Kendal Mint Cake is made from sugar, glucose, water and peppermint oil. Although the exact recipe and way of manufacturing mint cake is kept secret, it is known that it is created in the following way: There are numerous types of mint cake that are now available. Mint cake made with white sugar, mint cake made with brown sugar, and mint cake enrobed in chocolate are the three most popular varieties. Kendal Mint Cake has been used on many expeditions around the world as a source of energy; Kendal Mint Cake Kendal Mint Cake is a glucose-based confection flavoured with peppermint. It originates
Kendal and Windermere Railway Kendal and Windermere Railway The Kendal and Windermere Railway is a railway in Cumbria in north-west England. It was built as a railway from the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Oxenholme via Kendal to near Windermere, opening fully in April 1847. The engineer was Joseph Locke and the partnership of contractors consisted of Thomas Brassey, William Mackenzie, Robert Stephenson and George Heald. It remains open, albeit in much simplified form, as the Windermere Branch Line. The Kendal & Windermere was promoted because of concerns that the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (which now forms part of the West Coast Main Line