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By: Jemma Roberts

Jemma Roberts — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:07:09 +0000

My grandad used to manage the factory floor at Kunzels and sketched out a design for a new chocolate that became knowen as the Showboat.. . I have a suitcase full of all his old recipes and scribbles for what needed ordering . . its so funny reading the huge quanities that were mixed. I so wish I had had the chance to taste one. . .

It is so lovely reading all the comments here, if my grandad was still alive he would have been delighted to know that Kunzels cakes are still remembered. He talkd about them all the time.

By: Margaret Craner

Margaret Craner — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:58:36 +0000

I have been thinking about these luscious cakes for so long. The yearning to taste them again is almost totally absorbing. There has never bee anything like Kunzle showboats – they are the proper cup cakes. They should be brought back, true to the original, to show todays generations what a real cup cake is, and I need them too. Since I posted about them on my blog, so many people have said how much they miss them and want them back.

By: jan

jan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:35:31 +0000

Never actually had the chance to taste a Kunzle cake, although I do remember looking at them longingly on the counter in the Cedar Grill Cafe, where I worked on weekends in my teens. I used to think, I’m gonna try one of those when I get a spare 1/6d. But I never did, now I wish that I’d tried one at least. Please would someone bring them back, although they were pricey, people would still buy them as a treat. I’m sure they would sell nowadays.

By: Pene' Luck

Pene' Luck — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:58:47 +0000

Please please try to find someone with the recipe, and bring these georgous cakes back. I remember them from the 60s’. KUNZEL CAKES PLEASE.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:27:10 +0000

Kunzel Cup Cakes ( not showboats in our house) were an institution with our family, every weekend we were treated if we had behaved ourselves enough. I have wondered what happened to these gems but have to say, if they were bought back I wonder if they would be made to the standard of the original. I think not, but hey its worth a try. Come on RHM Ltd give it a whirl please I would be a regular customer for sure.

By: merrin ashcroft

merrin ashcroft — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:29:43 +0000

I am the grandson of the former production manager of Kunzles cakes when they were based at garrets green in birmingham, my granddad Harry Kinloch spent a good few years at the company before it closed, and my grandad went onto set up our family bakery Kinlochs in wellingborough where it is still going today. my grand father is 95 but still talks of these beautifull cakes and often talks of the recipes which made them loved by many.

By: Jessica Thomas

Jessica Thomas — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:37:27 +0000

I too loved these delicious cakes as a child, my gran used to buy them for us as a treat on a Sunday from Mrs Bings sweet shop in Llanelli. Happy days. I wish they would bring them back so as my children could taste these wonderful cakes I’ve harped on about for years. I tried to make them once YUK ! nothing like the originals

By: Tony Vardy

Tony Vardy — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:27:00 +0000

Hello
Just come across this website today (05.04.2011). I must be honest, I will never forget Kunzles as long as I live and I am a retired layabout with long hair. Long hair? Because for years I’ve had short hair and I’ve decided to rebel. Anyway PLEASE, PLEASE bring back Kunzle Showboats. I utterly adored them all those years ago, until some swine withdrew them. Isn’t that the way of things though? Can’t have people enjoying things for too long can we?

Tony

By: Clare Hempstead

Clare Hempstead — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:31:11 +0000

I loved these as a child and have often hoped that they would be revived. They were the most delicious cakes imaginable and I would love to be able to buy them again.

By: Catherine Spiers

Catherine Spiers — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:01:44 +0000

These were lovely my nan used to work for Lyons on Cape Hill in Smethwick and used to get these cheap from the factory shop I simply adored them and have never found anything to remotely compare to them since they were withdrawn. I would love to see them back on the shelves and would pay any price for them, they were that delicious!