favourite cake

I do too KatyK did you used to have your Kunzels cakes at the Kardomah ?

Yes I remember when Kunzle cakes were made here in Brum. They were a rare treat.

rosesarered - Christian Kunzle came from Switzerland and his lovely cakes were made in Brum. Apparently he made so much money from his enterprise he was able to provide funds for a centre in his home country to treat sick children.

Just made a rather nice coffee cake.

Had a hot cup of tea with it and watched some tennis from a wet Paris - bliss.

Soutra there is always a fave one though!
Yes, Greenfinch I remember the Kunzel cakes too [surely the German spelling would be that as the other spelling would be French?]I remember the first time I had any was at a Christmas party when about 10 years old at school.It seemed very adult and sophisticated to eat one[and delicious.] Don't know what I would make of them now though.The russian slices that I mention in the first post on the thread, were all bits and bobs of cake welded together with rum essence in a slice with icing on top, they were heaven.Maybe nobody remembers them or they were just a local thing? You can still buy custard slices though [I bought 2 last week in Tesco.]Rum babas used to be popular in the 70's, and I downed quite a few of those as well.

I loved Kunzle cakes - such a treat when we had them

Iced buns are scrummy too - still like them. Good old Birds

Carrot cake, but without the icing- and lemon drizzle cake

Belgian buns

Battenberg

Stollen

Carrot cake

It's like saying "favourite DGC"!!!

Favourite? I don't quite understand the question

Yes, I remember Kunzle cakes too. Very sickly, but my friend and I used to by a box of four and have two each at work. No wonder I have a weight problem now!!

I find that quite interesting shysal.Perhaps different spellings were used in different countries .It sounds like a German name. Totally unimportant and irrelevant to this thread really but I am very interested in language.

I didn't even notice the spelling difference Greenfinch, you may be right. Both forms appear when Googled.

Yes I did wonder about the spelling shysal. They had so much chocolate cream in them for a small cake. I can remember the shop where my mother used to buy them for a treat when we went into town. She didn't realise she wasn't doing me any favours !

Oh yes, I remember the Kunzle cakes, I loved them. When I was a child a shop cake was a luxury, we would choose a Fullers layer, seemed like heaven! Nowadays I prefer home made.

Devil's Food Cake

Does anyone remember the little Kunzel cakes? Absolutely delicious !

Lemon drizzle cake
Sachertorte (sp?)
Delia's Caribbean Christmas cake (yum)
Somerset Apple cake
All too delicious !

Whichever one I happen to be eating at the time.

Be strong shysal but think how much you will enjoy it tomorrow.

Nigella's chocolate fudge cake. It is a fasting day for me today, I must resist going to the freezer where there are some slices!