Pontefract Cakes

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Pontefract Cakes (also Pomfret Cakes and Pomfrey Cakes) are a type of sweet, made of liquorice, originally made in the Yorkshire town of Pontefract.

Traditionally, there is no such thing called a Pontefract Cake. The original name for these small tablets of liquorice is a "Pomfret" cake. The word Pomfret is the Norman name for Pontefract. The liqourice root used in these cakes was exported to Australia for the first time by a member of the famous Carter family who hailed from Pontefract.

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