Also available were a selection of cakes and tarts ($5) from a Russian bakery in Brooklyn.
Two house-made desserts stand out among a rotating selection of cakes and pies (some of them brought in).
Try the selection of cakes and pastries - the fruit tart was the highlight of the cakes – you'll want to eat it all over again.
Some of the stores have sections with tables where coffee and a selection of cakes and other finger foods are sold.
The canteen serves snacks including sandwiches and panini (around £5), salads (£6.50), chicken goujons (£5.25), and a tempting selection of cakes (from carrot to "ultimate chocolate").
The Cornerhouse, Trinity Square, Nottingham, NG1 4DBox0115 958 4848 Browniewnie Coffee Monmouth coffee, an indecent array selection of cakes, cookies and, indeed, brownies, make this Stratford's best coffee house, hands down.
In the capital you can still find plenty of old-fashioned konditorier — pastry stores — but many are quite drab, and most seem to offer the same selection of cakes and breads spiced with cinnamon and cardamom.
Farther down was what we had come for, the real deal: tea with finger sandwiches, scones and something called the selection of cakes, which sounded like a ceremony I very much wanted to attend.
Fika is such a sociable and flexible way of entertaining – it can be anything from a coffee and a biscuit with work colleagues to a more elaborate selection of cakes and tea at the weekend, so it was perfect for the occasion.
For a mid-afternoon snack between stores on my final day in town, I found myself taking tea at Café Callas – a grand establishment alongside the Opera House – which serves a seriously impressive selection of cakes like those that once fattened the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
