All butter mince pie @ Sainsbury’s, Withymoor, Amblecote, Stourbridge, West Midlands

Sainsbury's - 'nice pastry'

Nice pastry. Slightly mean on the filling. How unfestive.

By Dan Slee @danslee

Milk chocolate cake with white chocolate flakes @ Lidl, Netherton, Dudley, West Midlands

Lidl chocolate cake 'suprisingly good.'

Suprisingly good mini cake from a Lidl six pack. Recommended.

By @danslee Dan Slee

Chocolate muffin @ Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Chocolate muffin - 'twelve.'

“Dad, this chocolate muffin is TWELVE out of 10. Tell them that.”

By Joe, aged five.

Nb. He doesn’t usually look that over excited and no, it wasn’t the E numbers.

Carrot cake @ Red House Glass Cone museum, Stourbridge

Plastic wrapped carrot cake. Low marks for presentation. Nice taste.

By Dan Slee @danslee

Glass cone 'plastic cake.'

Millionaire shortbread @ Clent Nurseries, Worcestershire

Clent - 'understaffed.'

Great cake selection, poorly explained in an understaffed and unattractive nursery cafe.

By Dan Slee @danslee

Plum and almond cake @ Nimmings Wood, Clent, Worcestershire

Nimmings Wood - 'Dream for walkers.'

A cafe that’s a dream for walkers and does marvellous bacon butties also serves slightly soggy plum and almond cake.

Shropshire slice @ Castle Tea Room, Ludlow

Shropshire apple and fruit slice. Meagre. House tea. Beautiful. Vista and service spot on.

Carrot cake @ The Green cafe, Ludlow, Shropshire

Excellent cafe yards from Dinham Bridge. Fantastic carrot cake with a dollop of icing that sits next to the cake. Marvellous. So is the tea.

Carrot cake