Concerned fans of can breathe a sigh of relief because it is reverting back to its original form. This dessert, which features layers of vanilla cake, fresh berries and Chantilly cream frosting, has been a fruity phenomenon for decades. In all that time, its recipe has remained unchanged and, according to its fans, that’s exactly how it should stay.
In late September, a frosting-filled fracas ignited on social media when folks claimed their Berry Chantilly Cake slices were looking a little different. “Whole Foods Chantilly Cake is a victim of , look at this s---,” TikToker @culturework says in a with over 320,000 views. The TikTok user then shows a slice of Chantilly cake from her local Whole Foods: a layer of frosting and jam sits between two pieces of cake, with berries on the side — not the cake.
“It’s now just a little English tea cake,” she says. Then TikTok user @mylegalera about a Whole Foods experience that left her concerned. “I just received the worst news ever in my entire life,” she says, claiming that Whole Foods altered the makeup of its Berry Chantilly Cake slices.
“I asked the guy if they were making more, he was like, ‘Oh, we actually changed the recipe. We don’t do it like that anymore.’” This clip also went viral, with more than 1.
5 million views. She says a Whole Foods employee told her there was “no more fruit in the middle” and it was arriving frozen, devastating the TikToker. “Whole Foods, if you see this, I’m really,.