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Chocolate Review: Flourless Chocolate Cake by Trader Joe's
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Anyway.
Brand: Trader Joe's
Product: Flourless Chocolate Cake
Review: A run-of-the-mill flourless chocolate torte, unapologetically rich but not particularly intense. The flavor is moderately sweet, a mild, still indulgent, solid chocolate of unexceptional quality; the texture is chewy, smooth, and uniform but for a crunchier drizzle of chocolate on top. The quality of the chocolate leads to a decent but unremarkable flavor, but it's the texture which is the downfall: a good torte should have a bit of crunch at the crust and a dense center, providing texture variation to contrast the uniformity and simplicity of the flavor; this torte has the same mildy thick and creamy texture all the way through, which makes it initially palatable but ultimately monotonous. That doesn't make it a loss: its low price point (around $7 for a one pound torte) justifies the second-rate quality, and served with something to provide some variation in texture it's actually quite nice. My pick for accompaniment was a pistachio gelato: with the melting ice cream and the chunks of nuts on either end and the torte in the middle the texture spectrum was pleasantly diverse, and the chocolate and pistachio compliment one another well.
Anyway.
Brand: Trader Joe's
Product: Flourless Chocolate Cake
Review: A run-of-the-mill flourless chocolate torte, unapologetically rich but not particularly intense. The flavor is moderately sweet, a mild, still indulgent, solid chocolate of unexceptional quality; the texture is chewy, smooth, and uniform but for a crunchier drizzle of chocolate on top. The quality of the chocolate leads to a decent but unremarkable flavor, but it's the texture which is the downfall: a good torte should have a bit of crunch at the crust and a dense center, providing texture variation to contrast the uniformity and simplicity of the flavor; this torte has the same mildy thick and creamy texture all the way through, which makes it initially palatable but ultimately monotonous. That doesn't make it a loss: its low price point (around $7 for a one pound torte) justifies the second-rate quality, and served with something to provide some variation in texture it's actually quite nice. My pick for accompaniment was a pistachio gelato: with the melting ice cream and the chunks of nuts on either end and the torte in the middle the texture spectrum was pleasantly diverse, and the chocolate and pistachio compliment one another well.