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Custard cream
World record
The largest custard cream in the world, certified by Gui-
ness World Records, was created in November 2010, by
amateur biscuit master Simon Morgan and chef supremo
Paul Thacker, at Chino Latino’s restaurant in Park Plaza,
Nottingham, England.[2] It weighed 15.73 kilograms
(34.7 lb) and was 59 centimetres (23 in) long, 39 centime-
tres (15 in) wide and 6.5 centimetres (2.6 in) high. It was
auctioned in aid of the Children in Need appeal, then
donated to Nottingham homelessness charity Frame-
work.[2]
Custard cream biscuit References
[1] ^ "The strange appeal of the custard cream". BBC
You may also be looking for buttercream. News. 2007-08-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/
magazine/6966747.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
A custard cream is a type of biscuit popular in the United [2] ^ "Dentist auctions world’s largest custard cream".
Kingdom and Ireland. Its structure is that of a sandwich, 2010-11-26. http://www.dentistry.co.uk/news/
with a fondant centre between two flat biscuit layers. 3444--Oral-health-Dentist-auctions-worldqaposs-
The filling tastes of vanilla and as such is more akin to largest-custard-cream-. Retrieved 18 September
the taste of custard made with custard powder than egg 2011.
custard. They usually have an elaborate baroque design
stamped onto them, originating in the Victorian era and
representing ferns.[1] External links
Some British supermarkets produce ’own-brand’ ver- • Custard cream review from
sions, with variations including lemon, orange, choco- nicecupofteaandasitdown.com
late, strawberry, coffee and coconut flavours. In a 2007 • World’s biggest custard cream biscuit
poll of 7,000 British people, 9 out of 10 voted custard
creams to be their favourite biscuit.[1]
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