The Alternative Bakehouse

24/12/2025

What a year it’s been!

From starting The Alternative Bakehouse back in April to selling hundreds of bakes!

So from me and this massive gingerbread man, thank you to everyone who follows this page, engages in content and has purchased anything over the past 9 months. It means the world!

Have a wonderful holiday and see you in 2026 🎇

07/12/2025

Today’s the day!

See you all there 😃✨🎄🎅🏻

The festive season officially begins at Holmes Mill with our Markets and Light Switch On this Sunday, 7th December - and we’d love for you to join us!

🛍️ Christmas Markets | 12pm – 6pm
Wander through the Mill Yard, Bistro Bar & Grill and Cotton Room, where you’ll find a gorgeous selection of local makers, festive food, thoughtful gifts and seasonal treats. It’s the perfect place to soak up that Christmas magic (and maybe wrap up your shopping!)

💡 Christmas Lights Switch On | 5:30pm
Come together as we light up Holmes Mill for Christmas. It’s always a special moment and a lovely way to kick off the season with friends and family.

No booking needed - just wrap up warm, bring your festive cheer and enjoy a wonderful wintery day with us ✨🎄

05/12/2025

Fresh out of the oven… mini spiced toffee loaves! 🧁✨

They’re unbelievably light and fluffy, and will be finished with toffee buttercream 😍

I may have taste-tested one already… and wow.

Catch them this Sunday, 7th December, 12–6 at . See you there!

03/12/2025

✨ Can’t wait to see you all there! ✨
Baking prep is already well underway and we’re bringing lots of festive goodies with us! 🎄💫

We’ll be at the Holmes Mill Christmas Markets, Clitheroe this Sunday 7th December, 12pm–6pm.
The Christmas light switch-on is at 5:30pm, so make sure you stick around for the full festive magic! ❄️✨

Come say hello, grab some treats, and soak up the Christmas spirit! ❤️

16/11/2025

✨ Something New & Delicious for This Year’s Christmas Market! ✨

Imagine a light, fluffy spiced toffee sponge drenched in a rich, sticky toffee sauce… pure festive comfort in every bite! 🤤

These indulgent puddings will be available on our stall — and you can pre-order yours now to make sure you don’t miss out!

They’re quick and easy to reheat, pair perfectly with your favourite toppings, and can be frozen for up to 3 months — ideal to save for the big day.
Each pudding serves 3–4 people!

🎄 Pre-order now using the link below and collect at Holmes Mill Market,
Sunday 7th December, 12–6pm.

https://buy.stripe.com/aFabJ3btZ2s46J3aEz7bW01

09/11/2025

Christmas cookie prep has begun for market!🎄

We bake our cookies straight from frozen, so they are freshly baked for the market!

Any guesses on this festive flavour? 👀🍪

Also let me know in the comments what festive flavours you want to see! 🧑🏻‍🎄🎅🏻

07/11/2025

🎅🏻✨ It’s the most wonderful time of the year! ✨🎅🏻

Christmas is always full of magic in our house — especially with two little ones keeping the excitement alive! It’s busy, sparkly, and absolutely my favourite time of year! 🎁💫

This Christmas, we’re thrilled to be attending just one very special market — and we can’t wait! 🎄

📍 Holmes Mill
📅 Sunday 7th December
⏰ 12pm – 6pm

We’ll be bringing along lots of delicious festive treats and Christmassy flavours for you to enjoy — plus, we’ll be taking pre-orders for our brand-new puddings (perfect to freeze and save for the big day! ❄️🍮).

Come along, soak up the Christmas magic, and say hi — we can’t wait to see you all there! ❤️🎄✨

01/11/2025

Ok why is time moving so fast lately! I can’t believe we are in November already!

We are still working out the details of our postal traybakes but hoping to get these up and running soon.

Behind the scenes though we’ve been trying out some new recipes ready for our next market 🎄🤶🏻🎅🏻

Think Christmas flavours and classic puds 😍

All will be revealed next week!

24/10/2025

If anyone is out and about in Morecambe this weekend make sure to pop by Grow Kitchen to try their amazing food and drinks menu and grab yourself a treat for after 😍

White choc chunk and blueberry Blondies and dark choc chunk cookies are on the menu!

07/10/2025

⭐️EXCITING NEWS + A QUESTION FOR YOU!⭐️

We’ve been a bit quiet lately – between big orders and life stuff, our usual drops had to take a back seat. BUT… something exciting happened! 👀

We sent out our first-ever postal treat box recently and it arrived in perfect condition! 😍 So now we’re thinking… why not make this a regular thing?

🎁 Imagine this:
A 7” box of brownies, blondies or cookie bars…
Perfect for 9 sharing pieces, 4 chunky slabs, or 1 glorious solo treat. (No judgment – you do you! 😂)

With Christmas coming up and tons of flavour ideas bubbling away, we think these would make amazing gifts, birthday surprises, or indulgent “just because” moments. 💝

📦 We’d post every Thursday with next-day delivery!

So here’s where YOU come in…
👉 How much would you pay for a box of our GF & coeliac-friendly bakes delivered to your door?

And while you’re here, drop your dream flavours in the comments! 🤤

Tag your sweet-tooth squad and anyone always hunting for GF treats! 💜

If the response is good, we’ll get baking real soon… 👩‍🍳

22/09/2025

It’s been a busy month so far but this weekend rock came back to Lancaster in 3 incredible shows from massivewagons at lancasteruni.

I couldn’t actually attend all the shows myself so instead I sent bowzermassivewagons in with a few mixed trays of bakes to fuel them up for the weekend. Brownies, blondies, millionaires, fudge and a selection of cookies 🍪

Hope you enjoyed lads! 🤘🏻