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What is cake?

DeSpereaux

After a bunch of mental-acrobatics and complex-philosophical consideration. I have decided to challenge this idea, at least in my own mind, of what cake is..

Does a cake always have to be sweet, and not savoury, or can it also be savoury? If the former is true, who made it so, and are they correct..?

If there is no patron of the cake, if there is no rule on sweetness being the core-component, then is it we who have created this guise which enshrouds the true-nature and potential of cake. If there is a sin present, in the presentation of cake as savoury, have we not created the sin in believing that it so..?

So I ask you this, what do you see, when you envision a cake that is savoury and why?

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  • Working on the assumption that it's an edible cake that is safe to eat, does it really matter if the cake is sweet or savoury? As long as the person eating it finds it enjoyable and likes the taste, surely that is all that really matters.

    When I envision a savoury cake, the only thing that comes to my mind are cakes containing vegetables like carrots or beetroot. However, I don't consider carrot cake to be savoury, especially if it happens to include overly sweet cream-cheese frosting on the top. As for beetroot cake, I don't think I've ever tried it, so have no idea if I would consider it to be savoury or sweet.

    I consider this to be sort of similar to the debate about whether pineapple should be used as a pizza topping. Wink

  • in reply to Sporadic Sparkly

    Woah hold on.. are making the assertion that a pizza with a fruit-topping is in fact a cake..?No mouth

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