Ms Cupcake arrives on Coldharbour Lane, Brixton

[Johnny Canuck3]

Who created Wonder Woman: was it Stan Lee?

I wonder if he had sexual....... issues?

 

[Melinda]

What's old lady about them?

I don't like them either btw

I just associate them with nans! Battenburg too.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I just associate them with nans! Battenburg too.

Battenburg cakes are making a comeback apparently.

 

[wtfftw]

I want a jam doughnut now.

 

[trashpony]

I just associate them with nans! Battenburg too.

You're right

My nan exists entirely on a diet of Battenburg and Heinz chicken soup (she's almost 101)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You're right

My nan exists entirely on a diet of Battenburg and Heinz chicken soup (she's almost 101)

Really?

*Orders massive supply of Battenburg*

 

[RaverDrew]

Yeah, but are you talking about those small fat pancakes or the flat crepey type pancakes that we call pancakes?

Proper pancakes

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Proper pancakes

What do you call proper pancakes though, thick, small American ones or what we in the UK call pancakes?

or Scotch pancakes?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

American pancake

What we call pancakes

 

[Red Cat]

You're right

My nan exists entirely on a diet of Battenburg and Heinz chicken soup (she's almost 101)

My nan lived until 90+ and was also a Battenburg eater. We may be onto something.

 

[editor]

And then there's the whole issue of pikelets versus crumpets.

A crumpet is a sweet and savoury bread snack made from flour and yeast. It is eaten mainly in the United Kingdom and other nations of the Commonwealth.
In the West Midlands it is called a pikelet. A crumpet in this area is similar in appearance (but not taste) to a North American pancake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumpet

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

And then there's the whole issue of pikelets versus crumpets.

We haven't finished with Scotch, American and French/English pancakes/crepes yet

and I bet the Welsh have a completely different name for everything just to confuse things further

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

American pancake

What we call pancakes

Even better: Canadian pancakes.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Canadian-Pancakes

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Even better: Canadian pancakes.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Canadian-Pancakes

Look like oversized Scotch pancakes to me

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

And then there's the whole issue of pikelets versus crumpets.

aha, Welsh pancakes

crempog, ffroes

 

[gaijingirl]

Battenburg cakes are making a comeback apparently.

Battenberg cakes are what my family has had for every birthday cake ever.... even recently there was a move by my brother to get my daughter a battenberg for her first birthday.... gaijinboy, whose parents get cakes at Konditor and Cook - was horrified....

 

[wtfftw]

Pikelets are thinner crumpets aren't they?

 

[Clair De Lune]

ime pikelets are salty flat patty type things and nothing like crumpets.

 

[ivebeenhigh]

Man walks into a bakers and asks "is that a lemon cake or a meringue?" Bakers says "No you're right, it's a lemon cake."

 

[Orang Utan]

Like your lovemaking, you mean?

Yes, my 'icing' is ludicrously baroque and overabundant

 

[Orang Utan]

The French-style macarons never existed here until recently. I prefer to keep their French name - as do others, because the English-style macaroon is different. We don't anglicise croissant, after all.

croissandwich? Thank you America

 

[miss minnie]

Pikelets are thinner crumpets aren't they?

Pikelets are made with baking powder. Crumpets with yeast. Quite different textures.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Yes, my 'icing' is ludicrously baroque and overabundant

And ready faster than a three-minute egg...

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

croissandwich? Thank you America

They're better than a mcmuffin.

 

[Orang Utan]

where is danny la rouge? i'm sure he'd have a lot to contribute here as he is Urban 75's Arbiter Of Comestibles

anyway, i just bought Time Out Bangalore and there's a feature on a cupcake shop that has opened called Cupcakeree. They're taking over the world!
Incidentally, their prices range from 25-50 rupees - that's 35-70 pence.

 

[Janh]

Cupcake Wars

There's a TV station in the US showing a programme called Cupcake Wars.



weeps

 

[Biddlybee]

I want a jam doughnut now.

I can tell you where to get one the size of a babies head

You're right

My nan exists entirely on a diet of Battenburg and Heinz chicken soup (she's almost 101)

I like both those things, I might be on to a winner

 

[QueenOfGoths]

where is danny la rouge? i'm sure he'd have a lot to contribute here as he is Urban 75's Arbiter Of Comestibles

anyway, i just bought Time Out Bangalore and there's a feature on a cupcake shop that has opened called Cupcakeree. They're taking over the world!
Incidentally, their prices range from 25-50 rupees - that's 35-70 pence.

You need to buy one, for research purposes, and tell us what it is like.

 

[wtfftw]

I can tell you where to get one the size of a babies head

Where?