Comments on: What about Jap cakes?

By: Julie Lee

Julie Lee — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:57:21 +0000

Jap cakes can be bought from Reeves the Bakers – we get ours from Ringwood, Hampshire. They are lush.

By: Ike

Ike — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:29:39 +0000

The best jap cakes in the world have been made for decades by The Kandy Bar, in Hamilton Street, Saltcoats. (On the Ayrshire coast). After fifty years, I am still a complete addict. Even though I now live in Texas, I make a yearly pilgrimage back to indulge in the Kandy Bar’s sweet jap treat!

By: roxalma

roxalma — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:32:45 +0000

Jap cakes can be bought peridoially from a small on-site bakers in Wickford, Essex. (In the arcade shopping area) Problem is they only bake them periodically for some reason, so you have to keep looking in the window! They are delicious!

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:23:22 +0000

I am in Cape Town, South Africa, and just yesterday, my Mother and I were talking about a little confectioner in Kalk Bay, in the 1960′s. We were licking our lips at the memory of “Japs”, “Coconut Wheels”, and “Odds On” biscuits. Needless to say, I was on a mission !!! So glad to come across the “Japs” recipe, no one else knows WHAT I am talking about!!!!! lol. Do the other two, ( “Coconut Wheels”, and “Odds On” biscuits),mean anything to anyone? Also, are there any photos of “Japs” anywhere?

By: Roger Griffith

Roger Griffith — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:58:47 +0000

Does anyone know why it’s called a Jap/Japanese Cake?

By: Kym

Kym — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:29:27 +0000

I used to love these as well and haven’t seen them in many places for years. However, I was in Dartmouth yesterday and there is an old-fashioned bakery near the park, and the town museum is in the upstairs of the same building. Amongst their traditional cakes they sold chocolate jap cakes.

By: lorraine

lorraine — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:00:53 +0000

worked in a bakers shop for 22 years and they are soooooo nice!

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:23:21 +0000

Oh how brilliant! I thought i was in the minority in remembering these wonderful cakes! My kids think I have made them up!!
My mum used to buy them for me at Knowles bakery in Penwortham but i havent heard of or seen them for over 30 years. I found them last year on a trip to Moffatt in Scotland. Anyone know where on the Fylde coast I could get them?

By: Ursula

Ursula — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:27:31 +0000

Oh I can’t believe, and I’m so pleased that I’ve found all these like minded souls who love Jap cakes – the coffee ones especially. I used to buy 4 in a box, on a Saturday morning with my pocket money in Stratford on Avon, in the mid – late seventies, and scoff the lot on Saturday afternoon. I was talking to my husband about them only last week, and he’d never heard of them! Does anyone know of anywhere in Shropshire that still does them?

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:13:23 +0000

A bakery in Callander sells jap cakes. Only one i have found in Scotland.