So it's nearly Halloween ... (and also pay-day) and so it's time for my yearly cake post.
If I'm honest I nearly forgot about Halloween and was tossing various Christmas cake items into my basket until I saw the Halloween ones ... (I blame working too much - I don't even know what day it is).
Anyway ... I chose 6 from Tesco that I could find - these were mostly all on special and cost me about £1 for each (so not bad).
Mr. Kipling Chocolate & Slime Slices
Thoughts
Very strong taste of lime ... I know they are 'chocolate and lime' flavoured but I found them to be slightly over-powering. The chocolate topping was rather thick and had an unusual taste but still nice.
Cadbury Creepy Cake Bars (Cinder Toffee Flavour)
Thoughts
I have to admit the flavour does remind me of 'cinder toffee' - that bad that its making me want to go find/buy some cinder toffee! I wasn't expecting that consistency though - more a thin, caramel sauce.
Thornton's Creepy Caramel Shortcakes
Thoughts
Very similar to the normal all year round item but they have little white stencils of bats, skulls and ghosts which give it the Halloween-ey theme. I love this version of the biscuit - as its more a digestive type rather than a shortbread type.
Mr. Kipling Toffee Terror Whirls
Thoughts
I tried something similar to this from the Christmas line last year (think it was the gingerbread whirl) and it was amazing! This was great too - it's like a white vanilla buttercream and toffee sauce with two shortbread-type biscuits.
Mr Kipling Witches Hat Fancies
Thoughts
These are a Halloween version of the normal 'fancies' that we have all year round - which to be honest I wasn't really a fan - they just are sickly and odd (yes weird opinion). These are much different - orange flavoured sponge (not too strong) but its green coloured - orange would have been cool too! Then a vanilla topping which is soft and creamy and then wrapped in black fondant icing - YUM!
Cadbury's Spooky Mini Rolls (Blackcurrant Bite)
Thoughts
A nice change from the normal mini roll we have all year round. I remember 'jaffa cakes' brought out a blackcurrant and lime version and I enjoyed it. This flavour always reminds me of the blackcurrant fruit pastille or the blackcurrant diluting juice my mum used to give me.
That's all the Halloween-type cakes I tried this year. Hope you enjoyed the post!! It was great to make ... as I got to eat lots of cakes!
Let me know what you think in the comments and if you bought any ...
