Having been utterly seduced with great delight by Vapelicious' StL Gooey Butter Cake, I wanted to see how Kick Bass Vapor's version---called Gooey Better Cake---might fare by comparison. So, I ordered some, which came in the mail today.
First I atty-dripped it (using a Joye 1.5 ohm LR atty run at 4 volts), then I loaded it up into a cartomizer (a 1.7 ohm XL SLB Resurrector, my current fave carto, along with dual coils), and vaped it head-to-head with StL GBC, which I keep loaded and topped off in a 1.5 ohm mega XL dual coil. I used two Madvapes VV boxes for power, set to 4.1 volts. (Those particular mods concentrate flavors better and hit harder than any other PVs I own.)
As we know, KBV is very good at sweet dessert vapes, and their Gooey Better Cake has that signature KBV sweet taste. The overall profile is flavorful as well, with a quite obvious cakiness that has lovely depth. BUT (and I say this without meaning any offense to the good folks at KBV), their version of this regional delicacy cannot hold a candle to Vapelicious StL GBC, in my opinion.
Candy's juice excels in two elements---it's extremely rich, and---just like the name says---over-the-top gooey and buttery. In all honesty, I wouldn't use either term to describe KBV's, which comes off to me as rich, sweet cake.
Now, I was born and raised in St. Louis, and I actually ate gooey butter cake as a kid back in the 1950s. But that was more than half a century ago, and though I recall clearly what the dessert looked like and how different it was from "regular" cake, time has dimmed my taste memory sufficiently that I couldn't begin to judge which of the two juices is closer to accurately replicating the flavor of the real thing. All I know for sure is that the KBV version is a good, flavorful juice, while Candy's version is a truly phenomenal juice, one that makes your brain sit up, take notice, and say, "Wow, I've never vaped anything like this before!"
Just my two cents. Your mileage may vary.
Should be here tomorrow along with AG Dream and Dead Bears!
