It was a few years after the war that Kunzle first appeared. In those dark days most confectionary was of very poor quality. Ice cream was rubbish. When we found these little chocolate cups filled with sponge and decorations we thought we had found heaven. They seemed delicious as their quality was well above the average.
Twenty-five years later on, when I had children of my own, I found that Kunzle Cakes had seen a revival and were available again. My children thought they were delicious too but, I have to say, the Kunzle cake was never really a high quality product. It was just that the novelty appealed to the young. There are so many first class confections available everywhere that leave poor old Kunzle in the shade.
When Sarah Kennedy highlighted the interest for the return of Kunzle cake on her ‘Dawn Patrol’ programme about six years ago, the publicity regenerated the Kunzle cake and they were to be had, for a short while only, in ‘Waitrose’. I bought six at £1 each and took them to one of my grown up daughters for tea. They were a poorly made effort and were a disappointment. They had to be £1 or so as the work involved to make small amounts by hand could never make the product a viable proposition. Only if very large qualities could be produced by machinery could the project succeed.
I think childhood memories will have to remain as childhood memories as I find my grandchildren now have their own personal memories about things, which have no appeal to my daughters or me.
David
Comment by David Smith — August 27, 2005 @ 7:21 am
Hello
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It was a few years after the war that Kunzle first appeared. In those dark days most confectionary was of very poor quality. Ice cream was rubbish. When we found these little chocolate cups filled with sponge and decorations we thought we had found heaven. They seemed delicious as their quality was well above the average.
Twenty-five years later on, when I had children of my own, I found that Kunzle Cakes had seen a revival and were available again. My children thought they were delicious too but, I have to say, the Kunzle cake was never really a high quality product. It was just that the novelty appealed to the young. There are so many first class confections available everywhere that leave poor old Kunzle in the shade.
When Sarah Kennedy highlighted the interest for the return of Kunzle cake on her ‘Dawn Patrol’ programme about six years ago, the publicity regenerated the Kunzle cake and they were to be had, for a short while only, in ‘Waitrose’. I bought six at £1 each and took them to one of my grown up daughters for tea. They were a poorly made effort and were a disappointment. They had to be £1 or so as the work involved to make small amounts by hand could never make the product a viable proposition. Only if very large qualities could be produced by machinery could the project succeed.
I think childhood memories will have to remain as childhood memories as I find my grandchildren now have their own personal memories about things, which have no appeal to my daughters or me.
David
Comment by David Smith — August 27, 2005 @ 7:21 am