The Fat ‘what’ is a cake make nationally famous by Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms in North Yorkshire?
Fat rascal almonds based on a rock cake recipe, developed by Helen Frankel, then a buyer and marketing assistant at Bettys. Following its launch, the fat rascal quickly became Bettys’ best known and best-selling bakery product, selling over 375,000 per year. Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate own the registered trade mark for the name 'fat rascal'. Fat rascal A fat rascal, closely related to the historical turf cake, is a type of cake, similar to a scone or rock cake in both taste and ingredients. It originated in Yorkshire at least as early as the 19th century. Fat rascals were known in
Yorkshire Tea Coffee Merchants under the 'Taylors of Harrogate' name and Bettys Tea Rooms, Bettys Cookery School and Bettys Confectionery under the 'Bettys' brand. When Safeway was taken over by West Yorkshire-based Morrisons in 2004, commentators in the London press noted the amount of shelf space in one former Safeway store that was suddenly given over to Yorkshire Tea. In 2009, the Prince of Wales granted Yorkshire Tea a Royal Warrant. Until 2011 Taylor’s of Harrogate supplied the tea free to branches of the WI (Women's Institute). The company has also sponsored ITV1's Yorkshire-based "Heartbeat" from 1998–2001. By 2015, Yorkshire Tea was