Norwegian salmon bun from Maxim's bakery

I don't know why but every now and then I will fall for their savoury buns knowing that I will not like it.

This time I fell for the Norwegian salmon bun.

It looked quite nice with sesame and a splodge of wasabi on top.
Again, there is something weird about the bread because the texture and taste is nothing like Western bread.

The salmon filling looked like tuna paste and it was not pink.

The taste was a bit boring because it was just like eating a tuna bun and there was no salmon taste or chunks of salmon to be seen.

Summer mango madness

For mango lovers, there is a new mango cake series!!!!!!



I got my hands on the Mango & Pistachio crispy mini cake which was a nice size for sharing.

Top view:
On top of the cake, there was fresh mango, mango sauce and some sweet sauce.


Side view:

On the side of the cake, it was decorated with macaron shells.
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Mango & Pistachio crispy cake:
The cake has distinct layers which look really nice.


From top layer to bottom:
mango mousse
egg white cake
mango slices
pistachio mousse
golden cake
chocolate crispies

I loved the pistachio mousse because it gave a nutty flavour to the mango paired with cotton soft layers of cake.
It was refreshing to eat on a summers day with layers of cool mousse and fresh mango slices in the middle.
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Look out for the Mango & Pistachio Dessert Cup for $25 with layers of mango pieces, mango jelly, pistachio mousse, sponge cake, mango pudding and mango mousse.

Maxims rainbow cake

Tried this cake a year ago but forgot to write about it so here it is!!!!


I tried each of the coloured layers but they all taste the same.

Overall the cake was fun to eat and tasted better than their traditional cream cakes with canned fruit!
Basically it was sweet soft crumbly cake layers paired with cream.

If the cake layers had more distinctive flavours then it would not feel so artificial because of the colours.
Compared to the same rainbow cake I tried from Maxims a while ago, there were less fruit in this one such as sliced strawberries and kiwis.

3M - Celebrate [M]ickey and [M]innie at [M]axims

For Disney fans, they are going to adore these Mickey and Minnie mouse mousse cakes.
To protect these cakes during transportation, they have a piece of decorated card around the cake that serves as a design as well.

After it is removed, it looks like this.

Basically, both cakes have a dome shaped chocolate mousse cake on top which represents the head with two round pieces of thin chocolate stuck on it for the ears.
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Minnie:

After slicing it, there are layers of cake, mousse and jelly.

I liked this cake because it was a mix of chocolate and strawberry mousse with soft layers of cake in the middle and the sweetness was just right.
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Mickey:


The Mickey cake was basically a double serving of chocolate mousse cake with crispy Valhrona chocolate which is rich but not too sweet.
A great cake for chocolate lovers.
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Find a Mickey

I have tried this cake before so I knew I was going to like it.
The one I tried had a heart in the middle, whereas this cake has Mickey on the cross section of the slice.

Heart Cake:
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This cake is quite interesting because it is frosted with butter cream on top and it does not need refrigeration.

It is a dense and hard chocolate cake with chocolate butter cream on top decorated with coloured stars and Mickey mouse macarons.






The taste of this cake was really nice, the texture of the chocolate cake was firm and slightly dry which was balanced by the smooth chocolate butter cream which had a faint salty taste.

The chocolate had a strong rich cocao taste with a touch of bitterness so if you like proper Western cakes, then this the cake for you.

It is a fun cake to share because people will be impressed by the Mickey Mouse shape on the slices.

Maxim's Love Story 2014

Maxim's Cake Shop (Central)
Thanks to Maxim's for sending me some of their Valentines cake to try.

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Rose Garden $128:

This was a Pretty cake with rose patterned cream on the outside with three layers of different pink coloured cream.

They give you raspberry crunchies and chocolate hearts so that you decorate the cake how you want.


Beneath the cream is strawberry sponge and pieces of strawberry in it.

It was a nice soft cake with lots of velvety cream complemented by chunky raspberry crunchies that was not too sweet.

For those who can read Chinese:

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Our Love Story $78:

The packaging is really pretty and has two cakes inside:
It would be a nice surprise as the cakes are discreetly disguised in the box.
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Strawberry mousse cake with strawberry jelly topped with three fresh raspberries.
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Chocolate mousse cake with crispy chocolate inside.
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As a girl, I liked the strawberry mousse cake because of the raspberries on top and the strawberry jelly in the middle in light strawberry mousse.

The chocolate was stronger and quite rich which would suitable for guys too and girls with a sweet tooth.

Again, more description in Chinese if you read Chinese.

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They also have other cakes in the series for Valentines day.

Maxim's Chiffon cake series

Maxim's Cake Shop (Tsim Sha Tsui)
The association who usually buys cakes with a budget of $4 per head discovered that Maxim's were doing an offer for these delicious Chiffon cakes so got these instead.

It was really nice to get these even though they taste average, but better than the crap before.
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Lemon chiffon cake:


The taste of this was ok and the lemon was not too artificial, but I found it a bit too sweet.
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Egg white chiffon cake:

I loved this cake, it was soft and not too sweet.

The colour of the cake was really nice and white because it was made with egg white
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Maxim's Cacao Barry cake

Maxim's Cake Shop (Chai Wan)


Thanks to Maxim's PR agency for this cake.


The cake is called Cacao Barry which is made with Cacao Barry chocolate.


Cacao Barry is a brand of chocolate founded by Charles Barry in France in 1842.

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Cacao Barry:


It was a Bailey's chocolate mousse cake.
Inside the cake there is a layer of Bailey's mousse, white chocolate mousse, dark chocolate cake, dark chocolate mousse and a crispy chocolate base.
The outside of the cake is covered in dark chocolate sauce.


Although the cake looks quite small, you could actually get 14 decent sized slices from it.


The taste of the chocolate was really strong but slightly too sweet, it tasted like coffee even though there was no coffee in it.
The cake stayed in shape when it was sliced unlike some other cakes that collapse when you slice them.
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Have a pink Hello Kitty Christmas

Maxim's Cake Shop (Wan Chai)

Thanks to Maxim’s and their marketing group for this lovely Hello Kitty Christmas tree cake.

Who said Christmas trees couldn’t be pink!

As well as the Hello Kitty Christmas tree, they have also launched a Cacao berry cake which I shall post later when I get it.

The Hello Kitty Christmas tree cake comes boxed in a Hello Kitty cake box.

The cake comes with candy stars and white chocolate Hello Kitty pieces to decorate the cake.

After sprinkling the stars and decorating it with the white chocolate pieces, the cake was ready to eat!
(Yes I know I did not put the green thing directly on the top of the cake.)


Basically the cake is a strawberry mousse cake with sponge and strawberry in the middle.

The cake was light and delicious.
There was real grounded strawberries in the mousse with soft cake in the middle layered with real strawberries at the base.

I liked this mousse cake because there was more proportion of mousse than cake.