Category Archives: Cakes

An Easter Treat

As a break from everything that’s going on out there, we have something a bit more lighthearted – one of our (in)famous Cake Reviews. Going with the Easter theme, Phil and I have been munching on Mr Kipling’s Egg Fancies … Continue reading

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Cakes That Go Bump in the Night

It’s been a long time, but here, finally, is a new, seasonally-appropriate cake review… Happy Halloween!

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Happy Halloween !

Happy Halloween from The Brigadier ! To get in the mood, Phil and I have done a suitably spooky Cake Review, our first for a while – Mr Kipling’s Witches Hat Fancies – click here to see what we made … Continue reading

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It’s oh so quiet …

It has been quiet on the blog of late, mainly because the Brigade elves are feverishly busy casting and packing the Xmas sale orders and getting them into the post. I had planned a couple of modelling articles, some previews … Continue reading

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Large scale Land Ironclad!

Occasionally here at Brigade Towers we’ve discussed the idea of upscaling some of our Land Ironclads models to a larger scale. Naturally these chats come to nothing for a plethora of reasons (mostly apathy it must be said). Until now … Continue reading

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Blue is not a natural colour for food …

One of the more obvious phenomenons in UK supermarkets this summer (if the past rain-lashed three months can actually be termed a ‘summer’) is that there’s nothing a large conglomerate likes more than the opportunity to cash in on just … Continue reading

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Danish Delights

Another in the intermittent series of cholesterol, saturated fats and processed sugars that is the Brigade Models Cake reviews. We feel it’s our public duty to try these cakes, so you don’t have to ! Anyway, today’s treat … Costco … Continue reading

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A pair of tarts !

Now the title of this post could be taken as a derogatory comment on the two Brigadiers, but instead it’s referring to the more palatable custard variety. We burn lots of energy during a sale, we have to keep our … Continue reading

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Fancy these ?

More from our occasional cake review series … posh French Fancies from Waitrose (John Lewis). Split opinions from the judges again this time …

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Sqonuts

A sqonut ? It’s a Tesco thing, a SQuare dOughNUT. With custard in the middle. Phil and I tried a couple the other night – you can read what we thought when we both wax lyrical in the cake reviews … Continue reading

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