French Fancy
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A French Fancy is a British variety of iced sponge cake, resembling petits fours. They were originally produced in the UK by the Mr Kipling
company.
, topped with a hemisphere of buttercream. The entire cake is coated with fondant icing, with several varieties drizzled with a second colour. Standard varieties are pink (strawberry) with white drizzle, yellow (lemon) with chocolate drizzle, and brown (chocolate) with chocolate drizzle.
French Fancies are generally individual sized, the Mr Kipling variety having eight in a box, encased in corrugated paper. In September 2008, Mr Kipling announced the Big French Fancy, a large cake which can be sliced into portions.
Mr Kipling
Mr Kipling is a brand of cakes, pies and baked goods widely marketed in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was introducedin 1967, at a time when cakes were more often bought from local bakers to sell cakes of a local baker's standard to supermarkets....
company.
Composition
French Fancies consist of a cube of sponge cakeSponge cake
Sponge cake is a cake based on flour , sugar, and eggs, sometimes leavened with baking powder which has a firm, yet well aerated structure, similar to a sea sponge. A sponge cake may be produced by either the batter method, or the foam method. Typicially the batter method in the U.S. is known as a...
, topped with a hemisphere of buttercream. The entire cake is coated with fondant icing, with several varieties drizzled with a second colour. Standard varieties are pink (strawberry) with white drizzle, yellow (lemon) with chocolate drizzle, and brown (chocolate) with chocolate drizzle.
French Fancies are generally individual sized, the Mr Kipling variety having eight in a box, encased in corrugated paper. In September 2008, Mr Kipling announced the Big French Fancy, a large cake which can be sliced into portions.