Mr Kipling Fiendish Fancies

French fancies are the small square cakes that have a little bump on top filled with cream, and come in three different colours. These are chocolate brown, yellow and pink. Now the fiendish versions of the cakes are the Halloween special. These little critters are orange in colour and come in an orange box too. So a small square cake with soft moist sponge and the lovely cream fondant blob on top all covered in a lovely orange icing with black piping lines! The box contains 8 of these horrifying monstrosities, which I could easily eat by myself. This is my only gripe with them, they are too small. Two bites later your little orange fiend is no more. Onto the ...  Read the complete review

Fiendish yuminess! This almost jumped into my trolley at the supermarket, French Fancies are a weakness of mine but knowing I had a valid reason to buy them (it's Halloween!) made them about the more enjoyable. Soft, moist sponge with the expected indulgent blob of fondant then covered in a surprisingly appetising orange icing with black detail. They went down very well with my 3 year old and his Nana alike! I just wish they were bigger as 2 bites and they're gone! It seems greedy eating more than a couple but I could easily devour the box of 8 in one sitting with a hot cuppa tea! I guess you can't beat the originals from a nostaglic point of view but these ...  Read the complete review