The bad thing all these cakes is that they really don’t look like you want to eat that cake.
I love baking, and while American channels like Yolanda from How to Cake it produce amazing looking results, the cake inside is usually just vanilla or chocolate with tons of butter cream.
Where’s the fruit? The nuts, the flavour? Where are the different textures and the spices?
Giliell, in the US, we get most flavor/texture from frosting and toppings. And sometimes, just plain cake with bland vanilla frosting is okay, too. We’re just not that sophisticated over here.
WMDKitty
I think American cooking/baking is much better than its reputation (well, it couldn’t be worse than its reputation), but for those cakes, different baking traditions sure seem to play a role. Mind you, I love buttercream like the next girl, but I don’t want just buttercream.
Jazzlet says
The onion is particularly impressive.
cartomancer says
So… taking the Portal tagline “the cake is a lie” to new heights?
chigau (違う) says
One of my favorite websites
https://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2019/4/1/ha-fooled-you-again.html
robertbaden says
I’ve seen a photo of a cake in the shape of a grub. Some people were put off by the concept.
Giliell says
The bad thing all these cakes is that they really don’t look like you want to eat that cake.
I love baking, and while American channels like Yolanda from How to Cake it produce amazing looking results, the cake inside is usually just vanilla or chocolate with tons of butter cream.
Where’s the fruit? The nuts, the flavour? Where are the different textures and the spices?
WMDKitty -- Survivor says
Yes, cartomancer, the cake IS a lie.
Giliell, in the US, we get most flavor/texture from frosting and toppings. And sometimes, just plain cake with bland vanilla frosting is okay, too. We’re just not that sophisticated over here.
Giliell says
WMDKitty
I think American cooking/baking is much better than its reputation (well, it couldn’t be worse than its reputation), but for those cakes, different baking traditions sure seem to play a role. Mind you, I love buttercream like the next girl, but I don’t want just buttercream.
Marcus Ranum says
robertbaden@#4:
I’ve seen a photo of a cake in the shape of a grub. Some people were put off by the concept.
That’s brilliant!
dangerousbeans says
I’m with Giliell, all these cakes look really boring. Where’s the lemon polenta syrup cake with pistachios on top?