Like many people, my daughter is a big fan of Cadburys - particularly their chocolate buttons. So it was no surprise to me when she picked the Cadbury Buttons Birthday Cake in Tesco for her birthday.

* Where to Buy *

As stated above, I purchased my daughters cake from Tesco. They don't always seem to have them in my local one, so I went to a slightly larger store were they had a wider selection of cakes. I'm pretty sure you can purchase this cake from most medium-sized supermarkets.

* Appearance *

The cake is rectangular shaped, covered in milk chocolate with 'Happy Birthday' written on it in the middle. Around the 'Happy Birthday' are chocolate buttons, alternating white and milk. The edge of the cake has a rim of chocolate butter cream.

The box is the tradition Cadbury colour of purple, with a plastic window in it to enable you to see what the cake looks like. It claims to serve 16 slices, which I would say was about right.

Once you take the cake out of the box, you will notice it is in what they call an 'easy serve tray with easy open corner tabs'. This is basically the normal flat base you have on cakes, but with sides (like a cuboid without the top). You have to pull the tabs off to fold down a side, enabling you to get in to cut the cake. To be honest though, I would found it easier and more practical without tray.

* Taste *

I really enjoyed my slice, especially the butter cream which I though was the best thing about the cake. The actual chocolate sponge was a bit dry, but still enjoyable and nice. I could hardly taste the chocolate buttons; they were soft and just sort of blended into the rest of the cake. I would say that the description on the box was pretty accurate in reference to the taste: 'a rich chocolate sponge topped with delicious chocolate butter cream and decorated with Cadbury milk chocolate and white chocolate buttons, in an easy serve presentation tray'.

* Nutritional Information *

Per slice...

Calories - 165
Sugars - 13.8g
Fat - 9.1g
Saturates - 4.1g
Salt - 0.4g

* Summary *

Although I wasn't a fan of the 'presentation tray', I would buy this cake again and would recommend it. I think it's suitable for all ages, and would make a good cake for a small party (as it has 16 slices).