Eating Cake Icing all by itself Do you like frosting or not?

Buttercream frosting - Yummyyyyyyyy. Buttercream frosting ROCKS!!!
United States
May 20, 2007 3:40pm CST
Can you eat that stuff by itself? My husband asked me to bring home icing and cake mix for him to bake up something this week. So I did. But I also bought an extra jar of Buttercream frosting and I have been sitting here picking at it . LOL Am I bad or what?? Anyone else have such a hugh sweet tooth that you can do this as well? OR am I just sick??? Man, I could eat sweets all day vs having regular food. My really good friend makes homemade fudge and oh my, it's delicious. Since I ran out of the fudge, I had to get some buttercream frosting to make up for it. I know some people can't stand frosting at all. My whole time growing up, I rather eat the frosting and leave the cake alone. Anyone else like this??Am I making you hungry? Grab that spoon and enjoy the buttercream frosting with me.
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@accents (87)
• United States
20 May 07
I am getting taste for frosting now, thanks! j/k Oh, I can eat it by myself but wouldn't eat a whole can. I save what's left from frosting a cake and dig into when no one's around. A spoonful or two a day is enough for me. Now, where's that candy bar I bought the other day?
• United States
20 May 07
LOL too funny. I don't want to see my scale either for a while. I think this week I will stick to work and not eat!!!
• United States
20 May 07
LOL Accents. We are so bad, aren't we??? Ohh candy bars.. another one of my weaknesses.
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• United States
20 May 07
This particular candy bar is Dove milk chocolate. I love their little chunks, and they are so creamy! Good thing I haven't seen my scale for a few days. LOL
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@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
20 May 07
My daughter does that! I couldn't do it. While I have an incredible sweet tooth, I like to have something with the sweet that cuts it...I don't know what I am trying to say. I just know that plain frosting wouldn't work for me! My favorite frosting is the german chocolate frosting! YUM!!! But I do want it on a cupcake or cake or something!
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• United States
20 May 07
Ohhh German Chocolate frosting and the cake itself is one of my favs.. I think I need to get that next week at the store. I love cupcakes so much that I even have a fragrance oil for candlemaking that smells like cupcakes. Is that not bad or what. LOL
• Slovak Republic
21 May 07
hught!!!!
@MrNiceGuy (4141)
• United States
21 May 07
I much prefer the actual cake to the icing. I am very picky with my icing and I really hate when the frosting is over powering. I don't want to eat sugar, I want to eat a topping for the cake.
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• United States
21 May 07
I agree that they can be overpowerinig sometimes. As long as the cake is moist, I rather have that sometimes. But most of these cheap cakes out there that you buy are so dry that the frosting is so much better!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
23 May 07
Well I have a blood sugar problem (low) so I'm really not allowed to eat too many sweets--now I've never just taken a container and eaten cake icing out of it by the spoonful..However!! Now and then I have been known to be a cake icing stealer and eat all the icing off a cake and just leave the cake part...LOL
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• United States
27 May 07
LOL You sound just like me. LOL hehehe
@terri0824 (4991)
• United States
21 May 07
I like cake frosting, but I can't say that I would go out and buy it just to eat. But if I was really wanting something sweet and that was all there was, I would eat it.
• United States
21 May 07
yeah, I normally just don't go out and buy it , but I needed a quick fix and it was under $ 2 so I grabbed it.
• Philippines
21 May 07
i enjoy eating the frosting than the cake itself
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• United States
27 May 07
Me too :)
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
20 May 07
I used to buy a can of frosting every week just so I could eat it. So you are not the only one. I don't do as often anymore but every once in awhile I find myself dipping in the frosting can.lol. My favorite was the chocolate. Did you know that you can make fudge with that frosting? I got the recipe from another mylotter. All you need is a can of vanilla frosting and a jar of peanut butter. Warm them together on the stove but don't get it too hot. Then once fully mixed, put in a pan and put it in the fridge to cool for a few hours. I tried the chocolate frosting and it was good. I bet you could use any kind for different flavors.
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• United States
20 May 07
Chocolate is yummy too and that is what I bought to go with the cake that hubby will make. I had no clue that I could make fudge with that frosting. Ok, now you have my ears wide open!!!! I will have to try that sometime, thanks for sharing.
@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
20 May 07
I have to admit that I have eaten the frosting by itself, especially chocolate. It has been a while since I did this and it is not normal for me. But it goes back to that craving for chocolate that seems to surface every so often. You know, you might make a cake or cupcakes and not have to use the whole darn can of frosting. So, no big deal if you eat it right out of the container.
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• United States
21 May 07
My thoughts exactly.. I can live without the cake, but gotta have the icing.
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
20 May 07
I can eat frosting all by itself too. While I really like cake too, there's something really nice about being able to just eat frosting. So sweet and creamy.... mmm. Buttercream is a good flavor too! Now I really wish I had some frosting to eat, I'll have to buy some next time I go to the store. Since I don't have any today, I guess I'll have to settle for cookies and milk, which is also good.
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• United States
20 May 07
Cookies and milk and great too. I got the whipped buttercream one today and ohhh my it's delicious. When ya buy some next time , think of me and get me an extra one. LOL
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@panicdude (456)
• Philippines
21 May 07
oh my god! that really made me hungry. i really am a fan of sweets and i don't stop eating them until my tummy hurts. i eat icing by itself. i love the taste and i also love that it is so soft. if my mom brought home cake, you would always find me sneaking and putting my finger on the icing and then i'd lick it. LOL!.. anyway, i'm gonna get my spoon so that i could eat some buttercream frosting!
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
20 May 07
yup i am the same as you...although now i don't eat as much...maybe i am getting old lol but i find plain frosting just too sweet...but my 10 year old LOVES to just eat frosting, but who needs a hyper 10 yr old??? lol
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• United States
20 May 07
Yeah, I can tell I am on a sugar rush just from two spoonfuls. LOL yeah.. 10 year olds are hyper enough without the extra frosting to add to it. LOL
23 May 07
When I was little I used to pick the icing off cakes and save it until last! Now I'm not that fussed... in fact, we had a tub of buttercream icing at home and I only managed two tablespoons of it until I felt completely sick. I find this a bit odd given that I can eat a whole tub of Ben and Jerry's ice cream all to myself in a short space of time. I guess its because buttercream is a lot sweeter.
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20 May 07
I do love frostings,but not so much..I like to taste the cake too while eating the icing.I bake a lot of cakes and I like the whipped cream frosting much better becausee of the smooth texture..But I love fudge too..I have looked up many recipes and even made some..I think I am going to make some tomorrow,my mouth is watering at the meare thought of it!:)I love sweets too.Since I am from India,there are certain sweets that I like very much but having lived outside India for the last 6 yrs,I have fallen in love with a lot of other desserts,the most notable being Tiramisu.I even made it twice or thrice.But yes,when I make cakes at home and have to decorate with buttercream icing(I usually make buttercream icing at home-have a fantastic recipe)I like to lick the spoons because the smell of all that butter and vanilla tempts me so much:)
• United States
20 May 07
Yes, this buttercream frosting is the whipped kind and wow, it goes down so smoothly. :) I can't wait to see what my scale says in the next few days. I may hate myself for eating it. I love Tiramisu as well.
@321633wy (1795)
• United States
22 May 07
I like the cake with frosting but not too much.Talk about homemade fudge mmmm..yummm ....I love fudge especialy chocolate fudge with nuts.I'm so hungry now.You know what,may be tommorow i will make my self a chocolate fudge with nuts...I can't wait to eat them!
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• India
21 May 07
Hey, I am also a voracious sweet eater. I myself do not know my limit, but just dream of all the sweet delicacies. I am a great sweet lover. I like sweet, cakes, cookies, frosting, icing sugar, and many more. I make a lots of cakes for myself too, and eat a lot.
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@muscare (3068)
• Australia
21 May 07
Well, I have to say I am the opposite. For as long as I can remember, whenever I have cake, especially shop bought ones, I eat the cake and leave the icing. It actually works well here, because my 4 yr old loves to steal the icing of the cake, so this way, he doesn't have to!
@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
21 May 07
I love cake frosting too. I probably like it so much because it's almost pure sugar. As a result, after I've consumed enough of it, I feel sick to my stomach. It's too tempting so I never keep it in the house. Like you, I'd rather eat the frosting than the cake and always wanted the rose.
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• Malaysia
21 May 07
yummmm!! i love cake icing, i know it's sweet and all but the taste is so delicious and i really like it. i'd eat all the cake first and then will eat the frosting (save the best for last heheh) ^_^
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• United States
21 May 07
It's like JB everybody likes it.
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@randallc (54)
• United States
21 May 07
with nilla wafers it is the best
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