Thousands of people came together yesterday (Sunday) as the Pontefract Liquorice Festival returned for another successful ...

A street festival has taken place to celebrate the sweet-making history of a West Yorkshire town. Pontefract cakes are said to have been invented in the town by a local chemist in the 1760s and ...

In West Yorkshire, a small town is the birth home of one of Britain's oldest and most loved sweets and offers a blissful day out for the family. Home of the liquorice cake (which is actually a sweet), ...

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Uvongo scribe Rob Fidler makes a meal of a plate of Pontefract cakes - complete with knife, fork and sticky fingers. HI FRIENDS, Romans and countrymen. Bend (sic) me your ears! What a week for people ...

Pontefract or 'Pomfret' is steeped in history. It's home to Pontefract Castle which is believed to be where King Richard II died. It's also the beloved home of Pontefract Cakes. When it comes to its ...