A cake with Snickers, (it's the opposite of pants), mmm (Almondy Snickers)

Member Name: nay_money

Product:	Almondy Snickers
Date:	03/07/09 (133 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: It's very very nice and tasty

Disadvantages: Calorific

There is an odd reason for my buying this cake, so here it is. With all this hot weather, we had been discussing fan's at work and I said I was looking for one and someone had said that Morrison's were selling the tall ones for under £15. I don't normally go to Morrison's as Asda is closer to me but there is one in Town, so off I went. After trawling every inch of the store they were sold out of the fans, but I had noticed these cakes in the freezer at the end of the aisle with £1 off making it £1.99. I thought this cold cake will help keep me cool, seeing as i could not get the fan!! (That is TOTALLY the best excuse for buying this gorgeous looking cake).


***The Packaging***

It is a square, thicker than average cardboard box. The box opens from the side, it has a small tab and slit (like a cereal box) so the box can be kept closed after opening. Inside the box, the cake is on a circular cardboard plate. The picture on the box is what drew me closer as you can see in the picture above, it just looks amazing. The fact that it also has Snickers in it, is even better.


***The Product***

Considering that the cake just stands around an inch tall, it has many layers. Let me start at the bottom. It is described on the box as being an almond biscuit base, but to me it was a cross between biscuit and sponge. It definitely was not crisp, but it was a bit stiffer than sponge. The next layer is nougat cream, then another layer of almond biscuit/sponge. Next, a layer of that smooth snickers caramel. A very generous sprinkling of crunchy peanuts, and finally, topped with a good layer of creamy milk chocolate.
The box suggests that this cake serves 6-8 and can be cut frozen. It takes 10 minutes to defrost one slice but 30 minutes for the whole cake.


***The Taste***

It is a very sweet dessert and so I recommend cutting it into the 8 slices, which I did. I think that all the layers compliment each other, the biscuit/sponge is much less sweet and so they blend well together. You also get a good mix of all the textures, this also differs if eating at room temperature or from the fridge. If eating at room temperature it get's a bit gooey, so I preferred it from the fridge.


***Serving suggestions***

The box suggests serving with fruit, berries or ice-cream, I quite fancied trying it with pouring cream, but I'm glad I didn't have any, it would probably have been too sickly.


***The Facts***

This cake is gluten-free so is suitable for coeliacs, it is free from artificial colourings and preservatives.

Each 1/8 slice contains:
257 kcals
14.2g sugars
15.9g fat
4.8g saturates.

I recommend this treat if you are a big fan of snickers and all things sweet, it is very nice. It is a nice change to all those regimented sponge cakes out there. The Almondy brand also does other cakes, one very similar to this one but with dime bar on it, or rasberry or lemon cheesecakes.

for more info visit www.almondy.co.uk

Summary: There's no nickers in it !!