Do You Like Cake?
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (203860)
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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@LadyDuck (485406)
• Italy
14 Aug
@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 (32926)
• United Kingdom
14 Aug
@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 (203860)
• United States
14 Aug
That has chocolate cake with cherries, right?
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@DaddyEvil (160097)
• United States
14 Aug
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. )4 people like this
@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
14 Aug
Yay for losing weight. Putting the icing on a warm cake sounds really good. How are your eyes doing?
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@DaddyEvil (160097)
• United States
14 Aug
@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 (203860)
• United States
14 Aug
@DaddyEvil You're welcome. I'm glad your eyes are better. I'm sorry about the blurriness.
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@kareng (79670)
• United States
15 Aug
@LindaOHio Well a Boston Cream Pie sounds good to me!!!
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
16 Aug
@kareng Hubby said it wasn't as good as what the bakery makes. Sigh.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
Other than a Boston creme pie, I've never made any cake from scratch.
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@snowy22315 (197644)
• United States
14 Aug
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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@snowy22315 (197644)
• United States
15 Aug
@LindaOHio I don't have it that much euther, but I do have a couple of cake pips around They are tasty.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
I haven't had cake since my birthday in March. Maybe I will get one for my husband's Heavenly birthday on the 20th.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
Is the Christmas cake like a fruitcake?
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@Juliaacv (54791)
• Canada
15 Aug
@LindaOHio Yes, a very rich cake filled with delicious fruits and nuts.
It is quite costly to buy all of the ingredients to make it.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
@Juliaacv Yes it is; but I love a good, moist fruitcake. They are hard to find.
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@NJChicaa (125044)
• United States
15 Aug
@LindaOHio Our wedding cake was hilarious. As you know we were married in Mexico. The owner of the condo complex also ran the restaurant on the top floor. It was excellent. My mother asked for an ice cream cake with coconut and chocolate ice cream. Oh they did that but they iced it with buttercream frosting. It was INSANE but in a good way. I'll never see anything like that again.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
16 Aug
@NJChicaa I hope someone took pictures! It sounds amazing.
@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
Our wedding cake was white with vanilla frosting and was made by Hough Bakeries where my MIL worked in catering. They were well known for their tasty wedding cakes.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
14 Aug
Walmart has a little 5" cake that I buy. It's loaded with frosting and is so good.
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@Tampa_girl7 (53567)
• United States
14 Aug
I like cake, but I don’t like most frosting.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
A lot of people scrape off excess frosting....I used to eat the frosting that my hubby scraped off his cake!!!
@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
My grandmother used to make me a chocolate cake with bananas between the layers. Made for a very moist, tasty cake.
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@Fleura (32926)
• United Kingdom
16 Aug
@LindaOHio Yes, it's basically a plan vanilla cake that's filled with jam and cream as a Victoria sponge, or add cocoa powder to make chocolate cake, or adapt it with any number of flavourings or fillings.
I don't actually know what angel food cake is, I'll have to look it up!
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@Fleura (32926)
• United Kingdom
16 Aug
@LindaOHio I looked up angel food cake, it seems to be like what I would call a sponge cake but with a lot more sugar and with lots of egg whites instead of whole eggs
This American cake is incredibly light as it’s made with whisked egg whites and no fat. Mary Berry decorates her version with homemade lemon curd and passion fruit seeds. Equipment and preparation: You will need a 25cm/10in angel food cake pan.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
My friend in London loves angel food cake. She couldn't get the mix; so I sent her 6 boxes! Is sponge cake what they use in trifles?
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@Deepizzaguy (115244)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Aug
I love to eat a cake but I have to limit eating one due to pre-diabetes I can only eat a few slices.
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@Deepizzaguy (115244)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Aug
@LindaOHio My results are very similar to yours in the lab section.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
16 Aug
@Deepizzaguy At my age I want to eat what I want to eat!!!
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
Yes. My lab results came back today. My A1C is 6.0. I'm not happy about that.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
Then you'll want to check out my Discussion today.
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@porwest (109643)
• United States
21 Aug
@LindaOHio I was out of town and didn't go online, but I definitely have some catching up to do. lol
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@cabuyogty (4460)
• Philippines
14 Aug
I like to taste cheesecake. I like chocolate cake and tiramisu.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
I love cheesecake. I tried tiramisu and didn't care for it.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
16 Aug
@cabuyogty Good luck with the cheesecake.
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@cabuyogty (4460)
• Philippines
15 Aug
@LindaOHio I found an online store in Facebook that sells cheesecake here in my place. I will try to eat cheesecake if this tastes good.
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@mayka123 (17090)
• India
16 Aug
@LindaOHio Cant enjoy it as much as I used to at one time. As we grow older we have to lessen our sugar intake.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
16 Aug
I love strawberry cheesecake! Good choice.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
17 Aug
@mayka123 Yes. I just had my labs done. My A1C was up to 6.0.
@Marilynda1225 (86581)
• United States
14 Aug
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.1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (86581)
• United States
15 Aug
@LindaOHio linda we are the same person!!! Those flowers and extra frosting are my favorites too. Everyone in my family knows I get a corner piece with that yummy frosting and the flowers
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
Yes, we'd have a fight over the white cake. When someone at work used to get a birthday cake, no one wanted the sections with all the flowers and extra frosting except for me!!
@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
16 Aug
@Marilynda1225 I just got my lab results. My A1C was 6.0. Not good. My PCP wants me to cut my sugar intake by half. At my age I want to eat what I want to eat, especially lots of frosting! lol
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (16035)
• Torrington, Connecticut
15 Aug
My Favorite is Red Velvet with cheese cake frosting
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (16035)
• Torrington, Connecticut
18 Aug
@LindaOHio Its my go to every time lol
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@Traceyjayne (5910)
• United Kingdom
14 Aug
I love some cake. I always cook from scratch. My favourites are, chocolate, carrot, lemon drizzle, coffee & walnut.
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@Traceyjayne (5910)
• United Kingdom
15 Aug
@LindaOHio I also do a lime drizzle cake ….thats yummy too.
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
Lemon drizzle sounds yummy. Lemon was my MIL's favorite; and I like lemon too..
@lovebuglena (48019)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Aug
I’m not much of a cake person especially one that has lots of cream in it.
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@lovebuglena (48019)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Aug
@LindaOHio Yes. I’m a big fan of pies.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (85784)
• Rupert, Idaho
14 Aug
Cake is good, though I would prefer a donut if I have "dessert" lol.
Favorite cake though? I don't know...Probably the cake my great-grandma would always make with a sour cream icing. No, not with sour cream lol
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@LindaOHio (203860)
• United States
15 Aug
I haven't had donuts since my hubby has been gone. He used to pick me up 1/2 dozen when he went to the grocery store.
