A barm cake is a soft, round, flattish

bread roll Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made food ...

from

North West England North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the ceremonial counties of England, administrative counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of ...

, traditionally leavened with barm. Chips are a popular filling, sold in most fish and chip shops in the North West of

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

and often called a chip barm. Another popular filling in the North West, particularly

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...

, is a pasty barm. In

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington ...

, a whole savoury pie is served in a barm cake, known locally as a "Wigan Kebab".What is a pie barm? In Wigan, it’s a way of life
''The Guardian''

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Youtube: Making Bread From Barm At Genesee Country Village

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barm Cake Breads British breads English cuisine

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