I guess I can stop worrying about not having enough dessert tomorrow...Hansen's makes classic American cake. To me, an American cake is dense and sweet like pound cake. It has its place in the pantheon of cakes, but it doesn't scream "delicate and fancy enough for a wedding." Plus, I sampled about ten bites and my head started hurting from all the sugar. I do admit to having a low tolerance for very sugary foods (Jell-O makes my head hurt), but to me that's a red flag to keep shopping for cake.
The white cake with strawberry cream filing was my favorite. The flavor of fresh strawberry puree really popped against the sweet white cake. Everything else was good, but no better than anyone could make at home. The thing that Hansen's excels in is making cakes in crazy shapes (an ice bucket filled with a champagne bottle, a sneaker, Harry Potter's Sorting Hat, King Kong, etc.). Very cool, but not what I'm looking for.
They're not hurting for business though. The place was packed, the ladies were super nice, and they can obviously afford to give every customer a free sack of cake. I'm not complaining!
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