Buttercream (Strawberry Banana) SC

Buttercream (Strawberry Banana) (SC) (WF) 3.5% (9-4-23) – Sometimes things work, and others … This one perplexed me during the Alpha testing, and continued to do so here. A ripe banana greeted you on the front end, and then a creamy/creamery carrier rode you through the middle, with MAYBE a smidge of Strawberry on the finish. The cream, to my tastes, didn’t really present as a butter cream, BUT, that is/was subjective. It came across as rather “hodge-podge-y” to me, and rather, lacked a clear focus. It was full at 3.5%, and there were no off-notes, and it stayed a few ticks below mid-level sweet. The ripened banana was actually pretty good, but when tempered with the cream, and very light strawberry, I just couldn’t 100% get behind it. Tasty, different, just presented in a confusing way to my tastes. I can’t see using it as a primary, but there could be a lot of good uses as a mixer for sure. In the end, I’m tallying this one up as a creamy, ripe banana, with a hint of Strawberry. Fairly placing this at a 6.5/10.