A good chocolate cake huh. Think it could work for a Black Forest? Paired with lots of cherries and a vanilla whipped frosting?
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The moist-ness was def. there.
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That’s going to depend on how YOU define (or bake) a Black Forest Cake. I don’t mean to split hairs here, but if you use Cocoa in your BFC then yes, on the other hand if you use heavy/heavier chocolates then it would still work BUT, with different results. You could obviously also add some choco if the built in cocoa wasn’t enough.
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Strawberry (Sparkling) (SC) (WF) 3.5% (10-7-23) – 2nd to LAST one on deck people. Normally something in the smell or finger test sets the tone for me with flavors, but this one, it might just have been the COLOR. Post steeped this one had a somewhat lighter pinkish, almost amber color which was interesting being a Strawberry flavor. Normally they are clear, so WHAT exactly WAS in this flavor ?? Well, I can make it easy for you, it tasted like a juicy red strawberry, mixed with a light, sweet champagne, with a touch of marshmallow. Yes, I know what that sounds like, hehe. Now, I have to clarify the previous profiles. The champagne was my best, closest comparison, but without any dry-ness, wine-ish notes, but with some “sparkle” in it. The marshmallow was more about some of the mouthfeel I got from this one, and a hint of the taste, as opposed to a full on marshmallow assault. There weren’t any “sharp” edges on this one, and had a slight smoothness to it, hence my thoughts of MM. The strawberry, while reduced somewhat due to the other profiles, tasted mostly red, juicy, and with hints of white/green SB thrown in. 3 testers later, I couldn’t find any off-notes, and overall, it was full at 3.5%, BUT, the SB was not as pronounced as I would have liked.
This is where YOUR personal preferences will come into play. The ratios. The SB did NOT taste like it was dominant here, so that may decide for you where to rate this flavor. A completely guessed ratio would be 40% Red Strawberry, 50% light, sweet champagne, and 10% marshmallow. Wow, this one was tough to describe for you guys, but there you have it. It indeed DID “sparkle”, and did so in a very unique fashion. Overall, my only complaint would be the somewhat recessed SB, so I finally decided on an 8.0/10. Dropping in some SB on top would easily resolve it for my tastes.
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I wonder if that’s easier or not ?
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Champagne! That’s it! I got a little fizz effect, and a slight green note…very slight. I liked the one a lot!
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Sugar Cane (SC) (WF) 3.5% (10-7-23) – Finishing up this series I started about a month ago, with this, the Sugar Cane. I really liked this one during the Alpha tests, and that continued here as well. This presented as a fairly rich, almost buttery (without any butter notes) sugar cane. It had an almost “thickness” to it that really added to the realism. There were some darker sweetened notes, BUT, not of the molasses type, just darker sweet notes. At 3.5% it was damned good, rich, and full, and didn’t leave you wanting. Sweetness was just at about mid-level, but it wasn’t cloying OR annoying (hehe). Despite not being overly complex, it was still a very enjoying flavor to test.
I couldn’t get past the (repeating) buttery richness of it SANS the butter, and I’m not sure how Frank and his crew over at Wonder Flavors did it. No off-notes to be found EXCEPT (gotcha), I got a very distinct undertone from beginning to end, and I’m going to ask @Lynda_Marie to chime in on this and see if she got it as well. I think one (or more) of the compounds used in this flavor are/were also used in more than a few DONUT flavors. I knew it the moment I tasted it. I’m NOT going to qualify it as an “off-note” because it seemed to help push the “darker” envelope, and it just worked. All in, this one was a great, darker, sugary, almost buttery rich flavor, that kept you coming back for more. I’m pushing this up a tick from my Alpha rating and dropping it at a solid 9.3/10.
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Thanks again out to Frank from Wonder Flavors for not only keeping me on the list, but sending these all out for review.
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How did you get to Alpha test while everyone else Beta tested 
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I did sugar cane at 4% and I got similar to a raw sugar simple syrup. Maybe that’s the buttery I was getting (the syrup)? I did get a slight green note in there, like real sugar cane stalk. Not overly sweet, which surprised me. No off notes . I think it was pretty accurate to sugar cane. A cross between these 2 photos
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Thank you !
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Nomz has some new WF; some new ones and lots of ‘natural’ old ones…
What’s this ‘NATURAL’ thing now?
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Not sure about the “new” naturals. The word I heard was, no need to buy them if you have the not natural ones already.
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That’s what I was told as well. 2 releases ago, I’m assuming it’s the same thing. BTW, did you ever get the new WF for review?
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No, haven’t received any recently…