… to think this is ridiculous. (portion size)

[Elphame]

I fancied a Chelsea bun from the bakery this morning so asked for one to be added to my bread order. Didn’t really think much about it.

When I got it home I was staggered by the size of it.

Is this really what passes for the one serving of cake for one person? I’ll eat about a quarter. It will be stale tomorrow so the birds will get the rest.

Teaspoon for scale

Looks like a normal size Chelsea bun to me!

Also @Elphame I think you've lost sight of what "cake" is. A Chelsea bun is enriched bread made with eggs, yeast and fruit. It's not "cake" which contains more fat or more butter and no yeast. It's more like a hot cross bun than a slice of carrot cake.

This is better than the poo and vagina threads that people have been posting.

Not RTFT but LOL at sharing it.
I’m with Joey Tribiani on that one.

I’m still highly amused by someone suggesting to share it out amongst the neighbours, 😂

I’m Praying for you at this difficult time.

My recipe (from the days when I used to make them myself) contains rather a lot of butter, sugar and fruit and definitely falls into a cake definition.

You wouldn't want to toast it like you would a hot cross bun.

This one did taste like bread though - rather stale bread at that!

A Chelsea bun is definitely made with an enriched yeast dough. Bread, not cake.

Blimey, you have big teaspoons if that bun is six inches!

I would have cut it into four and frozen the pieces I couldn’t to pig myself on. However, that being said the other piece(s) would be calling me all day.

Looks delicious. I’d inhale that no problem.

I was expecting it to be a picture of a small cake! I’d share it with my husband and maybe the kids…

Typical chelsea bun. Eat half and save half OP. Drama solved.

Chelsea buns have always been on the big side - certainly larger than a pain au raison for example

Clearly you are not worthy of this cake. You are a wimp.

That would last me at least a month.

Great value! When dieting I will cut it into quarters then proceed to eat the rest throughout the day lol. X

It’s excellent value and there is no rule that says you can’t share it, or eat some and take the rest home. I think your complaint is strange 🤷‍♀️

It is big! Couldn't you freeze the rest?

This is such a bizarre thread! I agree with what everyone’s saying. Me, I would just eat what I wanted and freeze or keep the rest for tomorrow.😄

You are a grown up and can eat as much or as little
of it as you want, and save, share or chuck the rest.

crikey!

id never eat all that. It would feed me
and my kids for a fortnight

🙄

That is very large for a Chelsea Bun - bargain !

I find it hard to believe that anyone ate 3/4 of a crumpet in 1993! It would take more effort to cut the quarter off than to just eat it!

It's also a bit contradictory in relation to recent 'shrinkflation' - most crisps/chocolate bars etc are far smaller than they were a few years ago.

You dont need a spoon to eat it.