The Search Ends

[howeird]

I found Black Forest cake. Bought a piece, took it home and ate it when the 49ers won today's game.

It was a long trek. I started at Draeger's in Los Altos. They had some good looking cakes, but only sold the mundane kind in slices. They also did not have any 82% Scharffen-Berger bars, which was also on today's list.

Next was Androcini's market near Foothill Expressway, also Los Altos. They had eclairs and napoleons and I would have bought one if there had been anyone minding the bakery counter. They also had an extensive display of Scharffen-Berger chocolate, but not the 82% bars.

As I was pulling out of the parking lot I saw in the corner of the complex the Los Altos Bakery Cafe. Worth a try, even though they were advertising food food on the door stick-ons. Bingo! They had Black Forest cake by the piece (I could have bought a whole cake, too, but that seemed like overkill). I bought two pieces, will have the other one next week.

Comments

[howeird]

All of them are out. So is the S-B web site. It looks like they have ditched that product in favor of expanding to specialy items. There's now a 75% Venzualen pesticide-free bar, and something called 45% Cacao Gianduja bar. Foo.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Sigh. It probably has something to do with them recently getting bought by Hershey's.

[howeird]

Yeah, that's got to be it. I'd only seen a Wall Street rumor announcement, and there is nothing on the S-B web site about it, but now I see the sale went through at the end of January. Which is about when the 82% bars started disappearing from grocery store shelves.

I'm hoping the reason they pulled that line is they could not maintain the quality for the size of distribution Hershey's wanted. Maybe we'll get lucky and they will offer a limited edition for the Bay Area.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Did you try calling Scharffen-Berger in Berkeley to see what they have to say about it?