{"id":19628,"date":"2016-02-04T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19628"},"modified":"2021-01-04T19:23:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T05:23:10","slug":"review-ben-jerrys-limited-batch-cake-my-day-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/04\/review-ben-jerrys-limited-batch-cake-my-day-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Ben & Jerry’s Limited Batch Cake My Day Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ben<\/a><\/p>\n

Okay. Ben and Jerry\u2019s has an ice cream name that includes number six on AFI\u2019s 100 movie quotes<\/a>, Dirty Harry\u2019s \u201cGo ahead, make my day.\u201d Let\u2019s see how I fare with the rest of the top six:<\/p>\n

“Frankly, My Dear, I Don\u2019t Give a Graham” \u2014 Ground up graham crackers, pieces of Clark bars in a vanilla Confederate base.<\/p>\n

“An Offer He Can\u2019t Re-fudge” – Orange ice cream swirled with fudge and bits of cannoli.<\/p>\n

“I Coulda Been a Gum-tender” – Bubble gum-flavored bits for chewing scenery in a Terry-misu ice cream.<\/p>\n

“Not in Kumquat Anymore” \u2014 Technicolor swirl of various fruit flavors in a lollipop candy base, conspicuously no kumquat (we\u2019re not in kumquat).<\/p>\n

“Here\u2019s Looking at You, Squid” \u2014 Squid-flavored ice cream, with squid ink core.<\/p>\n

Good job, Kevin. No, great job. So how\u2019s Cake My Day? It\u2019s vanilla cake batter ice cream with vanilla cake pieces, buttercream frosting and raspberry swirl. And did it \u201ccake\u201d my day? \u201cPie\u201d will \u201ctart\u201d you \u2014 and \u201cdonut\u201d \u201cstreusel\u201d \u2014 but it\u2019s a \u201clemon meringue\u201d \u201cbabka\u201d so when there\u2019s \u201cmuffin\u201d left, it\u2019s \u201cflan.\u201d <\/p>\n

Oh gosh. Sorry about that. Clears throat. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will tell you \u2014 and do not stress \u2014 but it\u2019s a limited batch so when there\u2019s nothing left, it\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a><\/p>\n

The cake is in tiny off-white balls, scattered amongst the creamy, soft ice cream. The buttercream frosting gives it a rich kick and makes the entire thing smell like a frozen cream puff. The raspberry swirl surfs on a wave of cake-y undertones. It features that unmistakable raspberry-in-form-other-than-whole-fruit taste. Is there a word for that phenomenon, like in German? <\/p>\n

Anyway, some people might not like that pseudo-pungent, nose-twisty taste, but I think it gives it a decent personality. In fact, it is the only personality in this ice cream. The cake bits give it a good counterbalance of flavor but ultimately the raspberry is the prevailing taste. It\u2019s swirled in there nice for a great visual and is also present in every bite, which gets a tiny bit repetitive as the plainness of the cake batter plateaus out into normal.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a solid, if not sweet, bite of ice cream though. You ever have a birthday cake for an aunt who collects spoons from around the world? She watches Supernatural<\/i>. She roots for Tom Brady. Her favorite movie is The Notebook<\/i> and her jeans ride high on her waist. Well, that birthday cake is mashed into an ice cream and it\u2019s this ice cream right here.<\/p>\n

Come to think of it, maybe Ben and Jerry aren\u2019t into movie quotes. \u201cBen and Jerry\u201d rhymes with \u201cDirty Harry.\u201d Maybe they\u2019re into Clint Eastwood, and will continue Clint Eastwood-related flavor names. I just really hope one of his movies rhymes with \u201csquid.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1\/2 cup – 280 calories, 16 grams of fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 55 grams of cholesterol, 65 milligrams of sodium, 29 grams of carbohydrates, 23 grams of sugar, and 4 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Ben & Jerry’s Limited Batch Cake My Day Ice Cream
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $3.49
\nSize:<\/b> 1 pint
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Target
\nRating:<\/b> 7 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Ice cream balances raspberry flavor well with buttercream base. Tasty and evokes a cake well.
\nCons:<\/b> One note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay. Ben and Jerry\u2019s has an ice cream name that includes number six on AFI\u2019s 100 movie quotes, Dirty Harry\u2019s \u201cGo ahead, make my day.\u201d Let\u2019s see how I fare with the rest of the top six: “Frankly, My Dear, I Don\u2019t Give a Graham” \u2014 Ground up graham crackers, pieces of Clark bars in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1546,1468],"class_list":["post-19628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-ben-jerrys","tag-ice-cream"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28042,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/04\/review-ben-jerrys-limited-batch-gimme-smore-ice-cream\/","url_meta":{"origin":19628,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Ben & Jerry\u2019s Limited Batch Gimme S\u2019more Ice Cream","author":"Marvo","date":"April 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, Ben & Jerry\u2019s already has a s\u2019mores flavor, but not why s\u2019more? 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