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Exeter’s Sidwell Street is dotted with captivating cafes and independent restaurants offering cuisines from here and elsewhere. One of the most exclusive is the Twisters Café, a Slovak family business, whose chocolates are sure to bring a touch of color and a flavor of years of formation until their day.
Located in the more sensible part of Sidwell Street, it’s hard to overlook twisters’ bright yellow front. The warm colors of the interior, the vibrantly decorated gingerbread hanging on the wall, and the smell of freshly baked desserts in the air make the coffee even more appealing. cosy
Twisters is run by mother-daughter duo Denisa and Adriana Farkasova, who were delighted to show off some of their favourite treats from their formative years in Slovakia in Exeter when they opened the café in 2020. The circle of relatives prepares the products internally with only the most up-to-date ingredients, insisting that they prevent “chemicals” from combining in their creations.
Their most notable menu item is undoubtedly their home cake. The exclusive cake has the shape of a giant spiral, so it resembles a home. Printed on the twisters show in several languages, my language skills told me that the Germans disagree, calling it “Baumstriezel,” which roughly translates to “braided cake. “
I had the thrill of looking for a cake while chatting with one of the owners, Denisa. The Twisters menu made me miss the opportunity to choose with its diversity of homemade cake flavors, adding golden frosting, raspberry, walnut and Oreo cookie, among many others. Denisa told me that vanilla, nuts and cinnamon were new that morning, so I opted for vanilla, to get as close as possible to the original cake.
The taste is comparable to a donut but the texture is exclusive with a crispy, sugar-covered outer layer and a pasty but soft medium. When I was surprised to see the length of the cake, Denisa told me that the more original versions are even larger and can be a part of a meter long. Dessert is definitely a percentage, or if you’re like me, take the house and savor the rest later.
Speaking with Denisa, I immersed myself in the delights of Eastern European coffee and cake culture. She said, “This is my grandmother’s recipe. We have to make anything that isn’t here. “
“Everything is freshly cooked, without chemicals. Everything is cooked here. I wouldn’t say it’s a healthy food because of the sugar, but it’s better to eat something new than with masses of chemicals. “
Denisa explained that she came to the UK 17 years ago, first to learn English for her previous job as a mechanical designer for a German company that was looking for her to know several languages. However, Denisa settled permanently in the United Kingdom. , claiming that he thought the UK was his final destination.
Having opened its doors during the COVID-19 pandemic, Denisa was fair to say that the company was suffering multiple closures to locate its position. He expressed a glimmer of hope as he said, “This street is becoming a food street, so I hope so. “resume. ” It follows 4 exciting new outlets that recently moved to Sidwell Street.
Twisters is one of the first of its kind in the South West, as Denisa said that, to her wisdom, there is only one other cake service location in the area, which opened in Bournemouth this summer.
While the cake is more productive and enjoyed entirely new on-site with a hot drink, consumers can take advantage of Twisters’ gifts, as menu pieces on their online page are available for delivery. The cakes remain new for up to two days. due to the insistence of the owners on keeping the ingredients free of chemicals and preservatives, to be as original as possible.
Denisa said that “other people ask for homemade cakes and pastries, but many other people don’t know that we make coffees and smoothies, we have so many things. “
He explained the cultural festival of coffees in Eastern Europe: “The most productive thing is coffee and cake, especially with this cake, which is well known in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and part of Poland. They go to the store, the cake from the fireplace and the coffee and go out.
“Last week we had a lot of Germans and they saw the outside and said after looking at the cake that it was even bigger than the one they had at home. Possibly it would be different. “
The circle of relatives prepares their delicacies on site throughout the day, so visitors can only expect the most up-to-date cakes. It’s ideal for the must-see stops the next time you spend a day shopping for food in Exeter’s city centre.
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