What about Jap cakes?
We remember Kunzle cakes and they were FAB! What about Jap cakes? They are like Kunzle cakes and are delicious too. They only seem to sell them in Scotland, in Aviemore and nearby local bakers. We buy them when we visit our daughter, who lives there. We wish they made and sold them in England where we live as the’d be top of our shopping list!
Ann & John
Found Jap fancies at Druckers tea shop in Dolphin shopping centre Poole dorset just last week…..they were a blast from the past
Comment by Peter — December 15, 2006 @ 5:29 pm
Jap Cakes were available in Salford, England in the 50’s. I used to buy them often.
Comment by Mary — May 14, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
My sister lives in Leicester and every time I go and visit her - she drags me into Druckers at Fosse Park and raves about Jap Fancies. We are also both fans of a Kunzle Showboat bringback!! Remeber eating the in the 70’s - they were wonderful
Comment by Sarah — September 26, 2007 @ 9:58 pm
Hear,hear! Another favourite, a Scottish abernethy biscuit, not the sweet uniformly shaped kind available now in packets, but a plainer, less sweet one made by Scottish co-op. Also their big thick ‘butter’ biscuits and puff cracknels. Potato scones used to be much thinner and triangular while
we had a crumpet which was also very thin (really a crepe) like a hole-y sweet pancake. They could be rolled up with a filling, usually jam. Mouth waters.
I associate Kunzle cakes with Fullers, a fashionable tearoom in Glasgow. They
also had their own make of more-ish titbits.
Comment by Jan — October 2, 2007 @ 5:04 pm
They sell them in Paul’s patisserie in eastleigh hampshire, and just found them today in reeve the bakers in winchester. Yummy!
Comment by Helen — August 30, 2008 @ 4:51 pm