I remember my older sister buying a similar looking biscuit wrapped in foil for just a penny ;) she used to tell me how delicious they were! This M&S chocolate digestive looks very similar and mmm... tastes delicious! Can you also remember Bassets Sweet Tobacco? A strange name that you'd never get away with today. Strands of sugared candy in a chunky little pack.. mmm.
Last but so not least... do you remember Kunzle Showboats? A little 60's cake which was a chocolate shell filled with a layer of Genoese sponge in the bottom, topped with butter cream and decorated with jelly gems. Very labour intensive but absolutely one of the best little cake experiences ever. Doing a bit of research I've discovered that forty thousand dozen Showboat cakes left the factory in Birmingham every week at the height of production. It was Lyon's biggest-selling line.
Every cake was individually wrapped and sold singly for 7d or in a pack of 6 for 3/3d. The name Kunzle comes from the originator of the brand, Christian Kunzle, a Swiss chef who worked for a time at the House of Commons, Westminster. These photographs, taken of the production line, show how many hands were needed to create these tasty little gems. They were taken in November 1969 at the Garret's Green Factory, Birmingham. RIP Showboats
I remember my older sister buying a similar looking biscuit wrapped in foil for just a penny ;) she used to tell me how delicious they were! This M&S chocolate digestive looks very similar and mmm... tastes delicious! Can you also remember Bassets Sweet Tobacco? A strange name that you'd never get away with today. Strands of sugared candy in a chunky little pack.. mmm.
Last but so not least... do you remember Kunzle Showboats? A little 60's cake which was a chocolate shell filled with a layer of Genoese sponge in the bottom, topped with butter cream and decorated with jelly gems. Very labour intensive but absolutely one of the best little cake experiences ever. Doing a bit of research I've discovered that forty thousand dozen Showboat cakes left the factory in Birmingham every week at the height of production. It was Lyon's biggest-selling line. 
Every cake was individually wrapped and sold singly for 7d or in a pack of 6 for 3/3d. The name Kunzle comes from the originator of the brand, Christian Kunzle, a Swiss chef who worked for a time at the House of Commons, Westminster. These photographs, taken of the production line, show how many hands were needed to create these tasty little gems. They were taken in November 1969 at the Garret's Green Factory, Birmingham. RIP Showboats
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