page_title: Kendal Mint Cake
section_title: Quiggin's
hierarchical_section_title: Kendal Mint Cake / History / Quiggin's
caption_attribution_description: English: Site of Quiggin's Kendal mint cake factory, in Kendal, North England.
context_page_description: Kendal Mint Cake is a sugar-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.
context_section_description: Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake is the oldest surviving mint cake company. The Quiggin family has been making confectionery since 1840 in the Isle of Man. When one of the four sons, Daniel Quiggin, moved to Kendal in 1880, the mint cake company was formed.
  In the BBC TV programme Great British Menu, series 5, Lisa Allen visited Quiggin's factory and used Quiggin's Kendal Mint Cake in her Strawberries with Meringue & Kendal Mint Cake Water Ice dessert.
  In the BBC TV programme Great British Railway Journeys (Series 7, Episode 2), Michael Portillo visited Quiggin's factory.
  Chris Bonnington also used Quiggin's Kendal Mint cake on his Everest expedition.
caption: Quiggin's factory on Low Fellside, in Kendal, England
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