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UGR Coffee Cake
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:16 am
by Name_not_found
Friend of a friend was able to find some URGs for me to try out.
First on the list: Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Crumb

- 18 Servings, 1 ounce shy of 3 pounds is a lot of cake
First challenge was to figure out how old this was, thanks to another thread and mreheater72 it seems to be 2002 production.

- 135th day of 2002
Since this is cake i did not want to heat the tray, so i moved on to opening the can.

- This guy works just fine

- But i used this one today since i had it
The can opened easily and there was a pleasant smell, not much cinnamon, more of a heavy pound cake like smell

- The topping is still in the right place for the most part
Sliced in to 18 pieces as per the directions
Closeup
Re: UGR Coffee Cake
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:20 am
by Name_not_found
Tasting:
The cake was very tasty, if you have had canned cake before you know what to expect.
Flavor wise, a medium strength vanilla flavor with light hints of cinnamon
Texture is a soft moist dense cake, much like pound cake

- There was a slight after taste i think was like carnation instant breakfast
I decided to spice it up a little
Overall this was great 10 year old cake! It wont last long here
Re: UGR Coffee Cake
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:12 am
by cavguy
I remember that one too pretty good tasting! Been trying to find one of those online for a few but no luck. When I was on active duty I took 3 trays of the Coffee Cake home with me, ate one then could not bring myself to eat the others so I sold them to some surplus store! Wish I had kept them now...
Re: UGR Coffee Cake
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:19 am
by housil
I *love* the T-18 cakes

Re: UGR Coffee Cake
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:42 pm
by mreheater72
Name_not_found, thank you very much for that detailed and informative review with great photos

! Yes, I would also vote for 2002 production!
I also like that metal tray cakes! Their shelf-life is very good (I ate some 12 year old cake and it was still fine) and the taste is typical "US military ration" (like good old MCI cakes). What a pity that they stopped producing them

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The additional pudding is great for sure. I will try that, too

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Re: UGR Coffee Cake
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 10:10 pm
by Bypah