… to think this is ridiculous. (portion size)

@voiceofastar year. 100% a 'short' week. So it would probably run out after day 5 but by then no one would care. Probably there would be a small amount left in the bottom that would get tossed after we realised it had been sitting in the freezer and gone a bit odd with no yummy bits left in it. 2 adults and one 18dd

Is this meant as yet another competitive under eating thread!! It looks like a normal sized Chelsea bun to me.

I'm overweight and would happily eat it.

Meanwhile my MIL is tiny and thin as a rake and wouldn't even touch it (and judge anyone who did very harshly)

I think Chelsea buns were always big - I’m not even sure they’re designed to be eaten in one go by one person

I had never heard of a Chelsea bun until this thread.

Looking at the photo I'd have expected to pay about £3.85 for it. Whatever it might be.

This is the picture from Paul Hollywood’s Chelsea bun recipe on the BBC website. . They don’t look anything like as big as the OP’s

It's a while since I had one but from memory they're quite airy so that might well only have as many calories in it as a slice of rocky road, for example, anyway. Either way there's no such thing as the food police. We're all grown ups we can choose what we do and don't eat

You know what bread crisps up in the oven? French sticks. Mmmmmmmm.

Cut it with a sharp knife when frozen, slice it in half, bake it and the inside is soft and the outside is soo crispy.

@marylou25 you are comparing different things. Bun trays years ago were for fairy cakes. Cup cakes are an American import and were always larger with much more icing than fairy cakes. You don't need liners, just grease them properly.

@voiceofastar

A Ben and Jerry's tub is about 1200 calories. If you think it's normal for one person to eat that in one sitting then it's not the people saying no that are confused.

That's about an entire extra day of food for many women.

A week between three of you? I can't tell if you're joking or not!

Chelsea bins have always been large from bakeries. I remember buying ones 40 years ago that were large. It is supermarkets that have made them smaller.
Traditionally chelsea bins are large, but bakeries also offer smaller size bins as well. Just choose one of them.

The OP will most likely be overweight as will most of the people agreeing with her and going on about obesity. There's some weird psychological stuff going on with these kinds of threads.
I'm not overweight and I could eat that with a lovely cup of tea. I just wouldn't eat one very often. I would imagine the OP does eat things like this often and this is a way for her to feel better about that. Disordered eating causes strange behaviours.

@voiceofastar

I read something on here from a poster who was gobsmacked at the idea someone could finish a tub of ben & jerry's in one sitting and said that one tub shared between her and her husband lasted at least three days. Now that is batshit.

No no no. One tub one person one sitting? No freaking way is that normal.
It would last a short week in our house with 3 of us picking away at it.

I don't think anyone can deny portion sizes have got bigger, that's a fact surely?

I have bun trays from the 1970s and it's next to impossible to get the paper liners for them anymore, some of the 'mini' cupcake cases actually fit them but they are supposed to be smaller than a normal cupcake size. But then what's normal! I bought a cupcake a few years ago and the thing was so massive I weighed it when I got home, it was 7ozs, 3 of which was icing, sure I still have the pics somewhere so basically nearly half pound of cake for what was definitely meant to be just one serving.

I totally agree it's too big even though it was cheap but that's kind of worse in some ways, you wouldn't put much in the line of quality ingredients like real butter for example into something that size/price

What's the point in this thread? Just eat it or don't eat it. Most people don't really care

Every other day there's people on here complaining about how annoying competitive undereating is and now I kindof see their point.

Encouraging undereating and demonising enjoying food can be just as damaging to our young people as encouraging gluteny

Maybe you need more exercise or to do some gardening or something if you feel you have a poor appetite? I always find my appetite increases if I move my body, which is after all what bodies are for.

And yes, just freeze what you don’t want. Bread and cake type things freeze very well, but slice it up into ten or so portions first. It’ll last months (or even longer) in the freezer wrapped nicely.

Sometimes I make a chocolate cake and fill it with icing, the joy of it freezing nicely is that it also defrosts quite quickly so you can actually eat the whole cake in one day even if you only take it out one slice at a time.

It is big! I think I could finish half of it with a nice cup of tea 😀

Also you can pop buns/bread in the oven for a few minutes the next day to freshen them up.

It's massive. But there is no rule stating you must eat the entire bun all at once to yourself. Half today, half tomorrow. It's a bargain and I'm not sure what the problem is. Bread products also tend to freeze well. If it was nice, I'd probably eat the whole thing no problem.

There is no Chelsea bun on the Cambridge chart. Have Fitzbillies not supersized theirs?
I would eat half and save half to look forward to.

It doesn't look 6 inches square. Teaspoons are generally smaller than 6 inches. Post a picture with the bun next to a tape measure. I could definitely eat all of it, regardless of it's size, sadly I am quite fat.

Haven't Chelsea buns always been this big? My mum used to regularly get them from the bakery and they were always massive compared to the doughnuts or iced buns we got.

I’d split that in half and share it. It looks very bready, lots of stodge there.

One cake that is eaten as a 'treat' is not often. Therefore, this would not give you diabetes if it was a little large. There is always the option of sharing, freezing, donating, etc etc etc. Or if it is such an issue, don't buy it to begin with!