chocolate slices

ekevosu

I've been trying to explain (badly) what a chocalate slice is to people in work here and can't find any pictures. Does anyone have a picture. They were a cake / biscuit that was only sold in Cork and still is sold in Cork in a lot of places but not so much, if at all, in the rest of Ireland. Anyone near UCC that could run to hurleys shop and take a picture for me (cause I know they have them)....or have a link to a picture. Or indeed, do they sell them in Dublin now? Maybe I'm calling them by the wrong name but thats what we called them in Cork growing up.

rymus

curses... now I want a chocolate slice and a glass of milk! It's the cake thread all over again

ekevosu

if you do happen to pass a shop selling them, take out your camera phone and take a picture, I'll owe ya one (chocolate slice possibly). They'll only look at you strangely for a while in the shop

dahamsta

I was only talking to T about these the other day. The nicest were the Thom(p?)son's Bakery ones, with the sliver of jelly stuff between the cakey stuff and the choccy stuff. You'd eat from either end so you'd save the middle bit with the fondant till last. The Old Mill ones are the best available today, but they're not a patch on how they used to be.

Are they really only a Cork thing? I didn't know that at all. Is Donkey's Gudge another Cork thing?

adam

Tree

always beena fan of the amberly ones. taht said i'd prefer a custard slice to a chocolate slice.

is donkey's gudge chester or russian log? russian log is a cork thing. chester can be found in dublin in the form of gur cake. triangular battenburgs is anotehr cork thing.

deRanged

dahamsta wrote: »

Is Donkey's Gudge another Cork thing?

is that the end of the day mash everything into a cake like form and sell it for cheap thing?

Anyway - courtesy of the good folks at Fitzpatricks Shop in Glounthaune, one chocolate slice. And very tasty it was too.

Fast_Mover

^^Thought that's what you were on about alright, but didn't think they were only a Cork thing.
Always get them when im in Fitzpatricks..yummie.

Now I want one to have with my cup of tea atm!!:(

dahamsta

That's a good lookin choccy slice and no mistake. I'll have to refer to that regularly when I go back on my diet on Monday.

deRanged wrote: »

is that the end of the day mash everything into a cake like form and sell it for cheap thing?

Yup. I think it's also called chester, like Tree says. Not sure about russian log.

I used to love triangular battenburg when I was younger, not so much now.

adam

Fast_Mover

dahamsta wrote: »

I used to love triangular battenburg when I was younger, not so much now.

God havn't had triangular battenburg in a few years..

Tree

chester gets raisings and fruit added. russian log gets sherry and jam and pink icing added. clearly russian log wins

Blitzkrieger

dahamsta wrote: »

not so much now.

Try a different brand. There's some bakery based in Ballincollig that does nice ones if you can get them fresh. There's some other crowd that do horrible ones that don't even seem to have real cream. Come to think of it - I'm in Ballincollig right now........

parsi

Tree wrote: »

always beena fan of the amberly ones. taht said i'd prefer a custard slice to a chocolate slice.

is donkey's gudge chester or russian log? russian log is a cork thing. chester can be found in dublin in the form of gur cake. triangular battenburgs is anotehr cork thing.

In Limerick we used have Russian Slices which really are just slices of russian log which is of course a slightly moister version of tipsy cake.

I always hated chester cakes though - too dry.

dulpit

I like chocolate slices, mmm... I hate the pink dot on it though...

Fast_Mover

dulpit wrote: »

I like chocolate slices, mmm... I hate the pink dot on it though...

..I love that bit!

smackbunnybaby

oh yum, chocolate slices, chester cakes , russian logs ! i love them all.
unfortunately they are getting harder to find as bakeries are definitely dying in favour of more generic bought in cakes or fancier cakes.

shnaek

Speaking of bakeries - where are the best bakeries in Cork city? Like, places to get nice coffee slices and scones etc? Been here a few years now and I haven't found any decent ones (like Ivans or Quigleys in Limerick, or Griffens and the French bakery in Galway).

ekevosu

deRanged wrote: »

Anyway - courtesy of the good folks at Fitzpatricks Shop in Glounthaune, one chocolate slice. And very tasty it was too.

you are a legend, thank you.

I also mentioned the triangle chocolate covered battenburg and noone had heard of that here, just the traditional non chocolate square batenburg, surely thats not a Cork thing.


i have to agree with dahamsta about the ones with the sliver of jelly being the best ones. They were smaller than the ones today but of higher quality, good call.

brav

Maybe they are more of a southern thing, cause I had both of those when I was younger in Kerry.

ekevosu

brav wrote: »

Maybe they are more of a southern thing, cause I had both of those when I was younger in Kerry.

quite possible, the first official sighting outside of Cork anyway goes to you.