REVIEW: Chopsy Baby is reviewing… Asda 3D Celebration Cakes

According to Asda, 75 per cent of shoppers find planning their children’s birthday incredibly stressful. The cake appears to be the pinnacle of the party with one in three mums saying it is the most important part of the day. But a 30 per cent of mothers are so worried about being judged they claim their shop bought cakes were actually home made.

Asda have worked with some of these stressed mums, to develop an amazing looking range of 3D party cakes

From Asda’s cake team, Charlotte Gornall says, “Our research with mums showed that kids’ parties are one of the biggest events of the year and there is real pressure to have the best cake. Not all mums have time to create something from scratch so we developed this first-to-market range of fab cakes to suit all parties whether they are thrown for girls, boys or even granddads.”

The 3D cakes stand up and are hand-crafted into one of seven designs. They contain no artificial flavours and no artificial colours.

Currently, the range includes the Cheeky Monkey, Merry Go Round, Enchanted Fairy and Farm Yard Friends, retailing between £12 and £16.

Chopsy Baby is reviewing the Sweetie Express

This enormous cake is a Madeira sponge filled with butter cream and raspberry jam. It is covered in soft icing and decorated with a chocolate roll and jelly sweets.

This cake is a real centre piece and will be the talk of any birthday party. It is long, in three sections and with its bright colours and sweet cargo is very eye-catching. There will be no disappointment from the birthday child whether they are train fans or not.

The packaging for the cake states there are 32 portions and includes a diagram of how best to cut it.

It’s bright, colourful and full of jelly sweets

On first glance, it looks like there is clearly only three portions – an engine and two trucks. But upon tasting, a small piece of the cake is enough. It does taste sweet but not sickly or over the top. Surprisingly, the children who tested the cake out for us did not end up bouncing off of the walls as anticipated. Though there are no artificial flavours or colourings in the cake, we did think the jelly sweets themselves would do it, but strangely this was not so.

A sweet filled truck

The icing on this cake is a real plus as it is soft and easy to eat. Once cut and randomly stored in its own box, the cake did last for around two weeks before drying out too much.

At its peak, the sponge was moist, and the filling tasty. The icing could be a little too sweet for adult pallets, but as this design is clearly aimed at younger children, it is unlikely to be an issue.

The cake comes on an illustrated board

From an adult’s point of view, the cake itself is not quite as nice as Asda’s own brand photo cakes, but children will love this super-bright cake in most of the colours of the rainbow and encrusted with jelly sweets. From a child’s point of view, how good is that?

Best of all…
It’s huge and will cut to 32 portions – guide to cutting included

Could improve…
Nothing, it is what it is.

Basically…
A huge, sweet, train cake ideal for a child’s fourth or fifth birthday party.

You can buy from…
Asda stores

The Sweetie Express is £15