Cake-off: Jean-Paul Hévin's Mont-Blanc over Frédéric Cassel's Tan Gram

Did a weekend fourth-round cake-off between two from the undefeated bracket. The chocolate cake is Tan Gram from Frédéric Cassel, and this is quite decadent. The Mont-Blanc is the one from Jean-Paul Hévin; it is only available fall and winter, which might not sound like much of a restriction, but this is maybe the best Mont-Blanc out there, in my opinion, though that's totally about what a great almond meringue base it has, which is maybe not what true mont-blanc devotees focus on. Against my usual trend, I'm not giving the win to the chocolate cake, though this agrees with the recent trend of not being as excited about the more intense cake. In Tan Gram's defense, I should have worked out longer or at least waited longer so I was sufficiently hungry for these after a full lunch. However, JPH's Mont-Blanc would be hard to beat under any circumstances. Hoping to get to it earlier in the year for the fifth round.