Grasmere Gingerbread

Grasmere Gingerbread has been made from Sarah Nelson’s secret recipe since 1854. It’s delicious crumbly texture is unlike any gingerbread you’ve ever tasted before and is only available from our shop in Grasmere in the Lake District, or from our website.

Victorian cook Sarah Nelson invented Grasmere Gingerbread® in 1854 in the English Lake District village from where it gets its name.

A unique, spicy-sweet cross between a biscuit and cake, its reputation quickly spread and it is now enjoyed by food lovers all over the world.
Today, the business is run by third-generation owners Joanne and Andrew Hunter and everyday visitors to the shop are greeted by the wonderful aroma of freshly baked Grasmere Gingerbread® hanging in the air.

The Grasmere Gingerbread Shop also sells its own award-winning rum butter and a variety of ginger-themed foodstuffs, as well as toffee, fudges, chocolates, conserves, Cartmel Village Store Sticky Toffee Sauce, Kendal Mint Cake, conserves, ginger beer, ginger themed gifts, and much, much more.