#fitzbillies

[thebeaniemartineau]

Not me completely freaking out because I just got my prize from winning the MMU 10 year anniversary costume comp! I feel like I’m sitting with Daisy and Hazel in Fitzbillies. This is so so so generous (and absolutely delicious, the brownies are sublime). Thank you so much @redbreastedbird!!!

[sweetcandygirl21]

Cambridge update:

I'm a Fitzbilly! 🐐🐐🐐

Got an email this morning to say Fitzwilliam College has accepted me. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

It's a newer college which may be a blessing in disguise since they are more diverse.

Now I have a college I'm feeling more settled with the idea of moving there.

Fingers crossed for funding! 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

[bysea]

Turning heads

Fitzbillies, Cambridge England — November 2024

@bysea

[lapsang-and-earlgrey]

Q: No, no, no, Tanner isn't a Cinnamon Roll too good for this world he's a good dependable British Chelsea Bun

or how Tnner got his nickname

Everyone knows Q and his minions love memes as much as they love sweet and sticky treats there is even a round-robin email group specifically for sharing them so it should have surprised no one when Q was heard in unhushed tones telling the whole of Q Branch " No, no, no Tanner isn't a cinnamon roll he's a good dependable British Chelsea Bun. If a few days later several boxes turquoise boxes of Fitzbillies' Chelsea buns arrived from Cambridge and a certain chief of staff was seen wiping sticky kisses from his blushing cheeks they were after all one of young Q's favourites when he was a precociously young Cambridge undergrad recipe beneath the cut

For the dough 200ml 3/4cup plus 2 tbsp Milk 60g/4Tbsp+1tsp butter 450g/1lb/3+2//3 cups plain /all-purpose flour 2 tbsp caster /fine sugar 5g quick yeast/1 sachet 1 egg, lightly beaten Zest of 1 unwaxed lemon 1 tsp mixed spice/pumpkin spice 1 tsp salt

For the filling: 30g2 tbsp +1 tsp butter, slightly softened 35g soft brown sugar 100g currants (small raisins will do at a pinch)

For the glaze: 2 tbsp caster sugar 1 tbsp milk 2 tbsp demerara sugar (optional)

For the dough Heat the milk and the butter until blood warm if you can stick your little finger in and it feels neither hot nor cold that's about right add the sachet of yeast and set aside

Put the flour, salt, and sugar n a large bowl and whisk to combine add the milk yeast, and beaten egg and stir until it forms a soft dough/

now add the lemon zest and mixed spice and mix again

Turn the dough out onto a clean surface and knead for about 10 minutes / about 5 if you are using a stand mixer with a dough hook the dough should be smooth and elastic. Cover and put in a warm place for one to two hours or until it has doubled in size.

knock back the dough and turn it out onto a floured surface roll the dough out until you have a rectangle that is approximately 25cm by 35 cm or 10 by 14 inches. working with the longer sides toward you smear the softened butter over the surface of the dough sprinkling the sugar and currents over the top.

roll the dough from the edge furthest away from you keeping the roll as tight as possible.

cut the dough into nine even pieces and place them swirl-side up into a greased 27cm square or 10-11 inch tin spacing the rolls out so they have room to prove cover and prove for 30-45 minutes

Pre-heat the oven to 200C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6 and bake the buns for 20-30 minutes covering with foil if the currents start to burn

For the glaze heat the milk in the same pan or bowl you used to melt the butter stir in the sugar until it dissolves. Brush the glaze onto the buns as soon as they come out of the oven optionally sprinkle the demerara sugar on top. leave to cool before devouring with a nice cup of Earl Grey

[photosbyjabo]

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND | FEBRUARY 2020

This is my second time going to this charming city. The last time I was here was April last year for a weekend trip. I remember how sunny and beautiful it was. This day was sunny too but February is usually when it’s coldest in the country.

We’ve become very fond of exploring a city by taking walking tours recently. So that’s exactly what we did for the big part of our day trip. You end up learning a lot more and get to appreciate a place better.

The places we went to this time were new for us so I was very pleasantly surprised with all that we got to see. Admittedly, some places you were not allowed to take photos but we just couldn't! Especially the interior of King's College Chapel.

Last we were here was summertime so we got to try punting for the first time but because it's the peak of winter we decided not to. We then had some good food for lunch after the tour and then ended our trip with the infamous Chelsea bun at Fitzbillies.

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I'm writing this now years after this trip but at the time we didn’t realise that this will be the last trip we’ll go for before the lockdown and the pandemic happens and before the whole world changes.

(All photos taken with an iPhone, February 2020)

[sweet-s0rr0w]

I see your cinnamon rolls and i raise you...

The world's best Chelsea Buns!

(from Fitzbillies, Cambridge)

[withabackpackandcamera]

August 21st, 2023

Day 6: To Cambridge We Go!

Arrived early to King's Cross Station for our train ride to Cambridge. Tried to wait in line for a photo op with Harry Potter's Platform 9 3/4 but the line was WAY too long.

Our first stop in Cambridge as we meandered our way into town was Fitzbillies, a bakery chain, where we stopped to buy quick breakfast pastries to try. Of course, we had to try their "famous" Chelsea Buns. Not bad. Not sure why they're so famous though.

Walked around Cambridge town and the University of Cambridge and took in the spectacular architecture all around town and campus. Got a glimpse into some of the colleges at the University of Cambridge: King's College, Trinity College, St. Catharine's College, Corpus Christi College, etc.

After strolling around the campus for a bit, we went back to Fitzbillies for an affordable Afternoon Tea experience. It was OK. You definitely pay for what you get.

Afternoon Tea was followed by punting on the River Cam via the punting company Let's Go Punting with our young tour guide Joe. A fun experience of sitting on a boat and touring the the University of Cambridge by river. Very relaxing as well to sit and not walk around. All-in-all, a great experience!

With a couple of hours until our scheduled train ride back, we continued our exploration of Cambridge and stopped by and walked into a couple of colleges (Emmanuel College and Downing College) on the way out (since they were open to visitors walking through). Nice to see what each individual college looked like from the inside of its campus walls.

Sat around and hung out at Parker's Piece Park before heading back to the train station for the ride home.

Once we were back in London, Cynthia, Minh, and I walked to the Carnaby area in SoHo for dinner at Mother Mash since we wanted to try some pies. Cynthia and I shared the Steak and Blackheart Stout Pie with Champ Mash and Farmers Gravy and the Chicken and Bacon Pie with Sweet Potato Mash and Onion Gravy. Yum! Of course, we had to finish it off with an Apple Crumble Pie with Ice Cream.

After a post-dinner stroll through SoHo, we concluded the busy day with a disrupted train ride (where our rail line was closed indefinitely after an incident). So, we had to walk a bit between a couple of train stops before taking the bus all the way back home. On our walk, we met and chatted with a nice girl from Argentina named Julietta on the way back.

5 Things I Learned/Observed Today:

So, Platform 9 3/4. Interestingly enough, it looks like that area is actually controlled and maybe owned by the Harry Potter movie studios and/or company. And they are really trying to monetize the area and make it profitable. When people visit the platform, man do they spend a lot of time there. And it's partially because there is a photographer and assistant there to help dramatize your photos (especially with the swaying scarf lol). And of course, a little store next door to sell HP gifts.

There are 31 colleges at the University of Cambridge. Some of these 31 colleges were added over time, with the last college, Robinson College, added in 1977. The way the college system works is similar to what the house system was in Harry Potter. Simply put, it's a glorified dormitory ecosystem. Where people can live and hangout with each other.

The University of Cambridge is the second oldest university in the UK and was founded in 1209 as a result of some murder. The university has 13k undergrads and 7.5k grads. Supposedly, Oxford is harder to get into than Cambridge... But Stanford is harder to get into than all of them. :) Go Card!

Supposedly, Trinity College is flashiest, most expensive, and most-endowed of Cambridge's colleges. Trinity College has cranked out more Nobel Prize winners than all of Oxford's colleges combined. Trinity College is the 4th largest land owner in the UK. Famous people who were a part of Trinity College who are still alive and well-known in today's society: the current King Charles (who supposedly wasn't the sharpest tool in the tool shed in school lol) and Eddie Redmayne. Another famous figure in Cambridge's history is Stephen Hawking, who completed his graduate studies at Cambridge.

The bridges built over the River Cam that you float under on the punting tour have all sorts of stories and histories behind them. Punting is definitely a must-do for tourists in the area.

[ngssignsmithslondon]

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[pics2200]

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[peacefulandcozy]

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[katisha888]

Had a break by having #creamtea at #Fitzbillies in #Cambridge #tea #morningtea #scones #jam #clotted cream #fitzbilliescambridge #fitzbilliescafe #merienda #breaktime #england #unitedkingdom #teabreak #foodporn #foodpornography #foodpic #foodphoto #foodphotography #foodtrip #cellphonephotography #jamandsconesandtea (at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

[rebeccalouisaferguson]

“Things you don’t expect: directing Rebecca Ferguson to Fitzbillies in Cambridge when you’re a sweaty mess after the gym!” via @JoeRobinsonUK on Twitter.

[clairelions]

Everybody deserves somebody who makes them look forward to tomorrow ❤️ • Cambridge • Fuji X-T1 (at Fitzbillies Bridge Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLPi1iIpAPP/?igshid=o2tcxqcjktx2

[ryanclafleur]

#cambridgeblackandwhite (at Fitzbillies Bridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJLWSgPBkwg/?igshid=1pw7yqfb0cm1j

[blackswaneuroparedux]

“To put it in somewhat drastic terms, Cambridge in the thirties was characterised by two things: a craze for communism and a craze for homosexuality. “Rubbish!” Farley said. “Well, you’re bound to have been busy with other things as well, like drunkenness, geometry and Shakespeare.” 

- David Lagercrantz, Fall of Man in Wilmslow

My time at Cambridge was characterised by being unshowered and sweaty after doing sports at Fenners; running breathlessly late to supervisions with horribly hand written scrawled essays done at 4am; drowning my sorrows at the Pitt Club; indulging on chocolate brownies at Fitzbillies; falling asleep on my books from exhaustion in the college library; frequently forgetting my towel as I went to shower in the basement and stealthily run back up the creaky stairs to my college rooms without being caught; being bored by boaties and their tiresome chat up lines; warding off wandering hands at the Hawks’ club dinners; putting too much Pimms instead of lemonade at garden parties; pleasantly discovering I had a brain that was more than just a sponge to soak up alcohol; being promiscuous with books rather than boys. Good times!

[maurice-and-music]

A wonderful Leonard/Daniel ficlet sent to me by anon. Enjoy!

One gloomy January afternoon they head into town for a date. They wander around the Fitzwilliam Museum - and Leonard learns that what he knows of literature, Daniel knows of art, pointing out his favourite paintings and sculptures. One landscape in particular catches Leonard’s eye. It’s one of those idealised landscapes, based on the Greco-Roman concept of ‘Arcadia’. A Mediterranean sun glitters over the sea, olive trees parting to reveal a ruined temple on the cliff top. “Paradise, isn’t it,” Daniel murmurs beside him.

“Yes - although my heavenly idyll is a tad more English rose garden - it wouldn’t be a bad place to spend an eternity with you,” Leonard whispers back, fingers imperceptibly brushing against Daniel’s hand.

After a study of the fan room, where Leonard makes some suggestive remarks about a French lace fan that Mrs C would not approve of, they end in the gift shop. While Daniel is leafing through a big coffee table book that Leonard wishes he could afford to buy him, he quietly buys two matching postcards of their Arcadian paradise.

Later as he waits for Daniel to buy their Chelsea buns and tea in Fitzbillies, Leonard pulls out a small emergency pencil from his pocket and writes on one postcard, pocketing it as Daniel approaches the table, grinning. “I got a rum truffle to share.”

“You do spoil me, Mr Marlowe” Leonard winks, and they set about eating happily and watching the students scurry along Trumpington Street.

-

“Thank you for a wonderful afternoon darling,” Leonard says outside Daniel’s cottage, pressing a kiss to the corner of his mouth and handing him a postcard. He watches as Daniel reads the message: ‘My dearest Daniel, Every moment with you is paradise. All my love, Leonard x’, and the sunny smile that erupts on his face, eyes shining with love and emotion, makes Leonard’s heart swell in his chest.

“I - I love you,” Daniel says simply, pulling Leonard close for a tender, deep kiss that ends with the pair huddled close.

After several moments, Leonard points out regretfully that he must head back to prepare for dinner with Will and the Archdeacon. “Take my love with you,” Daniel says, pressing a kiss to the blank postcard he finds still in Leonard’s pocket, before sending him on his way, both men beaming as they revel in their paradise.