Eccles Cakes - 4 Pieces, 5.29 Oz (Pack of 3) - British Snack Cakes with Pure Butter & Dried Currants, Traditional English Fruit Cake Pastry, Imported UK Snacks for Tea & Breakfast

One of my favorites! Very tasty…

The Eccles cakes were fresh-tasting with flaky pastry and sweet currants. They were properly packed and delivered without damage, on time. A favorite gift for special friends and family!

Tiny compared the ones would have bought decades ago in the UK. But the currant filling tastes the same. Texture as expected, also. Good balance between pastry and filling. Fresh enough taste despite leaving the baker some time earlier. Transport from UK adds to the price, unavoidable, so a one-star deduction for that. Pricy, but a treat. I deserve a treat sometimes.

Being a fan of British literature I have often read about Eccles cakes, especially in the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. To satisfy my curiosity I ordered these when Amazon ( strangely) suggested them to me. I can now easily see why the Brits love these rich, delicious pastry cakes. The cakes were well packaged & so fresh they could have been baked that day! Try them :)

Geez Louise..... This was the first time I had ever had one of these little nuggets of heaven and I'm living for them. So dense and delicious and perfect with a strong cup of tea for french press. One is all you can eat as they are rich, but thats a good thing. Ef it, I'm going to reorder now so I don't run out. You get 3 packs of 4 in each order. Great value and YUM.

A taste of home. Expensive and much much smaller than I remember. Very tasty though

The ones I received had been out of date for over two months BEFORE I ordered them. They were shipped fairly quickly, but they were already over two months beyond their ‘Best By’ dates. I consider this to be a highly unethical business practice and hope it was an ‘oversight’. Writing this review to warn others of this possibility.

What a surprise! Looking for a tea cake, for afternoon and breakfast, but I had absolutely NO IDEA what I was doing! LOL! American good guess and little blessings, later? The filling is sweet but the currant destructs from the raisins (DO NOT FEAR THE RAISINS). This is NOT mincemeat - The butter it takes to form that flaky crust! WOW! How they pack them and they didn’t turn to dust? I - quite honestly - F’d up and used the microwave for 10 seconds and please, follow the directions for oven baking or use a toaster oven for warming through to capture that butter’s reaction with the crust/pastry and filling. I’ve never before had these or anything close.