Comments on: Sarah Kennedy and Waitrose

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:36:58 +0000

My parents sold Kunzel cakes in thier shop ,please bring them back.We had one gentleman who used to buy a box every week,he said the only problem was that left him without a cake on one day as there were 6 in the box.There was a shop in Glos that sold Japs until recently ,they are delicious as well.Bring them both back!!!

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:39:37 +0000

Bring back Kunzle cakes!There is nothing to compare them to.

By: peter carroll

peter carroll — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:57:38 +0000

I was very interested in Jemma Roberts story and would be most interested to know the name of her grandad for an article I am presently writing.

By: Derek

Derek — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:22:18 +0000

So, (i) Jemma Roberts has recipes. (ii) Lyons were the last custodians of Kunzle. And Nigella Lawson’s family were owners of Lyons (there’s your celebrity chef).
Right then, whose got her e-mail address?

By: Norma

Norma — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:37:32 +0000

It is nice to know that the recipes for Kunzle cakes have not gone to oblivion – ever thought of putting them in a book or getting in touch with a famaous tv chef. perhaps? (Is James martin a pastry chef?)

I was just looking through some old letters and thoughts turned to my childhood high spots of shopping trips to Birmingham, and the dim rather brown shop where we would go for tea and cakes. What a safe comforting word Kunzle was!

I think that the reason for Kunzle cakes failure since the 60s is that the heart went out of production and with it quality ingredients. This is something that seems to be changing recently as the wheel turns full circle and people are searching for artisan foods.

By: Jemma Roberts

Jemma Roberts — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:26:57 +0000

Just discoverd your website while searching for an image of a show boat. My grandad was the works manager of C Kunzle Ltd in Birmingham and he invented the Show Boat! My father remembers well the trouble my grandad initially got in when he started producing show boats without first approving the scheme with Christain Kunzle – he returned from Switzerland to find the factory and production line in full flow. Apparently the trauma soon passed when Kunzle realised how profitable the new show boats were proving! My grandad loved working for Kunzles and even as an old man was the best cake maker I have ever met. I have inherited a full suitcase of wonderful recipes and cook books, some dating back to the early 1800′s and many fleyrs for kunzle recipes and delights.