'I make monster versions of classic British biscuits - including 10,000-calorie custard creams'

Wales Online

29-04-2025

'I make monster versions of classic British biscuits - including 10,000-calorie custard creams'
The biscuits made also include 16-inch bourbon biscuits and nine-inch chocolate fingers
An amateur baker makes her friends monster versions of Britain's most beloved biscuits - including 10,000-calorie custard creams and a chocolate digestive bigger than her head. Paige Philby captured the internet's attention when she shared a video of a jumbo-sized Jaffa Cake she had baked at home last month. The 29-year-old then set herself the challenge of making more of the country's most celebrated snacks, including a giant Jammy Dodger, a 16-inch bourbon biscuit and a party ring more than five times its standard size. On average each belly-busting biccy contains 10,000 calories - the equivalent of four times the recommended daily calorie intake of 2,500 calories for men. Striking photos show an enormous 16-inch homemade chocolate digestive nearly double the size of Paige's head and a huge Cadbury's chocolate finger measuring around nine inches. Paige whips up the sizeable sweet treats in her spare time - demolishing 12 eggs a week and a box of icing sugar a day to produce them. The nursery worker claims her mammoth munches taste just like the real thing and dishes them out to colleagues, friends, and family. Now Paige is hoping to recreate even more of Britain's classic biscuits including a giant Oreo and Viscount.
The giant custard cream made by Paige
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Paige, from Brighton, West Sussex, said: "I've always enjoyed baking, I'm a bit of a hobby baker. In February, I made some Mini Jazzies and thought 'to celebrate getting 1,000 followers, I'll make a big one' and people really picked up on it so I thought 'what can I make next?' "Then I thought I'd do a Jaffa Cake and I just got into a roll of making giant cakes and biscuits. Everyone was just really interested in the big bakes and I liked setting myself little challenges of what I could make next.
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"Lots of people made suggestions of what I should bake next. I really wanted to do a Tunnock's Tea Cake and Party Ring, which I did - there's so many to choose from. Some are bigger than others. The custard cream looks the biggest out of all of them and the design was really fiddly.
"I'm a bit of a perfectionist, I look to do the best I can with them. I'm quite artsy, which helps. It doesn't cost as much as some people think, you just double the usual recipe." After sharing her mammoth baked goods online, Paige has racked up millions of views, with many people curious to know what she does with her giant creations after making them. Paige said: "I take loads into work for my colleagues, give them to my neighbours and my family, nothing goes to waste. "I enjoy giving it out and letting people try them. Generally they taste like the real thing. The bourbon tasted just like a bourbon. I'd like to do an Oreo and a Viscount. I've really enjoyed it and it's given me a lot of motivation to think 'what am I going to make this week?' "Everyone can relate to their favourite biscuit from the supermarket. There's quite a few I'd still like to try."