I try the retro Tunis cake Tesco has brought back from the 80s

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00:00I'm here with something that has gone viral online. It's the Tesco Tunis cake. Tunis? Tunis?

00:09I don't know. I don't remember these. Apparently they're from the 70s and 80s.

00:15Last sold by Tesco's in the 80s. Look at that. Look at the retro colouring and the font and

00:24the decoration. Look at that. It is properly old school.

00:31That is something that I have seen in old-fashioned recipe books.

00:41It's an alternative to a Christmas cake apparently and if you look there it's a Madeira cake with,

00:47and they call it, chocolate flavoured topping. I mean that doesn't sound particularly attractive.

00:54I'd rather it just said chocolate topping. Hand decorated with vanilla flavoured frosting and

01:00marzipan fruits. So let's get into it and see whether it actually tastes any good and whether

01:07it is a viable alternative to a Christmas cake. Right, it's out of the box and just look at it.

01:16That is, yeah, I mean that's about as retro as you can get isn't it? Look at that. That's

01:23church hall. That's 1980s party. Look at that. I have just cut quite a small piece.

01:36That's what it looks like when it's been cut and with all the plums.

01:43I've got a feeling this is going to be really dry but let's see. So here we are with my slice of cake.

01:50Okay, so yeah, I think that the Madeira was quite dry and that's meant to be quite a

02:07moist rich cake isn't it? The chocolate topping is okay and the buttercream is just buttercream.

02:16I don't think I'd buy another one. I'm always saying that on these reviews. I don't think I

02:21would buy another one. I think it's a complete win for style over substance here and actually

02:27I probably shouldn't be saying this but if you want something similar, a Madeira cake with

02:33chocolate topping, Fiona Kern's do some really nice six cupcakes that you can get in booths.

02:42They're quite expensive but they're better than that. I can see why these died out in the 80s.

02:49Sorry Tesco. No for me.