Brand/Baker: Tip Top Cafe Style Hot Cross Buns.
Bought from New World Halswell.

Price: $3.79 for a pack of 6 (0.6316 cents each)

Serving size: 60g.

Ingredients:
Wheat flour, fruit (30%) (raisins, sultanas), water, baker’s yeast, sugar, canola oil, mixed spice, wheat gluten, salt, maize starch, modified maize starch (1422), skim milk powder, emulsifiers (481, 472e, 471), soy flour, acidity regulator.

Sugar per 100g = 24.2g
Total fat per 100g = 3.2g

Appearance: Square buns, cooked and packed as a set of 6. The set had sunk in the middle, and all the buns were squashed to varying degrees. Crosses look a bit wrinkled but are quite distinct if uneven due to the squashing. Lots of large sultanas are clearly visible from the outside. No glazing on the top. Each bun looks a bit like a beaten up loaf of bread.
When broken apart the inside was drier than all the other buns we have tested so far, which made it more springy. Evenly browned.
Our Ranking: 2/5

Smell: Like bread – no distinct fruit or spice smell. Not especially fresh
Our Ranking: 2/5

Amount of Fruit: Packet says 30% fruit consisting of sultanas and raisins. Could see plenty of big sultanas/raisins that tended to be clump together.
Our Ranking: 3/5

Size: Small to medium.
Our Ranking: 2/5

Taste: Surprisingly spicy given the lack of  smell. Infact it kind of overpowered the taste of the fruit which just gave an additional texture and sweetness. The dough I found dry and unappealing.

Pretty up and down! Bites were either moist and sweet when getting lots of fruit, or dry and pretty plain with no fruit.

Our Ranking: 2.5/5

Value for Money: 3/5

> > > Our Overall Rating:  2.5 out of a possible 5  < < <
Decidedly average Hot Cross Buns. Very plain. Nothing special. We expected more from a bun that boasted 30% fruit, “Cafe Style”.

Posted on March 25th, 2009 by Wendy Riley-Biddle
Filed under: Total Trivia