Costco Peaches & Cream Cake Review
Author’s note: As per literally *always,* this is not a sponsored review. I have no affiliation with Costco.
Cream of the crop? Or just a peachy flop?
You guys. This cake is made with cream. Yes, real cream. I’m in heaven.
And furthermore, it’s made with natural colors and flavors. Unlike Costco’s recent Strawberry Cream Pie debacle. Ahem. More about the ingredients later.
Peach compote filling
The peach “compote” filling is both jam-like and slightly gelatinous. It has furtive bits of pulpy fruit (which I loved). The perky peach flavor asserts itself without being overly sweet.
However, I’d describe the filling as “uneven.” Some areas are wondrously blessed, and some are just a depressed orange smear. I wouldn’t mind more of this peach stuff, to be honest.
Cake texture & flavor
The cake itself has a soft, tender crumb. With all the moistness from the whipped cream and peach filling, it manages to balance structure with hydration. I’d describe the flavor as “white cake” with little additional flavor. Like Costco’s Strawberries and Cream Bar Cake, this cake exists mainly as a vehicle for the fruity flavors.
Real whipped cream
If you don’t love whipped cream, don’t buy this cake. Because that’s the very best part of the whole thing. I loved the fluffy clouds of delicate cream filling. It’s buttery, but cool and light. There’s just no substitute for real cream. Fight me.
And there’s a lot of it — almost as much whipped cream as actual cake layers. Fantastic. I loved the restrained sweetness here as well. It makes the peaches sing.
Appearances matter, you know.
The top of the cake is garnished with pert white chocolate curls. While they keep the dessert from looking “too plain,” there aren’t enough of them to contribute much to the actual taste. In fact, mine all fell off before I served each slice. Hmmph!
Serving the cake
The geometric “bar cake” shape doesn’t have the show-stopping, centerpiece quality of the Publix Strawberry Peach Sensation Cake. But the slices are elegant, and serve very neatly. Although, they are small by Costco standards.
I’d feel comfortable serving this Peaches and Cream Bar Cake at an elegant dinner party, garden party, or even a tea party (might cut the slices in half for that!).
Ingredients
Ok, these ingredients are not irreproachable. But, they are not horrendous:
- Cake (Whipping Cream [Cream, Cellulose Gel, Carrageenan Gum, Cellulose Gum], Peach Filling [Peaches, Sugar, Water, Glucose Syrup, Modified Corn Starch, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid, Turmeric {Color}], Sugar, Water, Enriched Beached Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Eggs, Canola Oil, Vegetable Shortening [Palm Oil, Propylene Glycol, Mono & Diglycerides of Fats & Fatty Acids, Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin], Modified Corn Starch, Dried Egg Whites, Leavening [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate], Corn Starch, Calcium Sulphate, Nonfat Dry Milk, Cellulose Gum, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Natural Flavor, Sodium Alginate, Annatto Extract [Color])
- White Chocolate Curls (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Lactose, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla)
Nutrition Facts
This product isn’t labeled with the Nutrition Facts (boo!), but here is what I dug up on the good ‘ol interwebs:
A serving is 1/12 the bar (87 grams) and contains 250 calories. You get 14 grams of fat (8 grams saturated fat) and 2 grams protein per serving. There’s 29 grams total carbohydrates, of which 20 grams are sugars (18 grams “added sugars”), and 0 grams fiber. You get a wee 6% your daily value sodium, and 18% your daily value cholesterol per slice.
Price and Servings
The roughly 2.5 pound (37 ounce, to be exact) dessert costs $18 at my local Costco warehouse. This is a bit steep for the simplicity of the design. However, the above-average ingredients soothed my wallet a bit. I’d hazard you would get about 10 non-miserly servings from this bar. Which means each slice would cost about $1.80.
At my warehouse, this is a seasonal product. It’s appeared the last two years in late spring/early summer. This is a “Kirkland Signature” (Costco store-brand product), and the item# is 1943729.
Shelf Life
Ok, now for the bad news: my cake was sold fully frozen. There were others in the case that weren’t frozen, so IDK. It thawed in my fridge for about 24 hours before I served it. The “sell by” date on mine allowed about 5 days to consume. Because of the whipped cream, it has a shorter lifespan than other Costco Bakery desserts. The whipped cream starts to deflate after a few days, although it still tastes good.
Dramatic Conclusion
I didn’t expect to like this dessert. I’d seen folks complaining about it last year. But, I’m glad I bought it. It’s a light, cool treat for hot summer entertaining. It’s perfect if you prefer “less sweet” desserts and less brash flavors. I hope this is a returning product at Costco! I would buy it again.
The illustrious Awesome-o-Meter rates this Peaches and Cream Bar Cake an enthusiastic “Yaaas.”
The End.
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