Ex hated cake so she and her dad used to make rice krispie cakes instead, which sometimes turned out cool (they used spun sugar to make an eye of sauron once) but other times were just. Slathered in fondant to make it look like something. Once almost entirely black fondant. It was gross.
The cakes I've seen, my friend. The cakes I've seen... That said, it is technically a kind of icing. It shouldn't be, and it's an affront to icing, and people who just call it icing (or frosting especially, ffs) should perhaps have a little trip to the Hague, but so long as it's in the category I fully insist on it taking the bottom slot by a hefty margin. Buttercream may not be ganache or meringue, but it's at least not an affront to God, Buddha, and Kamen Rider. I've known people who did that. Including with actual cakes, or cupcakes. And, like, it's cool that you have edible pseudo-realistic heart cakes, but maybe they shouldn't taste like acute depression, y'know?
Ah, but what *kind* of buttercream? The stuff ranges from custard-on-steroids to literally just sweetened whipped butter, all with very different effects.
Thank you all for being a bastion of sanity, I was shamed by two coworkers this afternoon for hating buttercream. The bakery department at my work absolutely slathers the stuff on and it’s vile.
As someone who likes buttercream, they're doing it wrong and making it worse. It's an accent, not the feature. Especially if they're not flavoring it much. EDIT: Flavouring buttercream is easy, you just reduce the liquid and replace it with something flavorful. I've used a variety of liquers to very tasty (and tipsy) effect, for instance.
Im really not a fan of cupcakes that have a big piped swirl of buttercream thats almost as tall as the cake portion, or as tall. No, incorrect cupcake proportions, im scraping 90% of this off and giving it to the nearest person who likes straight up eating icing Edit: and its worse when someone brought in store made cupcakes to work and theyve been in the kitchen for a few hours and the icing has started to dry out so its got like a shell on the outside of it.... Bad
I am that person to be honest. I used to get in trouble for eating the icing with a spoon when my parents were trying to decorate cakes
I will gladly give u the excess icing, its part of the balanced ecosystem of people who dislike x thing and people who will Devour x thing given the chance. Eg my dad and brother dislike raw tomatoes, my mom and i like them, the balance is restored when we go out to lunch and tomato slices are redistributed
See also the mutualistic arrangement wherein when my sibling and I eat at a sandwich place, I eat Sibling's pickle, thereby benefiting Sibling as they no longer have a pickle on their plate.
god bless the pickle removers some places just neglect to mention that they stick pickle slices on the tops of their sandwiches, which is rude, and leads to unwelcome pickles getting their juices all up on the rest of my food
FONDANT IS TERRIBLE Why would you cover a perfectly innocent cake with a layer of something you cannot even really EAT?? If you wanna cover your cake in a non-creamy layer of outside, use rolled out marzipan like civilized people, at least that actually improves the taste of stuff and can be y'know, enjoyed when eating.
Okay but marzipan also tastes horrible, its only edge over fondant is that it won't cement your teeth together
I am also the person who will eat others' straight up icing. my sweet tooth is strong enough that i wonder if i am a candy gremlin instead of human I only cut my sweet tea with unsweet in the south because if i didn't my peers would probably exile me. I have not yet found something I would call 'too sweet'
Just had a piece of My Favourite Cake ever and man one of the best things about these cakes is the hella light whipped cream frosting. Heavy frosting is urgh.
Ok but listen my favourite cake is a Streuselcake, like a whole baking tray of it, and when it comes out of the oven and is still piping hot you pour heavy cream directly over it and let that soak in and it's so decadent and good and now i really really want some.
