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Hi guys,

today I tested a MRE recipe called "SUPREME COMMAND CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE" taken out of "THE UNOFFICIAL MRE RECIPE BOOKLET" by TABASCO dated 1985. See the following photo review for details:

Front cover of "THE UNOFFICIAL MRE RECIPE BOOKLET" by TABASCO dated 1985


The recipe "SUPREME COMMAND CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE"


The ingredients that were used at one glance from different years (1982, 1990, 2011):
CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE (date code 2026, that means January 26, 1982 )
PEANUT BUTTER (date code 1200, that means July 19, 2011)
COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER (date code 0165, that means June 14, 1990)
SUGAR out of Accessory Packet (age unknown)
WATER


The CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE pouch out of card board


The loose ingredients at one glance:
CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE (entire portion 3,2 OZ, about 90,7 grams)
PEANUT BUTTER (entire portion 1,5 OZ, about 42,5 grams)
COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER (half portion 0,75 OZ, about 21,3 grams)
SUGAR (entire portion 0,21 OZ, about 6 grams)
WATER (two vintage white MRE spoons)


Close up of the CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE unfortunately not in perfect shape , but taste and smell perfect


PEANUT BUTTER, COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER, SUGAR and WATER combined before stirring


PEANUT BUTTER, COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER, SUGAR and WATER combined after stirring (to reach the seen consistence I added about 6 further vintage white MRE spoons of water)


Close-up of PEANUT BUTTER, COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER, SUGAR, WATER combination


The next three pictures show the PEANUT BUTTER, COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER, SUGAR, WATER combination poured over the CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE






The taste was great : Creamy and very sweet . The chocolate-peanut butter mix is awesome !

I just added up the calories of the ingredients :
CHOCOLATE NUT CAKE about 400 calories
PEANUT BUTTER about 250 calories
COCOA BEVERAGE POWDER about 95 calories
SUGAR about 23 calories

In total: 768 calories

Happy Christmas

mreheater72

Hope you will get a second pancreas for Christmas, you`ll need *A LOT* of insulin for this...

Ah yes, that dessert will definately send the pancreas screaming and running for cover! I never could force myself to eat the chocolate nut cake, for some reason it had a bitter aftertaste (especially the later ones) which I now attribute to the nuts, but when they were all the rage in the '80s, there should have been no reason for bitterness in a dessert item that fresh.

housil wrote:Hope you will get a second pancreas for Christmas, you`ll need *A LOT* of insulin for this...

rationtin440 wrote:Ah yes, that dessert will definately send the pancreas screaming and running for cover! I never could force myself to eat the chocolate nut cake, for some reason it had a bitter aftertaste (especially the later ones) which I now attribute to the nuts, but when they were all the rage in the '80s, there should have been no reason for bitterness in a dessert item that fresh.

You are certainly right, that dessert is "too much" for eating it at one go or alone .

That's why I shared it with my wife, she ates the second half, after I have eaten the first .

Hi MREheater,

cool review, thanks for sharing!
Looks good, tastes better, wants more
Looks familiar, You did a good job. Very nice with the nut cake indeed.
I didn't get my mixture to stay on top of the crackers/cake in this case, either It stays a little on the soft side and 'runs' over the cake. but hé, who said you shouldn't eat your fingers