Do You Like Cake?
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (197683)
United States
August 14, 2025 12:43am CST
Yellow, chocolate, angel food, white, German chocolate, ice cream, Cassata, red velvet, confetti, pineapple upside down, carrot, fruit, cheese, sponge, coffee, flourless, tiramisu and stollen...the list is endless. Cakes come in all shapes and sizes and are made for a multitude of occasions. Many cakes are a work of art.
There are two kinds of cake - shortened, made with fat, and unshortened, made without fat.
The word cake has a Viking origin (kaka); and the ancient Greeks made a cake of flour, eggs, milk, nuts and honey. Romans made a cake called placenta (yes, you read that correctly). In the early 14th century cakes in England were essentially bread. During the Renaissance, possibly in Spain, cakes were leavened with beaten eggs.
During the Great Depression a surplus of molasses prompted a company to patent the first box cake.
Do you like cake? What's your favorite? Do you bake from scratch or use a box mix?
My favorite is a white cake with lots of white frosting. My husband used to scrape off a lot of the frosting; but not me.
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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18 responses
@LadyDuck (481617)
• Italy
7h
@LindaOHio Yes, three layers of chocolate sponge cake, whipped creams and sour cherries in syrup if you want to make the traditional German cake.
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@Fleura (32305)
• United Kingdom
1h
@LadyDuck @LindaOHio I like Black Forest gateau too, and the interesting thing about the recipe I use is that it doesn't contain any flour, so gluten free. It's also very easy but always impresses people so very useful!
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@LindaOHio (197683)
• United States
7h
That has chocolate cake with cherries, right?
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@DaddyEvil (156432)
• United States
9h
I won't eat chocolate cake or cheesecake and there are a lot of cakes I've never tried so don't know if I'd eat them or not... My favorite is a yellow cake with chocolate icing on it. (I take the cake fresh from the oven, poke holes in patterns in it and then slather on chocolate icing. Adding the icing while the cake is hot lets the icing melt into the cake so the icing and cake are mixed well and tastes absolutely delicious!)
I used to make cakes from scratch but usually buy a box mix now... I still do make sugar cookies from scratch but also use a boxed cake mix to make cookies, too. 
I rarely make any desserts anymore because Pretty and I are both overweight but we're both slowly losing the extra weight, too. 
(I lost another 12 lbs in July. 
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I rarely make any desserts anymore because Pretty and I are both overweight but we're both slowly losing the extra weight, too. (I lost another 12 lbs in July. )3 people like this
@LindaOHio (197683)
• United States
9h
Yay for losing weight. Putting the icing on a warm cake sounds really good. How are your eyes doing?
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@DaddyEvil (156432)
• United States
9h
@LindaOHio Thanks... My eyes are fine but things are blurry more than a foot away from my face. That's still better than them being swollen shut!
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@LindaOHio (197683)
• United States
9h
@DaddyEvil You're welcome. I'm glad your eyes are better. I'm sorry about the blurriness.
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@snowy22315 (194480)
• United States
2h
I sort of can't imagine people not liking cake, but there are a few oddballs out there I guess. I know one of my cousin's didn't like desserts when he was a kid, other than a bit of ice cream every now and again. Favorite cake, I would say coconut. I rarely make them from scratch, but sometimes will add things to a box mix.
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@LindaOHio (197683)
• United States
7h
Walmart has a little 5" cake that I buy. It's loaded with frosting and is so good.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53145)
• United States
1h
I like cake, but I don’t like most frosting.
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@Traceyjayne (4329)
• United Kingdom
Just now
I love some cake. I always cook from scratch. My favourites are, chocolate, carrot, lemon drizzle, coffee & walnut.
@cabuyogty (4187)
• Philippines
Just now
I like to taste cheesecake. I like chocolate cake and tiramisu.
@LooeyVille (63)
• United States
2h
Believe it or not as much as I like chocolate I don’t like cake
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@BarBaraPrz (50240)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
Just now
I haven't done any baking in years... but I used to make a cheese cake that really was cake, not those cream cheese pies with crumb bases.
@Marilynda1225 (85822)
• United States
1h
My favorite is also white cake with lots of white icing!! we would have a hard time sharing cake wouldn't we. We'd be fighting for biggest piece with the most frosting 
I do love cake and really wouldn't turn down a piece of any kind. Ice cream cake is another favorite of mine.
I do love cake and really wouldn't turn down a piece of any kind. Ice cream cake is another favorite of mine.