Cornell & Diehl Kajun Kake

Coming from a cigar guy this is the blend that made me seriously respect pipe tobacco. Cigar smokers, and Maduro lovers rejoice because C&D will show you the light! Like a well seasoned creole dish, Kajun Kake offers up plenty of perique's spicy goodness.. the red Virginia is earthy and tangy and the cavendish is what ties the two together and elleviates any bite or sharpness that can happen with redVa+Perique. This is an earthy blend, the finish is long with notes of dark fruit, coffee, and chocolate pastry. Not the most complex, not flavored, just comfort food for the soul. Doesn't need much drying time and doesn't leave too much moisture in the bowl. If pushed hard, at times the perique can take on this dry club Soda like element which is its only downside. 4 stars for me personally.. but others may not like this kind of blend.

Greetings, Well just popped a fresh Tin of Kajun Kake. On first light, the sweetness of the Virginia and Cavendish were right up there in the front, after a few puffs the earthy tones started to come through, Tastes of peat, Moss with the sweetness fading in and out. I have read of this having a Fine Cigar like experience, I myself ready don't get that, After a let sit and relight, it's still a real nice earthy,peat taste. I do get the perique, but not spicy, I think due to the Cavendish, its toned down some, Almost smooth, but not silky. I won't say this hit me strong in the Nic department, But I have spend a lot of time smoking Old Joe, and 1792, So nothing really seems strong any more. Not a Bad smoke at all, It had everything it described.

The virginia in this blend is strong, not at all what one might expect after smoking virginias in the Danish style. In general, sweetness is low, but present. The flavor reminds me of rope tobaccos in a pungent, somewhat fermented kind of way.

Plain and tasty good ol' fashion virginia with a very noticeable amount of perique. Full flavored, for sure, and not boring at all.

Definitely worth a try.

There is alot to like about this blend. A little different to shake the unopened tin and hear that brick rattling around. As other have said, a dense, heavy pressed dark brownie that takes some prodding to crumble - it does break into quite small and fairly dry crumbs. Reminds me of the texture of pressed dry peat moss in how it breaks apart.

Lights, burns and smokes easily with rich thick smoke. Real perique kick and lots of dense virginia flavour. I enjoy it in a smaller bowl in small doses, an after-dinner late night summer smoke that can stand up to bourbon, whiskey or a robust red wine. Fair to strong nicotine.

It is just a bit of pipe-smoking fun to have an open tin around and press towards the stronger limits of a va/per. This is not a subtle smoke - the Kajun tag says it - strong, spicy, sweet, tons of character. Too strong a room note for indoor smoking in my man cave. Perfect on the deck looking up at the stars.

Would never be an all day smoke for me, and filling a big bowl with KK might lay me out horizontal, but a wonderful change of pace from my usual lighter va/per tastes.

Sweet, like strong dark coffee with a big dollop of sugar. Pleasant aftertaste, no casing ghosts discernable.

Highly recommended as a change of pace treat and flavour bomb for those of us who shy away from the orientals and latakia.

I love this stuff and find that it's perfect for the golf course. I just knock off a piece between shots, stuff it into the bowl and enjoy the great english flavor for the next few holes. I even shaved a few strokes off my handicap since smoking this on the course. It relaxes me and should be endorsed by the PGA as a training sedative for those who swing too fast!

In an ensemble band of VaPers, this is a raucous gutbucket bass (look it up). I smoke so much of this stuff, I'm embarrassed it has taken me so long to write a review. However, I feel that four years of regular smoking is enough to give a reliable review. I wonder if this was the ancestor of Chenet's Cake. The Perique content can't be that much lower, just based on the tidal wave of pepper. However, unlike CC, this stuff is all bass notes. Stewed prunes, unsweetened espresso, dark chocolate, charred oak, and black pepper. There's your tasting notes. Heavy, creamy body. Despite its components, this is not a very sweet blend. For the most part, all big, booming bass. I would consider this one of C&D's best blends, and one of the most important innovations in VaPers. It breaks the European models of grassy/tangy/citrus Virginias lightly spiced with Perique, paving the way for later blends like Chenet's Cake, Warped King's Stride, Bayou Morning Flake, and KBV Dread Planet. All about dat bass, babe.

My only VA / PE experience has been with St. James Flake (Kendal Mayor's Collection), and I wanted to try another blend of this type. I have been anxious waiting for the small can of KK since I discovered a C&D distributor in Argentina. When it arrived, the first thing I looked at was the packaging date: 05/2018. Well, it won't be too young a tobacco. When I opened the can, a deep aroma, with notes reminding me of certain almost sweet oily seed mixes, delighted me. With a few more days of time since I opened the can, I can find aromas of raisins and certain reminiscences of the roasted fruit of the carob tree. I extracted an almost whole cake and a thick flake that was cut to fit into the small container, dark oak in color, with few more reddish tones. I made the mistake of choosing a pipe with a large bowl to start with KK. The first three puffs I got when I turned on put me on alert: a bitter blow that subsided as I continued smoking, and that finally did not appear again. They were gradually replaced by slightly sweet notes at the base, and somewhat more spicy at the top, which reminded me of that itch of Dijon mustards, rather than capsicin of chili peppers. You can taste the maturity and complexity of the VA (I read in some of the comments that the mixture has Cavendish too, but it seems to me that it would not be a Cavendish based on Burley), holding the spiciness of the Pe throughout the smoke, which I had to finish without consuming all the pipe. At some point it reminded me of some mixture of oriental tobaccos without latakia, but it is only like an ephemeral sensation when you become aware of the spicy Pe. This tobacco is robust, for only one puff per day, but without hitting like a mass. I think it will be one of my favorites in the rotation when it deserves more complex puffs in more serene moments.

Just got this. Lit up a bowl. First thing I noticed is it doesn’t tase like it smells. The flavors are a wonderful combination that blend together perfectly. Sweet and quite spicy. Bought 2 cans so I could put one away.

Good stuff this Kajun Cake. I recently got a few tins of this and have been really liking it. Smokes nice and cool, and easy to keep lit, and with really great flavor. I tend to not like their blends but this VAPer is the best C&D blend I have ever had.