Fake Something Tasty!

Mr Kipling French Fancies are small iced sponge cakes, resembling petits fours,

 topped with a hemisphere of buttercream.

No tea would complete without a few of these little lovelies.

 Imagine the instant elegance!

 No wallet can survive their purchase without a serious dent.

Hit your favorite bakery.

Browse through Amazon.

A basic selection will run you $30 PLUS shipping.

I am sooooooooo not down with that!

If that figure for a scattering of one inch confections didn't make you blink,

never mind.

But if you made a squeaking sound reminiscent of a rubber duckie at the thought,

you're going to love this.

We're going to fake it!

 Whilst at Big Lots, toss a box of Little Debbie Fancy Cakes for $1.49

and a box of unfrosted Chocolate Swiss Rolls that ring up at $1 into your cart.

Freeze them.

They'll be easier to work with.

 You know what we're doing.

The Fancy Cakes already have pretty drizzles of icing swirling over them.

 Slice each individual one into four even cubes.

 Slice the Swiss Rolls into pinwheels about 1/2 inch thick.

You can go to tiny extra lengths, such as adding diminutive candy roses;
I thought the icing drizzles were enough.

You can also use mini cupcake papers as a little extra flourish.
I didn't find any in a motif I liked, so I skipped this embellishment.

 I'm not going to insult you by telling you a quick dessert pedestal can

easily be yours by gluing an ornate pressed glass plate to an upside down footed

ice cream dish for about $2.

 Arrange these little yummies for impact.

 I wanted to call to mind a chess board for a formal touch.

 Don't pack the plate;

let the display stay conservative.

Put the extra cakes in containers in the freezer to replenish the plate later

And yeah, for $2.50, you'll have extra.

 A couple of mint leaves and a plastic costume gauntlet from

The Dollar Tree reaching for a treat, and you have a great fake out!

 Tell me this doesn't look like a pricey little nibble.

Not one guest guessed they weren't.

 Sumptuous, delicious, and well within our budget...

what more could you want?

Set it out, and get your fingers out of harm's way.

 That's a lot of sugar, huh?

I should have a houseful of vibrating party goers in no time!

Take a flash back to yesterday's bargain tower of tasty tidbits HERE.