Kendal Mint Cake Kendal Mint Cake Kendal Mint Cake is a glucose-based confection flavoured with peppermint. It originates from Kendal in Cumbria, England. Kendal Mint Cake is popular among climbers and mountaineers, especially those from the United Kingdom, as a source of energy. Kendal Mint Cake is based on a traditional recipe known as "mint cake", "peppermint tablet," and various other names. There are currently two companies that still produce Kendal Mint Cake. The origin of the cake is allegedly the result of a batch of glacier mint sweets that went wrong. In 1869 Joseph Wiper, who married into the Thompson family of
Kendal Castle be the last of the Parrs to have lived at Kendal Castle. The building has been a ruin since Tudor times but imposing stonework remains are still present. The site is freely accessible to the public. It is managed by the South Lakeland District Council. Kendal Castle Kendal Castle is a medieval fortification to the east of the town of Kendal, Cumbria, in northern England. The castle, which is atop a glacial drumlin, was built in the 12th century as the Caput baroniae for the Barony of Kendal. By the 15th century, the Parr family owned the castle. Queen Catherine