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three different colored cakes on a white plate with pansies and flowers in the background

From the days of my childhood, one treat has held a special place in my heart - the French Fancies, also known as Fondant Fancies. Picture dainty squares of vanilla sponge cake, each crowned with a dollop of creamy buttercream, lovingly coated in a layer of delectable fondant icing. While the tradit

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small pieces of cake sitting on top of paper plates

Try these gorgeous little sponge cakes covered in icing and flavoured with lemon curd and strawberry jam. Our Fondant Fancies recipe is perfect for tea parties as they are small enough to have room for sandwiches and scones! They look brilliant on a cake stand too.

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there are many different colored candies on the cake plate with flowers in the background

When you see these encased in their frilly cases lined up together in a Mr Kipling box, you know it's a special occasion - or you are celebrating a birthday of someone over 50 or under 5. Homemade versions are even nicer. With a beautifully light vanilla sponge, thick glossy icing and hidden button

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a half eaten piece of cake next to a cup of coffee

Click here for an updated version of these. Quite the experiment today, we used to love french fancies, which are just a brand name of a type of petite fours you can buy here. They come in pink, yellow and chocolate but even when we were vegetarian we couldn't eat the pink ones and now being vegan they are all off limits, until now of course.... Decided to just make them pink to make up for years of only having the yellow and chocolate ones! I have never worked with fondant icing before…

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