Yoder's Country Market — Local services in Orange

Husband bought me birthday cake here in August; my favorite is German Chocolate - have had very good experience with Yoder's cakes in past. This one, however tasty, did NOT contain German Chocolate flavor at all. In fact, I wouldn't be able to identify the cake as anything chocolate. That said, when I looked at the ingredients on box, the only chocolate listed was "Choc Chps". The icing was great -- coconut pecan as expected -- but this was NOT German Chocolate cake! I contacted Yoder's for an explanation & rec'd a reply a month later apologizing for my disappointment in the cake & verifying that chocolate chips are the only form of chocolate in the cake -- no German chocolate, no cocoa, etc. I've suggested to them that they rename this cake since it is deceptive to call it something it is not. Or perhaps they could revise the recipe? Beware!

Update to this post: Revisited Yoder's 1st week of Oct per Michael Yoder's invitation to come out & taste test their improved German Choc cake. New recipe uses cocoa, oil, & sugar instead of semi-sweet choc chips -- still no German's Sweet Chocolate -- but they believe it's much better with more chocolate flavor. Prior to my visit, I baked made from scratch cupcakes using German's sweet chocolate so that we could compare Yoder's cake with the real thing. Took along a friend & 2 of my unfrosted cupcakes -- met with Michael Yoder who seems very accommodating & sincere in his efforts to satisfy customers -- impressive amount of energy expended in this instance alone. Michael brought out 2 full size German Choc cakes -- 1 to taste test & 1 for me to take home. While we were cutting into the test cake, Yoder's Customer Service Manager, Esther, was invited to join our group. We all tasted the Yoder cake & then took bites of my cupcakes. Several store customers also joined in the fun. The Results: majority of tasters preferred the cupcake flavor containing German's sweet choc to Yoder's cake w/ cocoa, oil, & sugar. All liked the coconut/pecan frosting of Yoder's cake. Michael received these comments right then & there; even Esther said she liked the cupcake flavor better. I guess sometimes you just have to be true to an original recipe. Don't know what Yoder's will do going forward; it was unclear when we left the store whether or not they will tinker with their recipe some more, but in my opinion, for this cake to be German Chocolate, it should contain German's sweet chocolate. Anything else is a Yoder's Sweet Chocolate cake. Many thanks to all...

i've been here i think twice both times were really good (the first time i think i got some jalapeno mustard) i absolutely love the i think it's amish style cooking here had to look on the website to confirm that (a real good one is zook's in lancaster pa) um yeah we stopped in the other day and i tried the cafe and it was amazing i got a pretzel dog and a small bowl of soup (beef vegetable) and it put my stomach at ease (i was a little sick feeling from i think a pickled egg i'd eaten earlier at home) the stuff here is so nice and charming and good feeling the workers are very appreciative of my business and well groomed

also afterwards my mom got some change and we got some feed from the dispenser outside and we fed some of the animals the goat eating out of my hand was very nice they even had hand sanitzer out there too for afterwards the animals were so sweet and heart warming to be around

the lot here is pretty good it's got a dine in section and the grocery then odds and ends here and there if i remember right i think there's a play ground too outside so maybe it's a little bit of a hangout while you pick...

They have a lot of things homesteaders and bakers use and need. Their bulk hard red wheat, [can't remember if spring or winter] was cheaper than palouse. They have a LOT of curious and neat stuff in the dry goods section. A lot of candy. Prices on baked goods were extremely high. $12 for a lemon chess pie. The deli puts their sandwhiches in a panini baker which makes the bread so hard it's inedible. They will make another, but without heat the cheese doesn't melt. They might consider giving a choice of a microwave.

They have bagged apple filling, boston creme pie/donut custard, lemon filling. Lots and lots of stuff. Other than the everyday food, the prices are extremely high. It's a chain store, staffed by Amish or Mennonites. It's quite aways away for us, but we'll be back. The dry goods they have are amazing. Oh, and 32 oz bottles of wright's hickory smoke. $7.39, when a 3 oz bottle was 4.89 I THINK. You MUST take your time and look...