Next up in my series of reviews of Jeni’s ice cream is the Pineapple Upside Down Cake. I love pineapple upside down cake, which I fear is now Old People Food (Jeni was born in 1973, a fellow Gen-Xer (GenX = 1960-1975). Do kids even know what pineapple upside down cake is? (The key is to use fresh pineapple, never canned.)
The pineapple buttermilk ice cream ain’t bad (has a tang) and the cake works a lot better here than the Jelly Donut, but there are giant swirls of caramel in here that make it too sweet, though the sour cherry syrup sort of offsets it (I didn’t see a single cherry in there … correction, there were a few red cherries deeper down).
Cutesy side story
So once again this is a gimmicky flavor that should be tried once in a scoop shop, but it’s not a keeper or a re-order at $12 a pint (plus $15 for shipping) for me.
Previously: