Mr Kipling have ruined their bramley apple pies (and probably other products)

sarah1972

PLRFD said:

I’ve never thought Mr Kiplings of any kind were any good.

I agree ! But to answer to op, I welcome reduced sugar, every time I bake which is very often I always reduce the sugar in recipes if I’m not using my own recipes. Far too many very sweet things nowadays I find. I think our palates are changing. I used to love a can of coke and now the thought of one makes my teeth itch 

Rosa_Damascena

PLRFD said:

I’ve never thought Mr Kiplings of any kind were any good.

The individual cakes are handy for transportable snacks though - the kind of thing I buy when I have tradesmen in to keep them going. Albeit far too sweet, even for me!

Murphybear

PLRFD said:

I’ve never thought Mr Kiplings of any kind were any good.

I totally agree.  I knew someone who worked for them.  When we had a big extended family get together he used to bring a carrier bag full of their cakes.  I think that put me off them for life,  none were really worth eating 

gwynlas

I think that their sales must be falling given the price rises shown in the supermarkets. I have also seen that they have moved into the cake mix sector which will hoefully lead to people learning to bake themselves a much healthier and cheaper option.

jon81uk

gwynlas said:

I think that their sales must be falling given the price rises shown in the supermarkets. I have also seen that they have moved into the cake mix sector which will hoefully lead to people learning to bake themselves a much healthier and cheaper option.

Why is cake mix any healthier? Its also unlikely to be much cheaper by the time you've paid £3 for the cake mix and £1.50 for the eggs you are getting close to just buying cake.

PLRFD

jon81uk said:

gwynlas said:

I think that their sales must be falling given the price rises shown in the supermarkets. I have also seen that they have moved into the cake mix sector which will hoefully lead to people learning to bake themselves a much healthier and cheaper option.

Why is cake mix any healthier? Its also unlikely to be much cheaper by the time you've paid £3 for the cake mix and £1.50 for the eggs you are getting close to just buying cake.

Then you have to cook it.

Rosa_Damascena

PLRFD said:

jon81uk said:

gwynlas said:

I think that their sales must be falling given the price rises shown in the supermarkets. I have also seen that they have moved into the cake mix sector which will hoefully lead to people learning to bake themselves a much healthier and cheaper option.

Why is cake mix any healthier? Its also unlikely to be much cheaper by the time you've paid £3 for the cake mix and £1.50 for the eggs you are getting close to just buying cake.

Then you have to cook it.

And then you have to eat it  

Katiehound

gwynlas said:

  I have also seen that they have moved into the cake mix sector which will hopefully lead to people learning to bake themselves a much healthier and cheaper option.

How do you work that one out?
No doubt the packet will have a load of unnatural ingredients, additives etc that ensure the packet has a very looooong shelf life.

Of course it would be a healthier & cheaper option if they were to bake with wholesome fresh ingredients- from scratch

pumpkin89

Katiehound said:

Of course it would be a healthier & cheaper option if they were to bake with wholesome fresh ingredients- from scratch

That's not necessarily the case either.  You certainly can bake more healthily and more cheaply than ready made, but almost all recipes in the best-selling cookbooks and popular magazines are far higher in fat and sugar than ready made cakes, and generally cost considerably more too.  You really have to know what you're doing.

GaleSF63

pumpkin89 said:

Katiehound said:

Of course it would be a healthier & cheaper option if they were to bake with wholesome fresh ingredients- from scratch

That's not necessarily the case either.  You certainly can bake more healthily and more cheaply than ready made, but almost all recipes in the best-selling cookbooks and popular magazines are far higher in fat and sugar than ready made cakes, and generally cost considerably more too.  You really have to know what you're doing.

For baking I think you can't go far wrong with a Be-ro book. And if you compare an older edition and a newer one, you can often see a recipe for the same thing with different amounts of fat and sugar (older = lower) so it's possible to cut both down without problems.