Founded by Hangzhou pastry chef Linda Wang. A graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, one of the world's leading culinary schools, she has created some of the most popular French desserts, such as Cai Jia's signature Napoleon. After Cai Jia Dessert gained a firm foothold in Hangzhou and Shanghai, it began to develop the eponymous restaurant brand, expanding with the concept of "all-round compound catering".
Cai Jia dessert claims to use imported ingredients without artificial colors and preservatives. The credibility of these two points should be high, because the taste of some ingredients (such as cream) is indeed superior; At the same time, the number of ready-made cakes in the store is small, and the storage time of takeaway cakes is shorter than that of other brands.
Napoleon cake originated from the 18th century French dessert, called mille-feuille in French, that is, a thousand leaves, so the paraphrase should be called mille-feuille cake (of course, in China, mille-feuille cake refers to something else). As for why this cake is described as "Napoleon", the more reliable explanation is that this mille-feuille was invented by a chef in Naples, Italy, and is called Neapolitan puff pastry, but because the pronunciation is too similar to Napoleon, it was translated as "Napoleon" by later generations. In any case, this dessert combines the crispiness of the puff pastry with the sweetness of the cream, and is very popular with the public, and it is the star category of French sweetness.
The Napoleon cake is Cai Jia's well-deserved signature, with a crispy and fluffy three-layer puff pastry, and a caramel aroma after baking; The puff pastry is filled with a mixture of cheese and whipped cream, and the fresh blueberries are set off with a tempting and light aroma. Cai Jia's Napoleon uses Mascarpone Cheese, a cheese from Lombardy, Italy, which is fermented and coagulated with fresh milk, and formed by removing part of the water, with a hardness between whipped cream and cream cheese, with a slight sweet aroma and restrained flavor without losing the flavor. All Napoleons in Cai Jia's store require reservations, no dine-in, and friends who want to taste them should remember to pay attention. The smallest 8.5×17cm is priced at 228 yuan and can be eaten by four people. In addition to Napoleon, Cai Jia's opera house and strawberry cream cake production are also guaranteed and worth a try.
Cai Jia has a relatively mature supply chain and delivery team in Hangzhou and Shanghai, and the taste and temperature of dine-in and take-out cakes are not much different. Cai Jia is well-known in Shanghai, but its production is a little lacking in its own characteristics, and it also lacks highlights in its store environment, and it is difficult to stand out from the crowd of competitors with decent performance; At the same time, given that the brand is currently in the transformation stage, the resources allocated to the cake shop may be reduced, so Cai Jia's ranking will be appropriately lowered in this list.
