I'm a life long German chocolate cake lover, my mother would make 1 almost every year knowing it was my favorite cake. This is a great tasting cake, but it is not an authentic German Chocolate Cake. GCC is distinctive and is easily recognized if you've had a real one. This cake was clearly made with coca powder because it's almost too sweet and it has that dark chocolate bitter note, the color is too dark and the texture is cohesive almost spongy. If you not a GCC snob like me then you may love this cake, the dark chocolate does go well with the coconut and pecan icing (nougat). The sweetness of the nougat is right on, but the sweetness of the cake is too much for me. In all Shars has a great product. I'll be coming back for the butter cake, it looks too good to pass up, and with her coupon I can't help myself.

The cake was delicious but to sweet

I smelled the strawberries through the box! It arrived so quickly that the ups driver laughed at me in my disbelief when it was delivered and n about 3 days! This cake is SOOO strawberry, a bit sweet but still very delicious with slightly tangy frosting underneath the crunch topping, large in size and tall and moist and homemade flavors and texture. Did I mention that it looks just like the picture online? and packed so well. I love my cakes from Shar!