Mattenmurg   10 #25 Posted June 22, 2013 You know that this area is the only one that calls cakes buns, right? In most places a bun refers to bread.  It's a bun down south. Or a fairy cake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
wednesday1 Â Â 10 #26 Posted June 22, 2013 Fairy cake yes, bun no. A bun down south is bread. It can be a sticky bun, ie bread with icing on or the like, but it does not refer to sponge type cakes at all. Â Who cares about southerners? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ian123 Â Â 10 #27 Posted June 22, 2013 The Star describes 'Fancie' as one of the citys' biggest brands!!! It is either a very sad day for Sheffield when a cake business with a few shops is given such exalted status or it is a shoddy piece of journalism by the Johnson Press. Â It's an 'empire' apparently (or was). Shows the Sheffield small-town mentality (the headline, not the business) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pinkfreckles   10 #28 Posted June 22, 2013 Bloody horrible cupcakes. My work buys them for everyone after a busy period and they're yucky! Rather them give me half the cash that they paid Fancie and I'd make them twice as nice.  Too expensive, cheap product. No surprise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alternageek   10 #29 Posted June 22, 2013 Cupcake ? why do we have to use an American term for a bun ?  Cupcake is used because its a small cake? Its made with cake batter and frosted? To me, a fairy cake are those teeny crumbly cakes with that nasty water icing and are served at childrens birthdays. While a cupcake is made up of moist cake with thick frosting.  I'm not a fan of Fancie, as I prefer my own, but its still sad to see a local business run into trouble Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
EyUpKitty   10 #30 Posted June 22, 2013 Overpriced and overrated. So she gets out of paying all her debts but still gets to carry on her business as if nothing had happened? How is that fair? http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-cupcake-firm-in-liquidation-1-5790770 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
fortherecord   10 #31 Posted June 23, 2013 Spare a thought for the other local businesses and suppliers who won't have been paid, but presumably supplied goods and services to Fancie in good faith. I hope none of them lose staff or go under as a result of not being paid. If the debts Fancie have walked away from amount to £189K, as reported in The Star, then those debts can't have accrued overnight. I wonder how many suppliers were asked to supply even when Fancie knew they were unable to pay them? It seems grossly unfair that directors can do a pre-pack deal behind closed doors, sell the assets to a new company, switch company names, walk away from their debts and then carry on as if nothing had happened. They don't even have to change the signage on the shop front - how very convenient Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
taxman   12 #32 Posted June 23, 2013 Overpriced and overrated. So she gets out of paying all her debts but still gets to carry on her business as if nothing had happened? How is that fair? http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-cupcake-firm-in-liquidation-1-5790770  Some of the comments below that story are quite amusing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
natjack   10 #33 Posted June 23, 2013 She probably took her example from another well known eaterie in the area. It's exactly the same as they did, went bankrupt bilking their creditors, owing us all in the shape of unpaid tax, changed the directors and hey ho, business as usual.  It's a disgrace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bullerboY Â Â 10 #34 Posted June 23, 2013 Well i dont suppose you can blame her she is a pastry cook not a business woman, if anyone is to blame its the parasitic bean counters and the equally inept business advisers who wanted their pounds too soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BEDROCK   10 #35 Posted June 23, 2013 Seriously, £2.50 for 1 single bun, the owners want locking up for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dan_Ashcroft   10 #36 Posted June 23, 2013 Cupcake ? why do we have to use an American term for a bun ?  In England they are called fairy cakes.  And they usually have a lot less disgusting chemically play-dough coloured die on them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...