I’ve tried this cake before, and after the second time, I still don’t feel like it lives up to the hype.
The cake layers were pretty dry, but the smooth Chantilly cream helps make up for it. Though the ingredient list mentions raspberry syrup and puree, I couldn’t seem to taste or find either.
A few berries were added to the layers, with a thin layer of cream between each. Before owning my own bakery, I was a grocery-store cake decorator, and I can certainly understand how tricky these layers would be to stack with chunks of fresh fruit.
Is it better than many other grocery-store-bakery cakes? Yes. It’s also wonderful that there’s real, fresh fruit in the cake. However, I was still longing for something a bit more.
Overall, the flavor is excellent, without the cake being too sweet — I just wish the actual cake layers were a bit moister.
