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Then as I was standing in the supermarket trying to decide if I should spend the 14.90 NIS, and possibly be disappointed, I got a call from a good friend who told me that she and her husband where here in Israel for a few days and before they get back on the plane this afternoon she'd like to pop by for a quick hello. I was really excited to see her. I knew I wouldn’t make it to the bakery in time so I decided to get this cake. As an extra bonus I'd be able to give you two more opinions, other than my own, in this blog post.
Elite's
Chocolate Para cakes come with 2 different icings one white- chocolate icing
with colorful sprinkles and the other has a milk-chocolate icing with the same
colorful sprinkles. Somehow the white-chocolate icing looked more exciting to
me so that’s the one I got.
These new
cakes are geared toward children, starting with the more fun looking wrapper
and continuing with the colorful candy drawings all over the paper cake pan it
comes in. I for one think presentation is important so I give Elite points for
those little fun details.
The cake
has a fairly thick yet smooth and creamy layer of white-chocolate icing
on top. It also has a good amount of the colorful round sprinkles scattered
about.
I found the
white-chocolate icing way too sweet for my taste. As with almost every Elite
chocolate I've ever tasted I thought this white-chocolate icing was somewhat
chalky. Still I was impressed with how smooth and creamy it was.
Regarding
the sprinkles I'm not a fan of round sprinkles. I think they're too hard to
bite into and that bothers me. Then again I do think they add excitement and
color to the cake. Aside from which, most kids seem to really enjoy having any
and all sprinkles added to cakes, cookies, ice cream etc. I just wish they
would've used the flat less hard sprinkles and not these round hard ones.
For a
mass-produced chocolate cake I thought the cake itself was fine. It was a low
and somewhat dense cake, yet it was fairly soft and had a "fluffiness"
to it. Don’t get me wrong it also had some of the "issues" I have
with commercial cakes, like being too oily and leaving a slight flour/powdery
aftertaste in my mouth. But in all fairness I've tasted much worse commercial
chocolate cakes.
My friend agreed with me that the white-chocolate icing was super sweet but she said she enjoyed the cake as a whole. She added that compared to other such cakes this wasn’t half bad. She pointed out that kids would enjoy the ultra sweet white-chocolate icing and wouldn’t really notice its "chalkiness" or the cakes flour aftertaste. Her husband didn’t seem to mind either of those things. He did think the icing made the cake very sweet but given that he didn’t add any sugar to his tea he thought that just a small slice of cake added the perfect amount of sweetness to this midday snack.
Bottom Line:
Although all three of us might be "kids at heart" we aren’t Elite's
"target audience" for this Chocolate Para Cake. Still both my friend
and her husband seemed to enjoy the cake enough that when I offered that they
take the leftover cake to nibble on in the airport they were happy to accept
it.
I can't see
myself buying this cake again but if I'm ever in a pinch and needed a cake for
a children's party I may choose this Chocolate Para with White-Chocolate icing
cake over other commercial cakes found on the supermarket shelves.
330 gram
cake – 14.90 NIS
Kosher
Dairy Cholov Yisrael Rabbinate Nazareth-Illit
Update :
I found a coupon online
for these Elite cakes it's a
25% off coupon
Not useable at
Mega Bool, Zol B'Shefa,Yesh and
AM:PM
it expires
31-12-12
Disclaimer: All items were purchased by me. No one is paying me for this
review. All opinions are my own.
I dislike mass produced cakes as well, have you ever tried putting one in the oven, just for a few minutes? I always feel that helps taste-wise when I had no time to bake.
ReplyDeleteNo I have never tried that but wow it sounds like a great little trick that I would love to try. Thanks for the idea.
ReplyDeleteIn this case the cake has a thick chocolate icing on top that may actually make it really interesting once the chocolate icing melts into the cake.
I gotta give it a try next time. Thanks for the suggestion:)