Product: Katz Gluten-Free Marble Cake – $5.19; Sample Pack – cost of shipping (varies per state)
Nothing quite like a little slice of cake to start off your day, right? Right.
That’s what happened this morning because I’m attempting to clear some space in the freezer so I can make some vegan ice cream this hot summer season. One thing that remained in my freezer from the Katz Gluten-Free Sampler Pack were my four slices of bread and the slice of Marble Cake. So, my breakfast included bread and cake. Mmmm…carbo-heaven.
So…what was it like to have my gluten-free cake and eat it too?
Well…it was…okay.
Yes…just okay.
I thought this cake was a little lacking in flavor. Most marble cakes are a punch to the teeth of a rich, buttery flavor and a deep chocolate mix. But this…was just bland. It definitely had a bit of chocolate flavor going for it, but the yellow part was just not cutting it. It didn’t balance. It didn’t spark my taste buds and make me just want to rave over it.
Was it bad? Not at all. It just wasn’t cake perfection for me. I think had I maybe warmed this up, or topped it off with something like caramel, Cool Whip, chocolate sauce, ice cream…something…it would have been a little more impressive. As it was, however, it was moist. It didn’t crumble when I sliced it in half (because my roommate got to have half of everything in the sampler pack). It was a bit heavy in texture though. And I know that’s the case with some cakes that aren’t gluten-free…but I like a light cake. I want fluffy, bounce back after you press your fork to it cakes. This…was moist enough…but definitely heavier than I like.
I’m very picky when it comes to baked goods. I admit it. I bake a lot. So, I expect nothing but the best when I get a baked good. This wasn’t Katz’s best, but it wasn’t horrible either. I didn’t dislike it…but I wouldn’t set out to order it if given the option. It just didn’t have that wow factor I want in a dessert. Had the flavor been a little more…there…I think this would have knocked my socks off.
If you like cake, I say try it. Top it off with something. Warm it up. But I wouldn’t just take it from the freezer, let it thaw, and dive in like I did. Overall…it was good…just not amazing. And Katz has a lot of amazing products. This one…was just shy of the mark.
On to the next…
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