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Lachmi,
who was recently bought by Wissotzky, has a new line
of cookies and cakes on the market; they are calling it their Premium Line. It includes
many different classic cookies and cakes that they claim to have put a “modern
touch” on. Their main goal for this line is to give us “bakery quality mass-produced
baked goods”.
There were a number of different cookies and cakes
for me to choose from at my local supermarket, but I decided to try what they
are calling a Chocolate Fondant Cake.
When I saw it in the store, It looked to me like
it would be a very chocolaty yeast-style cake, and that’s exactly the way I
like my yeast cakes; very chocolaty. The cake part seemed to be chocolate
flavored, so along with the rich looking chocolate filling you get even more
chocolate flavor from the cake part itself.
As a whole I’m not a big fan of mass-produced
baked goods, most baked goods from companies like Osem and Elite I absolutely
dislike. At this point I don’t buy any Osem or Elite cakes anymore. Other companies,
like Lachmi, have some good products; I really like one of their brownies. Yet in
general I find that mass-produced baked goods pale in comparison to the taste
of bakery made baked goods. If I’m going to eat all those calories it may as
well be as delicious as possible. Then again, price and sometimes the
convenience of picking up a dessert at the supermarket does come into play. I
wanted to see if this new cake would be one that I can buy in a pinch or not
worth it at all.
This Lachmi Fondant Cake wasn’t a totally fail but
it wasn’t a complete winner either. For starters, when I tasted it right out of
the box; not warmed up, the cake part was a little too dry in my opinion. But the
strong raw/dry cocoa taste in the filling bothered me more than the dryness of
the cake. Even not hot this cake wasn’t as bad as many Osem or Elite cakes,
still it was drier than your average bakery cake.
Once I warmed it in the microwave, for a few
minutes, the rich chocolate filling melted and it helped with both issues, the
cake was less dry and the cocoa taste wasn’t as strong. Still as a whole it wasn’t
as good as its bakery equivalent.
The package photo shows the cake to be topped with lots of
sliced peanuts. I did get some peanuts, but very few of them. I didn’t mind
that much because in my opinion the peanuts didn’t add a lot to the cake as
a whole so it didn’t really matter one way or another. Yet it bothers me when
packaging photos don’t properly represent the product you get inside.
Bottom Line: If you buy this Lachmi Fondant Cake I strongly suggest
you warm it up before serving it. It’s not the best chocolate yeast cake I’ve
tasted, I’ve bought better cakes for a similar price at the bakery, but it wasn’t
a total fail once I warmed it up and the chocolate filling melted. If I really
need a cake and I can’t get to the bakery I may buy this in a pinch but it wouldn’t
be my first choice.
550 gram cake- 24.00 NIS
Kosher Dairy Rabbinate Nahariya
Disclaimer: All items were purchased by me. No one is paying me for this review. All opinions are mine.
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