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The Curious Cupboard The Curious Cupboard is a real, secret cupboard filled with an ever-changing selection of homemade treats. The “curious” part?
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You never quite know what you’ll find inside…
Check in to see when it’s ready to welcome you next ✨

🍰 The Curious Cupboard is OPEN this Weekend! 🍰📅 Friday 16th – Sunday 18th October⏰ 11am–9pmThe weather’s definitely chan...
15/10/2026

🍰 The Curious Cupboard is OPEN this Weekend! 🍰

📅 Friday 16th – Sunday 18th October
⏰ 11am–9pm

The weather’s definitely changed and I’m feeling those autumn vibes, so I’ve conjured up a few autumnal bakes and started to gently lean into The Curious Cupboard’s favourite season – HALLOWEEN! 👻

The menu:

🍁 Sticky Toffee Apple Cake – A moist apple cake topped with caramelised apples and smothered in rich, buttery sticky toffee sauce. Autumn in a cake.

💀 The Cookie of Doom – A deliciously dangerous cookie with Dairy Milk buttons, white chocolate, Halloween sprinkles and edible eyes. It’s watching you. 👀

🍒 Bakewell Tart – Possibly one of my most popular bakes – the classic tart with almond frangipane, raspberry jam and almond icing, topped with a maraschino cherry.

🍪 Viennese Whirls – Delicate, melt-in-the-mouth biscuits sandwiched with buttercream and raspberry jam.

🌈 Rainbow Cake – It’s colourful, it’s fun, and most importantly, it tastes every bit as good as it looks! Layers of light vanilla sponge, sandwiched together with vanilla buttercream.

🍎 Forest Fruit & Apple Crumble – Juicy forest fruits combined with apple, topped with the only acceptable amount of crumble – too much.

🫙 Plum and Mirabelle Jam – A delicious jam made with plums kindly donated from a neighbour’s tree, alongside Mirabelle plums from Chicken Sue’s allotment.

🥕 Carrot Cake – My ever-popular, award-winning carrot cake.

🍫 Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake – Chocolate sponge topped with fudge icing and a drizzle of salted caramel.

🍋 Lemon Drizzle – A big, zesty slice of lemony goodness.

🍰 Vicky’s Sponge – Light sponge layered with buttercream and raspberry jam.

📚 School Cake – Vanilla sponge, icing and sprinkles.

📍 Find us: 8 Rainford Road, Bickerstaffe, L39 0HE. Just off the Rainford Bypass – look for the white garage door.
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💷 Payments: Card (via QR code), bank transfer or exact cash are all welcome. Please don’t leave cash in the cupboard – make your payment before driving away. Thank you!

Hi everyone,Just to let you know, I’ll be closed this weekend. I’d planned on opening, but there’s just too much happeni...
06/10/2026

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know, I’ll be closed this weekend. I’d planned on opening, but there’s just too much happening this week to fit the baking in amongst it all!

I’ll be back open on Friday 16th October - see you then! 😊

Vicky

😂Sunday 5pm Stock Update - open till 9pm. I’ve got a decent selection left ready for your Sunday evening cake run 🧁 🌭 ...
04/10/2026

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Sunday 5pm Stock Update - open till 9pm.

I’ve got a decent selection left ready for your Sunday evening cake run 🧁

🌭 Sausage Rolls
🍫 Kitchen Sink Brownies
🍓 Empire Biscuits
🫚 Gingernuts
🫚 Triple Ginger Cake
🫐 Berry Delight Cheesecake
🧁 Malteser Cupcakes
🍪 Dairy Milk Chocolate Button Cookies
🍊 Sultana and Orange Cake

04/10/2026

🍰 The Curious Cupboard is OPEN TODAY! 🍰

📅 Sunday 4th October
⏰ 11am–9pm

WHAT a glorious day! ☀️ Come along, treat yourself to some goodies and enjoy them outside with a brew. It might be a bit chilly, but it’s too lovely a day to stay indoors! ☕️

This is what you’ll find in the cupboard this weekend. And check the Curious Coolbox too - I ran out of space!

🌭 Sausage Rolls
🍫 Kitchen Sink Brownies
🍓 Empire Biscuits
🫚 Gingernuts
🫚 Triple Ginger Cake
🫐 Berry Delight Cheesecake
🧁 Malteser Cupcakes
🍪 Dairy Milk Chocolate Button Cookies
🫙 Plum and Mirabelle Jam
🍊 Sultana and Orange Cake
🍫 Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake
🍰 Vicky’s Sponge
📚 School Cake
🍯 Myst Tree Rainford Honey
🌸 Myst Tree Wildflower Meadow Seeds

📍 8 Rainford Road, Bickerstaffe, L39 0HE. Just off the Rainford Bypass – look for the white garage door
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💷 Payments: Card (via QR code), bank transfer or exact cash all welcome. Please don’t leave cash in the cupboard – make your payment before driving away. Thank you!

🍰 The Curious Cupboard is OPEN this Weekend! 🍰📅 Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th October⏰ 11am–9pmOoooooh, it’s October, so that ...
03/10/2026

🍰 The Curious Cupboard is OPEN this Weekend! 🍰

📅 Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th October
⏰ 11am–9pm

Ooooooh, it’s October, so that calls for cosy autumn bakes and biscuits to dunk in your brew. 🍂

This is what you’ll find in the cupboard this weekend. And check the Curious Coolbox too - I ran out of space!

🌭 Sausage Rolls
🍫 Kitchen Sink Brownies
🍓 Empire Biscuits
🫚 Gingernuts
🫚 Triple Ginger Cake
🫐 Berry Delight Cheesecake
🧁 Malteser Cupcakes
🍪 Dairy Milk Chocolate Button Cookies
🫙 Plum and Mirabelle Jam
🍊 Sultana and Orange Cake
🍫 Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake
🍰 Vicky’s Sponge
📚 School Cake
🍯 Myst Tree Rainford Honey
🌸 Myst Tree Wildflower Meadow Seeds

📍 8 Rainford Road, Bickerstaffe, L39 0HE. Just off the Rainford Bypass – look for the white garage door
📍 What3Words: ///chins.enable.part

💷 Payments: Card (via QR code), bank transfer or exact cash all welcome. Please don’t leave cash in the cupboard – make your payment before driving away. Thank you!

I’m resharing this one as it might be helpful now the nights are drawing in and the weather’s getting more unpredictable...
02/10/2026

I’m resharing this one as it might be helpful now the nights are drawing in and the weather’s getting more unpredictable!

As most of you know by now, you can pay by cash, card or bank transfer - all the details are inside the cupboard.

I had to remove ApplePay because a few people were hearing the “ping” and closing the page before the payment had actually finished processing. They didn’t realise it hadn’t gone through and I was losing payments 🫣

Card payments will need the details entering manually (I know it’s a bit more fiddly). Quite a few people now use bank transfer and save the details for next time, which makes it nice and quick on future visits.

If the weather is dreadful, please don’t feel you have to stand outside - you’re very welcome to sit in your car while you pay. I just ask that payment is done before you leave.

I check visits on the CCTV and match them to payments received, just to keep the honesty system ticking along properly.

And of course, you can always pay by cash and pop it through our door - whichever method suits you best.

Thank you as always for your honesty and support ❤️

Vicky

🌼 I’ve got Wildflower Seeds from Myst-Tree Rainford Honey for sale in the cupboard this weekend (alongside honey, of cou...
02/10/2026

🌼 I’ve got Wildflower Seeds from Myst-Tree Rainford Honey for sale in the cupboard this weekend (alongside honey, of course).

These are mine when they’d just started flowering earlier this year, and they’re still flowering now.

They’re one of the best things I’ve planted in my garden and even better, they’re a feast for the pollinators too 🐝🦋

If you fancy adding a bit of colour to your garden next year, you can grab a packet from the cupboard this weekend. They can be planted early autumn (now) or mid Spring.

02/10/2026

🍰 The Curious Cupboard is OPEN this Weekend! 🍰

📅 Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th October
⏰ 11am–9pm

Ooooooh, it’s October, so that calls for cosy autumn bakes and biscuits to dunk in your brew. 🍂

This is what you’ll find in the cupboard this weekend. And check the Curious Coolbox too - I ran out of space!

🌭 Sausage Rolls
🍫 Kitchen Sink Brownies
🍓 Empire Biscuits
🫚 Gingernuts
🫚 Triple Ginger Cake
🫐 Berry Delight Cheesecake
🧁 Malteser Cupcakes
🍪 Dairy Milk Chocolate Button Cookies
🫙 Plum and Mirabelle Jam
🍊 Sultana and Orange Cake
🍫 Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake
🍰 Vicky’s Sponge
📚 School Cake
🍯 Myst Tree Rainford Honey
🌸 Myst Tree Wildflower Meadow Seeds

📍 8 Rainford Road, Bickerstaffe, L39 0HE. Just off the Rainford Bypass – look for the white garage door
📍 What3Words: ///chins.enable.part

💷 Payments: Card (via QR code), bank transfer or exact cash all welcome. Please don’t leave cash in the cupboard – make your payment before driving away. Thank you!

🍰 The Curious Cupboard is OPEN this Weekend! 🍰📅 Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th October⏰ 11am–9pmOoooooh, it’s October, so that ...
01/10/2026

🍰 The Curious Cupboard is OPEN this Weekend! 🍰

📅 Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th October
⏰ 11am–9pm

Ooooooh, it’s October, so that calls for cosy autumn bakes and biscuits to dunk in your brew. 🍂

The menu:

🌭 Sausage Rolls – Freshly baked and made with sausage meat from Taylor’s Farm in Lathom.

🍫 Kitchen Sink Brownies – Called so because I threw everything at them! They’re loaded with all the good stuff: fudge icing, Dairy Milk buttons, salted pretzels, Rainbow Rocks and Smarties. If it was in the cupboard, it went on the brownie.

🍓 Empire Biscuits – Two shortbread biscuits sandwiched with raspberry jam, topped with glacé icing and a jelly sweet. I love making these!

🫚 Gingernuts – A timeless classic from the biscuit tin of childhood. These crunchy, golden-brown biscuits are packed with warm ginger spice. Best enjoyed with a proper brew and a moment of peace. Or shove them in your face on the way home from the cupboard. Whatevs.

🫚 Triple Ginger Cake – Made with fresh, powdered and stem ginger. It’s sticky, spicy and gets even better after a few days.

🫐 Berry Delight Cheesecake – A biscuit base topped with creamy cheesecake and a mixed berry compote.

🧁 Malteser Cupcakes – Moist chocolate sponge topped with malted chocolate buttercream, Maltesers and a white chocolate drizzle.

🍪 Dairy Milk Chocolate Button Cookies – Packed with Dairy Milk buttons.

🫙 Plum and Mirabelle Jam – A delicious jam made with plums kindly donated from a neighbour’s tree, alongside Mirabelle plums from Chicken Sue’s allotment.

🍊 Sultana and Orange Cake – This cake looks simple, but the flavour is something else. It’s one of my personal favourites! A light sponge with sultanas (soaked in orange juice for extra juiciness) and fresh orange zest. I baked it again this week as I never got round to having a piece last week. Boo.

🍫 Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake – Chocolate sponge topped with fudge icing and a drizzle of salted caramel.

🍰 Vicky’s Sponge – Light sponge layered with buttercream and raspberry jam.

📚 School Cake – Vanilla sponge, icing and sprinkles.

📍 8 Rainford Road, Bickerstaffe, L39 0HE. Just off the Rainford Bypass – look for the white garage door
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💷 Payments: Card (via QR code), bank transfer or exact cash all welcome. Please don’t leave cash in the cupboard – make your payment before driving away. Thank you!

The weather is calling for something warming and gingery 🍂But I can’t decide what to bake this week, so I’m putting the ...
28/09/2026

The weather is calling for something warming and gingery 🍂

But I can’t decide what to bake this week, so I’m putting the important decisions in your hands.

🫚 Sticky Triple Ginger Cake
OR
🍪 Gingernuts

Which one shall I make?

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8 Rainford Road
Ormskirk
L390HE

Opening Hours

Friday 11am - 9pm
Saturday 11am - 9pm
Sunday 11am - 9pm

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