Here’s what I got. Pretty! ImageImage
OK, reporting back. They are... divisive cakes. Kid said "this is the worst" and got a cookie. So that's one opinion.

The winner for me is the one on the right - labne, pistachio(?) halva. Tart, with a savory hit from the halva. Surprising and delightful.
The one that looks like cherries was a ruby chocolate mousse. I wanted to love this cake, but it's so moussy, and the ruby chocolate did nothing for me. I like the sour flavor, but the rest is just, eh.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_choc…
The rectangular one, top left was... charcoal flavor, maybe? I have no idea. I didn't get it. I'd like to find out what it was supposed to be. Or was it made of this? theatlantic.com/health/archive…
To be clear, it said it was a "tonka cake" so I'm guessing it was made with this.
The other one was a cherry(?) chocolate tart of some kind, but again, heaven knows what the other ingredients were. It was... good. I'd eat it again.

But like, all 4 of them would be defeated by a good but not great tarte au citron to my palette. Am I getting unsophisticated?

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