pastry. We give you class notes and recipes, and further ideas to make the most of all you learn. 3.5 hr class. 1.00 - 4.30 p.m. £60. Please call the shop to book or use the contact form to check availability. Please note payment is required in full to secure places. We can amend a booking or give a refund with 7 days notice of the event date.     BREAD CLASSES ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED - NEW DATES WILL BE RELEASED LATER IN THE YEAR

Fraisier with patterned marzipan

The same genoise sponge and vanilla chiboust cream cake but dressed with a pink sunset icing, an option also available for the raspberry framboisier.

Framboisier with patterned meringue

An alternative to the meringue top.