The Brownie Company - Gransden Show

After celebrating my mum's 60th (again) on Friday, we decided to meet up on Saturday 27th September to go the Gransden show in Cambridgeshire. It couldn't have been better weather for a weekend at the end of September.

A very country affair with tents full of poultry competitions and produce competitions to sheep shearing demonstrations, fresh lemonade stalls, food stalls, tractors and dog shows. Visitors were kitted out in casual country gear with a dog or two in toe in the very laid back atmosphere of the show.

We meander round the show at a very leisurely pace, just taking in each of the stalls.

After tasting many brownies whilst away in America, the Brownie Company was the first brownie I would have had since back from the holiday. I was immediately enticed by the name along with the free sample of double chocolate that they were handing out. The stall had a simple country feel from the wooden crates holding the brownies and the red gingham lining the boxes and accentuated by the blue and white polka dots.

Presented with a couple of choices of brownie: double chocolate, white chocolate, peanut butter and chocolate orange. Being a fan of white chocolate, I chose pretty quickly, I just can't resist the combo. Lee on the other hand wasn't quite so sure but opted for the peanut butter. We just about resisted the four brownies for £5.

Now if you have ever tried or made one of the Hummingbird bakery brownies, then these are quite similar. They have the firm cracked top with the gooey inside whilst holding their shape so that it almost starts to melt in your mouth. The flavour is sweet and the sugar is smooth but not over the top. I am not usually a fan of peanut butter in sweets so Reeses pieces are just a bit too sickly for me but with this one there was just the right level of sweetness to these brownies because it felt like the peanut butter was just on the top layer of the brownie.

Everything on the Brownie Company stall was so well presented and thought through even down to the paper bags having the company name printed on them and having postcards to hand out with a very cute illustration of the family company including the family dog.

All in all a classic brownie baked incredibly well.