Kajun Kake produces a full volume of sweet unflavored-Cavendish-dominated smoke without ever biting my tongue. I found Kajun Kake to be a naturally mellow sweet blend with a light, yet clearly detectable, Perique spice. I have gone through many tins.

My complaint about Kajun Kake is that my pipe always start off quite bitter. The bitterness last though about a third of the smoke and dissipates to the pleasant flavor I described above.

I read somewhere that burley is the base tobacco used in making Perique. I don't know if it's at all related, but the bitterness I experience in the first third of the bowl reminds me lot of the bitterness one gets from abusing a burley blend.

I tolerated the idiosyncratic nature of this tobacco for years. Recently, I moved to Bullseye Flake which I find to have very similar characteristics without the bitter experience.

my first crumble cake, and my first american-manufactured tobacco. i don't know how representative it is. it somehow reminds me a bit of the dan pipe blends, but there's also something reminiscent of "maduro" from mcconnell when it was blended in england.

the tin aroma is deep and fermented, stoved, winey, with a whiff of the caramelized and berryish flavours you get from a typical british virginia.

crumling... i'm not sure i like this aspect. it's easy enough to get the right amount into your pipe, but a lot will just crumle back into the tin slowly leaving you with a loose tobacco that will dry out too fast, imo.

lights easily, and burns well. very nice, but very subdued, too. i detect no flavouring or casing at all. there's a little virginia sweetness, and the perique in combination with the virginia adds up to an almost cigarish and very earthy flavour, without the dryness of the typical cigar. again, i associate to some of the ancient british cavendihed blends. relights are fine, with no harshness at all, and i can't imagine anyone being nipped by this blend.

i do appreciate the pureness and discreet taste of kajun kake, but... there is imo a little too little power in it, taste wise (you really have to search for the taste), and that, in combination with the crumble cake form, keeps it from getting 4 stars.

i'm not sure there's any idea in trying to age it, as it's so deeply stoved.

There's something about the flavor that just doesn't jive with me. It wasn't sweet, in the least bit. If anything it was a dry sour peppery taste that never progressed into anything more (or less). It did have an average nicotine whallop that'll sneak up on ya.

I'm finding out I'm not a fan of these "Kakes". The way they pack too flat, the small pieces that find their way up the bit and into my mouth... not a fan.

Some ppl love this blend. I can see how they could, the flavor isn't for me, and the packing and size of tobacco doesn't detract all that much. Still, not a blend for me.

I took a razor and shaved off a little and left it in the lid to dry, not that it really needed much of that. The very loose medium dark leafs didn't appear to have any perique mixed in with them. The mixture packed well and lit right up. Loads of cool rich smoke were obtainable (hey, there's the perique!) without the risk of any nasty bite. There's a nice bit of tang there but I detect no sweetness at all. Not that that's a bad thing. About half way through the bowl there's a bit of a taste you'd expect to get from an inexpensive cigar. The perique is a constant companion that never becomes overpowering. All the flavors complement each other well. Pretty earthy.

This is very different from any of the other Va/Pers I've tried. Not my favorite but it is nonetheless very good. Never gurgled in the pipe which is saying something for me because I usually set a pretty fast pace. Worth a try if you don't like a bowl heavy on the perique.

C & D Kajun Kake

Well, I smoked about three bowls of this yesterday. I had had this before but wanted to see if my opinion on this had changed. This is one of those blends that I really, really wanted to like but I just don't and I can't really put my finger on it.

These come in small brick-like cakes that are wrapped very carefully and placed in the tin. The pre-light aroma is awesome. The cakes smell like chocolate brownies!! This is one of those blends where the smell doesn't match the taste. The cakes arrive right around the right moisture level so I only let these dry for about 20 minutes before I packed my pipe.

The main components in this blend are Red Virginia Cavendish and Perique. Now you might be fooled into thinking that since it is a cavendish then it is going to be sweet. You would be far from the truth. It is not sweet at all and that may be why I don't really like it. It has a very dark taste similar to unsweetened chocolate or bakers chocolate to me. Someone on Tobaccoreviews.com likened it to smoking a very dry cigar. I would agree with that. There is also quite a bit of Perique in this blend but the virginias and the perique never seem to blend to me. Not to say that this is a bad blend, it just wasn't the taste that I was expecting. I think that the care of packaging and overall quality of the tobacco makes this an above average blend but you have to like the taste of it.

Overall, like I said above, I think that this is a quality blend but it just wasn't my cup of tea. I will probably trade this one out with someone who either wants to try it or really likes the taste of this one. If you're interested in a trade them PM me. I have 1 whole cake and about half of the other one left.

Overall Standings:

1) Escudo 2) Dorchester 3) Luxury Bullseye 4) Kajun Kake

This is a great after dinner smoke especially if dinner consists of boiled shrimp or crawfish! Kajun Kake seems mild after a bold spicy meal....

My first tin went up in smoke in about a week and I spent much of my time coughing afterwards. My new tin is a once a day party that everyone should attend if you can handle it. Much too strong for all day but a great way to finish a day.

I also appreciated the discreet use of Perique rather than a searing blast of the stuff. I did get the Perique presence to show itself more towards the bottom of the bowl.

A nice touch of that good old Kajun spice (Perique), makes this thoroughly enjoyable!

The Kake is a new favorite form of tobacco of mine. This one was a little wet, but it smoked well at the moisture level it arrived.