One thing that occurs a lot in this season
is a curious increase in social gatherings. Especially of the house party
variety, not the Facebook kind of loose morals and clothing. No, the type I'm
talking about is the wholesome friendly get together. A time of catching up,
finger foods and forced party games.
It is lovely to see friends from far away come
together to catch up and share an evening. Weird how no matter how much time
has past, often you immediately start from when you last left it. The old jokes
and anecdotes re-emerge, of the time John tripped over that sheep, remember
that one? You get that nice table spread filled with sandwiches, cakes and
small meat items that you wouldn't usually eat. On that very table is where you
expect to see today's items. Although by the look of the two they probably
wouldn't share.
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| They look a bit off putting with the odd lump on top. |
There is one bad thing about these social
get togethers, they can breed a sense of one-up man ship. You put out those
really fancy cakes from Tesco's finest range because Cindy bought Salisbury's
taste the difference. Really the whole concept of premium food is built upon a
bit of pettiness on our parts. But then if we didn't have that I wouldn't have
polarising items today, one from the finest range and one, well from Poundland.
So first up Poundland, although not like
Poundlands own stuff (wouldn't want to poison anyone, would we?). These are Mr
Kipling's at least so still recognisable. Mr Kipling's Festive Fancies. Another
shameless display of a product re-skin for the yule tidings. Then again they
were only a pound so can't complain.
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| Screaming both luxury and over indulgent at once |
Plus I kinda like them. The fairy cake base
is delightfully light and fluffy with a nice subtle vanilla taste. Now I know
that wasn't anywhere near a manly description but then there is not much
manliness about this product. The icing combines well, it's got an odd soggy
but solid texture that creates a cooling sensation in my mouth. Frosty Fancies
indeed. All was going well until I hit the cream, tasting of very little and an
unpleasant waxy texture. I ended up scraping it off and enjoying the rest separately.
Next up we have Tesco's finest Belgian
Chocolate Salted Caramel Petit Fours. Basically Millionaires Shortbread. They
look soooo cool the top Belgian chocolate has gold sparkly glitter finish. It
may not add anything to taste but it definitely looks premium.
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| The glitter doesn't sparkle in pictures quite the same. |
Believe me the impressiveness extends to
the taste, mostly. The top layer wasn't that great not much taste and I didn't
notice it too much. But that could be it was overshadowed somewhat by the
AMAZING salted caramel. Seriously the sweetness of the caramel mixed with the
perfect amount of salt create bliss in my mouth. Plus its kinda crunchy too,
The paste alone would have been enough to keep me happy. Though admittedly it
is a bit overly sweet and that's where the base comes in. Providing a crumbly
texture and a subtle butter taste that keeps these from being sickly.
Overall screw impressing people, get these
finest range Petit fours and these Frosty Fancies. Then sit in a corner and eat
them all flicking the cream topping at the walls. For the guests I dunno flies
or something.
Score
Frosty Fancies - 7 out of 11
Petit Fours - 10 out of 11
Found
Poundland
Tesco
Final Thoughts
I need to find me some salted caramel paste, grow old and die happy!
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