{"id":232,"date":"2023-07-11T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/squarespace.joannawhiteart.com\/wp\/2023\/07\/11\/costco-strawberries-cream-cake-review\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T12:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:33:18","slug":"costco-strawberries-cream-cake-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snarklesauce.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/11\/costco-strawberries-cream-cake-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco Strawberries & Cream Bar Cake Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you found this cake on a dating app, you wouldn’t be disappointed in person.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I tried Costco\u2019s new Strawberries and Cream Bar Cake, and loved it. This is one of my favorite Costco bakery desserts so far, ranking with the Tuxedo Cake<\/a> and the Plain Cheesecake<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, a fair disclaimer is that I prefer “less sweet” desserts that heavily feature real cream, and that’s what you’re getting here. In fact, sugar is NOT the first ingredient, cream is! So there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I could smell the strawberries through the sealed box. I smelled them all the way home. It’s like being at a strawberry festival, without the noisy crowds and sweaty armpits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The filling bears similarities to strawberry jam, but lighter and fresher tasting, with more gel. More natural tasting than jam. It has pureed strawberry in it, but not huge chunks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although there’s not a ton of the filling, it’s flavorful and zingy, and I didn’t want more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Looking for another creamy, zingy summer dessert? Here’s my review of Costco’s Key Lime Pie<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The cake really is layered with “cream” and not icing, which I loved. Little blobs of white chocolate nestle between the cream layers, adding cocoa butter aroma and a silky mouth-feel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cream is stabilized<\/a>, but otherwise resembles dense homemade whipped cream. It’s mildly sweet, and delightfully airy. In fact, the airy-ness makes this cake lighter fare. I could eat a whole piece and not need to hibernate like a gorged bear afterwards. Great summer dessert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aesthetically, I give it 5 stars. If you found this cake on a dating app, you wouldn’t be disappointed in person. It’s decorated with white chocolate curls and flirty little striped pink chocolate squares. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exposed sides show the fun red and white strata of of the layers. It’s the kind of dessert I’d put on display before I served it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’d describe the actual “cake” as a bit like shortcake. It has a stiffer texture and a rough, open, spongey crumb. But in a nice way, I swear! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crumb structure holds up well to the gooey layers of the rest of the dessert without getting soggy or sad. Not much flavor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the kind of cake you don’t really pay attention to, just as long as it stays on your fork and brings the cream and strawberries with it. What it lacks personality, it makes up for in reliability. A stoic cake. This cake knows it exists merely as a vehicle for the other layers, and it has resigned itself to such fate with dignity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We respect you, cake. Now get in my belly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ingredients in Costco Strawberries & Cream Bar Cake<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are the ingredients, from the label<\/strong> (there are some missing or inconsistent brackets\/parenthesis on the original label, so this is my best attempt, anyway):<\/p>\n\n\n\n