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The hardest part was always deciding what snack to pimp. As it was our first
pimp we didn’t want to go overboard yet we still wanted to test ourselves
and our baking prowess. We finally came to settle on a French Fancy as it
had the potential to look great but also make us look like fools if we
messed up.
We bought more than enough raw ingredients, just to be sure, plus nobody
likes to be caught short. Final estimated cost is about £8.
First step was to make the sponge, we just used a basic sponge recipe
which we adjusted in order to fit our large cake tins. We made two batches
in order to reach the required height; each batch took about 45mins to bake
so there was a lot of hanging about.
Meanwhile, we made the creamy filling. We decided to whip up some cream
and add icing sugar in order to get as close a match to the real thing as
possible. We decided against a butter cream filling as Mr. Kipling makes no
mention of this on his packaging .
Once the cakes had cooled we assembled them to create the desired structure.
Next the filling was placed on top in the best dome shape we could manage
before the cream started to melt. It then went into the fridge while we made
the icing.
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