Mr KiplingMr Kipling Mini Battenbergs 5ea

so good! We ate it quickly, great packaging so it wasn't smushed but was fresh and soft sponge. Wished it shipped faster but it was coming from England.Will definitely buy again!

These were always a "Sunday treat" when I was a kid, or rather slices of a full sized Battenberg were.The Battenberg cake is another one of those quintessentially British food items, being a pink and yellow sponge cake made up of 4 alternate colored squares held together with a thin sweet glue of apricot jam and then covered with a layer of rich marzipan.These cakes are truly delicious but they do have a relatively short shelf-life so eat 'em up quickly!For those who may be unfamiliar with the chequered history of this product, this confection was originally designed in secret in an attempt to assassinate the Baron von Battenberg who, despite his jovial appearance in photographs, was quite a nasty piece of work intent on destabilizing late Victorian Europe. Robert Welles and Agnes Bertha Marshall, both in the employ of The Covert Culinary Operatives (a little-known forerunner of the now defunct British intelligence agency E110) were passed information that the Baron had an "unhealthy addiction to nuts, especially almonds", which they combined with the poorly kept secret that he was a diabetic, into a cunning plan, codenamed "Sunset Yellow" . Through 1898, working independently so as to avoid suspicion, they perfected a highly sugared cake covered with rich almond paste that they knew he would be unable to resist. The culmination of their secretive baking was the Battenberg, a combination of Welles' "Neapolitan Roll" and Marshall's "Domino Cake"When presented with this delicacy at the opening festival of "Der große und wichtige Tanz der Esel" in 1899, the Count was immediately hooked. However, due to his large stature and exceptionally strong constitution, even the huge amount of sugar contained in the Battenberg cake had little effect on him and he survived totally unscathed. Alas, the same cannot be said for at least two, more slightly built, members of his entourage who went into immediate hyperglycemic shock which, untreated, led to ketoacidosis resulting in their untimely demise.The resulting political outrage fueled resentment within the German aristocracy for years, including an understandable ban on almond paste importation, and immediate frosting of diplomatic relations between Britain and Germany. The rest, as they say, is history....

Oh my, these are the most delicious little works of art I've ever tasted! A little bit like a petit four, but with more skill and Marzipan (almond paste) rather than sugary frosting. Good thing they're bite size, not too many calories in one.

Mr Kipling Mini Battenbergs are very tasty. I would buy them more often if they cost less.

Very tasty I loved it!!

I bought this item to deliver to a friend living in the US. After discovering, that they didn't taste quite right, the expiry date was checked. The expiry date had been covered over with a white stickie on both boxes and when this was peeled back it transpires both boxes had expired by two months. A really sneaky thing to do. We will be in touch further.

Just like my childhood I loved them as a child but since leaving England in 75 haven't had any they didn't disappoint

Very sweet, nice treat.