Tray Ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP 2010

Reviews and taste-tests of any MREs from 1981-present
Post Reply
User avatar
mreheater72
Posts: 1008
Joined: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:14 pm
Location: Germany, Frankonia

Tray Ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP 2010

Post by mreheater72 » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:56 pm

Hi guys,

last weekend I opened a tray ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP December 2010 :D . That kind of cake is regarding to the NATICK UGR LIST issued frozen to the troops :!: . As I bought it on a German flea market in Mai 2011 is was not frozen, so I refroze it for storing in hope that it had not gone bad during the time is was not frozen :) . But see the following pics:

The tray ration cake with icing pouch on the lid after thawing the second time
Image

Printing on the plastic tray with date code 0354 (December 2010)
Image

Back side of plastic container
Image

The tan colored pouch of WHITE ICING that was glued on the lid of the tray ration
Image

Back side of the tan colored pouch of WHITE ICING with two glue stripes
Image

Date code 0333A1TP2 (December 2010 THERMO PAC) on the icing pouch
Image

First tiny hole in the pouch of WHITE ICING :( :evil:
Image

Second tiny hole in the pouch of WHITE ICING, so it went in the trash :( :evil:
Image

Cake tray without icing pouch
Image

Close-up of cake tray description
Image

Opened tray ration, I need a caliper to pull the lid from the plastic container :!: :!: :!: , very good glue/seam :mrgreen:
Image

Close-up of the LEMON CAKE
Image

LEMON CAKE on a plate with a cup of vintage spray-dried MRE Instant Coffee :D
Image

Close-up 1 of the LEMON CAKE
Image

Close-up 2 of the LEMON CAKE
Image

The taste: Very fine, a little bit moist, not too sweet with light lemon flavor :D . What a pity that the icing could not be used :( , so the cake perhaps would have been still better :), although it was very fine without icing, too. I was happy that it was not bad/molded, even after it was stored an unknown time unfrozen :!: .

So long mreheater72
"QUIDQUID AGIS PRUDENTER AGAS ET RESPICE FINEM"

cavguy
Posts: 1115
Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:24 pm
Location: West Coast USA

Re: Tray Ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP 2010

Post by cavguy » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:52 pm

Nice review! Are you sure that is meant to be frozen? What I read indicated it to be introduced in 2008 for the UGR H&S or Heat and Serve. The UGR Heat and Serve rations do not require refrigeration. The frozen UGR rations I have seen come all in one with the icing / toppings already applied.

mjwise
Posts: 20
Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:10 pm

Re: Tray Ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP 2010

Post by mjwise » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:08 pm

I don't think this was issued frozen either - the ones I've seen like that are not issued in this kind of tray at all, but I'll let someone else with more experience chime in. I thought this type of polytray was used for shelf stable items only.

User avatar
housil
Moderator
Posts: 5642
Joined: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:04 am
Location: Germany, Bavaria
Contact:

Re: Tray Ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP 2010

Post by housil » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:53 am

Hagen, I realy *love* the tray rations so I´m happy about every review.

I´m sorry the icing pouch had two holes :cry:
Usually icing is made from powdered sugar and lemon juice. So let´s do it the Mc-ration-Gyver way :mrgreen: Let´s give ration sugar and hmmm... the lemon beverage powder a try to make a canteen cup cookery like icing?

User avatar
Name_not_found
Posts: 822
Joined: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:47 pm
Location: USA
Contact:

Re: Tray Ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP 2010

Post by Name_not_found » Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:13 am

Thanks for the review and detailed pictures.

You can always make the icing, like for mre birthdays.

MRE Sweet Icing:
-Coffee creamer pack
-sugar pack or two
-little water

1.Mix all 3 (use less water than you think you need to start,a few drops even, you cant take it back out )
2.Then let it sit a few minutes (it makes it much better and is an important step, stir every so often.)

Its done when the ingredients have combined well and doesn't look like rough mix of powder and water.
After you have made it a few times you can adjust water for how thick or thin you want it.

Or

MRE Flavored Icing:
-Dairy Shake of flavor wanted
-water

Basically the same as above but don't need sugar and you get flavors

Or

MRE Mocha Icing Variant:
Use chocolate dairy shake and add a touch of coffee and tiny pinch of salt
Ration Reviews: USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, China, Spain, Russia, Lithuania
Wish List: Rations from anywhere I haven't reviewed yet!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnlQPi ... kQXu87uUCA

User avatar
German_EPA
Moderator
Posts: 1412
Joined: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:53 am
eBay name: advenutre-world-shop
Location: Germany, Bavaria
Contact:

Re: Tray Ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP 2010

Post by German_EPA » Fri Feb 24, 2012 12:43 pm

one of the best looking cakes i ever saw. looks really yummy! :wink:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
MILITARY/OUTDOOR/CAMPING/EMERGENCY-FOOD
:arrow: :arrow: :arrow: My shop: http://www.adventure-world.de

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

User avatar
mreheater72
Posts: 1008
Joined: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:14 pm
Location: Germany, Frankonia

Re: Tray Ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP 2010

Post by mreheater72 » Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:47 pm

cavguy wrote:…Are you sure that is meant to be frozen? What I read indicated it to be introduced in 2008 for the UGR H&S or Heat and Serve. The UGR Heat and Serve rations do not require refrigeration. The frozen UGR rations I have seen come all in one with the icing / toppings already applied.
mjwise wrote:I don't think this was issued frozen either - the ones I've seen like that are not issued in this kind of tray at all, but I'll let someone else with more experience chime in. I thought this type of polytray was used for shelf stable items only.
Sorry for confusion :oops: , I guess you are right. But I will always stay careful with UGR cakes; I had a lot of those in the past that had gone bad/molded :!: (packed in transparent foil :) ).

housil wrote:…I´m sorry the icing pouch had two holes :cry:
Usually icing is made from powdered sugar and lemon juice. So let´s do it the Mc-ration-Gyver way :mrgreen: Let´s give ration sugar and hmmm... the lemon beverage powder a try to make a canteen cup cookery like icing?
Name_not_found wrote:…You can always make the icing, …
Thank you very much for the icing recipes :D . If I will have in future a cake with holes in the icing pouch, I will try one of those recipes :) .

So long mreheater72
"QUIDQUID AGIS PRUDENTER AGAS ET RESPICE FINEM"

User avatar
housil
Moderator
Posts: 5642
Joined: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:04 am
Location: Germany, Bavaria
Contact:

Re: Tray Ration LEMON CAKE WITH WHITE ICING DoP 2010

Post by housil » Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:42 pm

mreheater72 wrote:I had a lot of those in the past that had gone bad/molded :!: (packed in transparent foil :) ).
Like mine... :cry:

Post Reply