Too true Mike. We never seemed to bothered about calories when Kunzle cakes were about. Whilst we are on the subject of cakes. Which bakery do people elect as their favourite or "the best one" for bread and cakes in Brum? Can be past or present.
Of course, I am remembering the long gone ones such as Baines. They had great sliced bread - Sunblest and I remember their cakes fondly...Cream Horns, Cream Buns, Custard Slices, Battenburg Loaves, Victoria Cream Sandwiches, Hovis Malt Bread. Maids of Honour, Pineapple Cream Tarts Chocolate Eclairs, Merangues, Jam Tarts, Doughnuts, Egg Custards, etc. They had a shop on Stockland Green and I used to pop in on the way to work on the 65 bus.
I missed all that kind of baking when I moved to Canada as the bakeries sold no real cream cakes whatsoever for years and years until a European baker came to Vancouver in the early l970's.
I would always make a beeline for Druckers when I came to Brum for a visit but of late I think their quality has diminished and the prices have
gone up. I am not too fond of Gregg's products really although their
baking looks good. Sometimes I would go into Rackhams Food Floor at the end of the day and buy their cakes with a considerable amount taken off the price.
