Setting up a secret club is piece of cake

A SECRETIVE club with a sweet difference is set to stage a hush-hush meeting in the hills of Saddleworth.

Celebrating all that is scrumptious about the quaint villages, the Clandestine Cake Club will meet under a shroud of secrecy to indulge in... delicious treats!

Bakers, who have to apply for one of 12 places, won’t find out the venue until days before the meet-up on Sunday (2-5pm). They will have to bake their cake of choice based on a “Simply Saddleworth” theme, before gathering to share the home-baked treats and discuss their hobby.

The novel meeting will be the first of its kind in Saddleworth and has been organised by Scouthead baking enthusiast Carol Oldham.

She was inspired by the national Clandestine Club, set up last year and said: “Of course it’s lovely to eat cake, but I really love baking, too. I enjoy getting in the kitchen getting away from it all and rustling something up.

“Baking is relaxing and you get an end product that you can share with other people.”

Depending on the success of the first gathering, Carol hopes to make the club a monthly event, and even plans a diamond jubilee-themed bake-off in the summer.

Locals can sign up as members at http://clandestinecakeclub.co.uk/2012/03/06/saddleworth-simply-saddleworth/