Welcome to my quirky little review on cakes! Ok everyone has heard of MR Kipling right? Go on of course you have he`s the guy that bakes exceedingly good cakes, You with me now? Right well of all the cakes the afore mentioned MR Kipling bakes his French fancies are without doubt the best. A pink coloured box which inside contains a cellophane covered white cardboard tray, on the tray lays 8 beautifully coloured delicious MR Kipling French fancies. My favourite is the brown chocolate flavoured one but they are all delicious. There are three colours in total the brown chocolate flavoured one I have just mentioned, a pink fondant icing one and a ...  Read the complete review

The other day, my folks brought us up a box of Mr Kipling French Fancies, having got them for the bargain price of 50p as they were best before that same day. These are a cake that takes me back to my childhood - I seem to remember they were always on offer when I went to visit my great grandparents, and then my gran had them often as well. I had actually not had these for a good few years before mum brought them up to us, so was looking forward to one (or three!) with my cuppa. They come in a pink cardboard box, updated slightly from the dooyoo picture, but still very similar. They are of course claimed to be "exceedingly good" and we are also ...  Read the complete review

---Personal Background--- I am writing a review about French Fancies after recently stocking up on them for a BBQ. I have had them in the past but only when I have noticed they were on offer. I have friends who love them more and will buy them regularly and it was catering to their likes which made me buy them in this instance. I paid £1 per box on offer in Tesco (this offer is still available until 15th July 2010) and bought 5 boxes. Put simply there were none left. Everyone one I bought was eaten at the BBQ. I cant think of many reasons people will not enjoy this cake. Unlike some cakes which you know there will be people who will not want one (like ...  Read the complete review

Since becoming pregnant I have gone through various cravings such as olives and pickled onions or fizzy sweets! This week I have had a major sweet tooth and knowing that I need to keep an eye on how much sugar I eat I've really had to stop myself from raiding the sweet aisle in my local supermarket! My wonderful partner came home with a box of Mr Kipling French Fancies the other day for me which made me incredibly happy! Simple things! *** Mr Kipling *** Mr Kipling isn't actually a person! The company is owned by Premier Foods. The cakes were introduced in 1967 to the public and by 1976 Mr Kipling was the number 1 selling brand and still is to this ...  Read the complete review

Of course, as you probably already know I am partial to a Mr Kipling cake and Fench Fancies are absolutely gorgeous. (I have noticed that all the girly Mr Kipling cake like Angel Slices and French Fancies are very light and guilt-free!) ~Packaging and Apperance~ Mr Kipling French Fancies are sold in a pink box with plenty of airbrushed photographs of the cakes. On the front of the box it also says 'Exeedingly Good' which is on all the cake boxes and is the case for all Mr Kipling cakes. Anyway, on the back of the box is the ingredients list and nutritional infomation (per fancy): Calories - 105 Sugar - 16.7g Fat - 2.7g Saturates ...  Read the complete review