Cakes you don't eat

[chainsawjob]

Struggling to think of a cake I wouldn't eat. But they have to be 'not dry', I agree Looby

Edit: ok, not keen on cakes with coconut in (except macaroons, they're nice).

 

[onenameshelley]

Fruit cake is just blurggghh. Other than that I will eat almost any other cake as long as it isn't bloody dry up. Dry cake makes me so so sad.

 

[danny la rouge]

Victoria sponge is for those people who eat vanilla ice cream and cheese and tomato pizzas.

I like all of those.

I don’t eat cake with orange peel or orange juice. (Gives me migraines). I think white “chocolate” is too sweet and basically a waste of time. But apart from that, it’s cake. What’s not to like?

 

[Elpenor]

I've never had a nice/good Simnel Cake and most Christmas Cake is bollocks too, as is that white sauce they serve it with.

My mum used to make some vile white sauce, not sure what it was made out of but we “had to have it, it’s traditional”

 

[danny la rouge]

that white sauce they serve it with.

Wait, what? White sauce with Christmas cake? Never heard of that.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Trolled by your mother at Christmas for an entire lifetime

 

[Calamity1971]

Wait, what? White sauce with Christmas cake? Never heard of that.

scifisam reckons brandy sauce, off white.

 

[danny la rouge]

Wait, what? White sauce with Christmas cake? Never heard of that.

Christmas Cake is bollocks too, as is that white sauce they serve it with.

I think you’re getting Christmas cake and Christmas pudding mixed up.

 

[danny la rouge]

scifisam reckons brandy sauce, off white.
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Yes, I came to that realisation. Brandy sauce that people have on Christmas pudding.

Christmas pudding is a steamed pudding served hot. (I grew up having clootie dumpling but I’m aware of Xmas pudding).

Christmas cake is a heavily iced fruitcake that sits on your sideboard until it gets thrown out in February

 

[Calamity1971]

I think you’re getting Christmas cake and Christmas pudding mixed up.

I think there are some dirty feckers that put it on Christmas cake as well going by my search for brandy sauce

 

[danny la rouge]

I think there are some dirty feckers that put it on Christmas cake as well going by my search for brandy sauce

Weird.

 

[Calamity1971]

Yes, I came to that realisation. Brandy sauce that people have on Christmas pudding.

Christmas pudding is a steamed pudding served hot. (I grew up having clootie dumpling but I’m aware of Xmas pudding).

Christmas cake is a heavily iced fruitcake that sits on your sideboard until it gets thrown out in February

Both are disgusting. Never had s clootie.

 

[danny la rouge]

Both are disgusting. Never had s clootie.

You should. It’s magical.

 

[petee]

Have at itView attachment 288071

did youse eat the whole thing after smoking those j's ?

 

[Calamity1971]

You should. It’s magical.

Does it have dried fruit in?

 

[DaveCinzano]

did youse eat the whole thing after smoking those j's ?

It was a 2lb pork pie, think we ate maybe half at the festival? IIRC Spacehopper regretted having his with a side of mushrooms and a cider chaser

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Christmas cake is a heavily iced fruitcake that sits on your sideboard until it gets thrown out in February

Why would anyone chuck out a nice fruit cake?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Does it have dried fruit in?

Yes

Clootie dumpling recipe | Good Food

This traditional steamed Scottish pudding is made with dried fruit and spices. Enjoy on Burns night with a wee dram and custard or ice cream to serve

www.bbcgoodfood.com

 

[Calamity1971]

Why would anyone chuck out a nice fruit cake?

Because it's worse than olives. Just.

 

[Saul Goodman]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Because it's worse than olives. Just.

Nah, you're dead wrong there. Rich fruit cake is the perfect food - full of butter, fruit and booze goodness.

 

[Calamity1971]

Yes

Clootie dumpling recipe | Good Food

This traditional steamed Scottish pudding is made with dried fruit and spices. Enjoy on Burns night with a wee dram and custard or ice cream to serve

www.bbcgoodfood.com

Cinnamon might as well just chuck some cloves in as well.

 

[wtfftw]

I like all cake.

Cheesecake is an imposter tho. Fine for pudding but not at cake o'clock.

 

[Calamity1971]

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maomao beat you to it.

also don't eat urinal cakes

 

[ruffneck23]

I'm a cakoholic but I cant do banana cake although I do like bananas, not overly keen on cheesecake either.

 

[scifisam]

I think you’re getting Christmas cake and Christmas pudding mixed up.

Yes. Though the way most people make Christmas cake, it would need some sort of sauce to stop it being so dry it sticks to the roof of your mouth.

My ex-MIL and her sisters were pretty competitive in unhealthy ways - who has the biggest house, etc - but when it came to baked goods it meant everyone else totally won. Their various Christmas cakes were all like the ur-Christmas cake, the way it's supposed to be and almost never actually is.

 

[spanglechick]

Another coffee cake refuser here. Coffee-flavoured food should be outlawed.
Other than that, there’s no cake I won’t eat if I’m in the mood for cake, which is often.

Im not the worlds biggest fan of fruitcake. When I make Xmas cake I substitute as much of the dried fruit as I can with actually nice dried fruit, like apricots, cherries (not glacé - just dried cherries), pineapple etc. That helps, though isn’t cheap. But if there’s no other cake, I’ll eat a basic fruit cake. Sweet, starchy carbs are my soul food.

Sponge cakes are better frosted/sandwiched with whipped double cream, and often, fresh fruit. Cream cuts the sweetness.

 

[tim]

I enjoy most cakes, but red velvet doesn’t appeal - I assume it’s just flavoured with red food colouring

Worse than that, it's beetroot.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Worse than that, it's beetroot.

I suppose you could make it with dried blood like in black pudding to boost the nutritional content.

 

[Sue]

There's fruit cake then there's cake with fruit in it (like apple cake or pear cake of whatever).

The former I'll eat a bit reluctantly, the latter is absolutely delicious. Mmmm.