God of Cake

For no other reason than the fact that it's awesome:



Original story can be found here.

Independent George,

It's the simple things in life. The video & the text for the story are hilarious.

Cake!

Independent George wrote:For no other reason than the fact that it's awesome:



Original story can be found here.

I liked the video, but I loved the accompanying story.

What I love about the story is that, besides being hilarious, she manages to capture how glorious the world looks when you're four years old (and how traumatic it is to be denied caaaaaake). I didn't get a lot of sweets as a kid, and I remember that every time we made a cake from a boxed cake mix cooked in the toaster oven, it was the GREATEST DAY EVER.

And I've lost count of how many times I've felt like this*:



* - and I'm just talking about in the last week. Counting childhood, it would be, like, a twelve bazillion.

I've been craving a cupcake since reading/watching this.

My two favorite parts... (spoiler alert!)

But at that point, my only real option was to manipulate their emotions so they'd pity me and willfully allow me to get closer to the cake. When my theatrics failed to produce the desired results, I resorted to crying very loudly, right up against the glass.

(How many times did I do that as a kid? Too many to count!)

And I really loved her final paragraph:

I spent the rest of the evening in a hyperglycemic fit, alternately running around like a maniac and regurgitating the multi-colored remains of my conquest all over my grandparents' carpet. I was so miserable, but my suffering was small compared to the satisfaction I felt every time my horrible, conniving mother had to watch me retch up another rainbow of sweet, semi-digested success: this is for you, mom. This is what happens when you try to get between me and cake.

I've read a couple other stories on her blog, don't miss "Dogs don't understand basic things."
I think I own one of those dogs.
The most frequently heard sound in our house is "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

JoelF wrote:I've read a couple other stories on her blog, don't miss "Dogs don't understand basic things."
I think I own one of those dogs.
The most frequently heard sound in our house is "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

Not sure if it was the same dog story, but the one about relocating from Oregon to Montana with her dogs (the simple dog and the helper dog) was very funny. Loved the part about the snow & the sled-dog booties.

So creative...so true!

I thought this post (Cake vs Pie) might stir up some nice debate here.

Loved it. As someone who has sliced up and served a lot of cake, there are people out there who NEED more frosting, less frosting, the rose, a corner piece, a middle piece, a half a piece of two different kinds of cake (or frosting), and (if possible) one of the little decorative dodads on the cake.

razbry wrote:Loved it. As someone who has sliced up and served a lot of cake, there are people out there who NEED more frosting, less frosting, the rose, a corner piece, a middle piece, a half a piece of two different kinds of cake (or frosting), and (if possible) one of the little decorative dodads on the cake.

One piece of cake, 90% frosting & 10% cake, please. Unless it's fondant or whipped cream frosting, in which case I'll just pass entirely. And all other things equal, if it's a marbled cake I'd really prefer a more chocolatey piece, assuming you can still do the 90%-10% split, but if you can't, I'll just take whatever kind of cake comes with the most frosting. (Yeah, in the perfect world, that would be my ideal order.)

(And as an aside, I've always wondered why cupcake tops--similar to muffin tops--haven't ever taken off. LOL...Do I have to to do everything myself?)

I guess I'm a weirdo - the frosting is usually my least favorite part of the cake. I'll often remove frosting from my cupcake. Cake gives you a texture and depth in addition to the sweetness; most frostings I have are just tongue-shriveling blobs of sugar. I say most because I have had good, complex frostings that actually taste like something other than just sugar. And I love real whipped cream on cakes (assuming it's not over-sugared, as it usually is). In general, though, the frosting is the worst part of 90% of the cakes I eat.

Regardless, pie is indeed superior. It's scientific!

Independent George wrote:I guess I'm a weirdo - the frosting is usually my least favorite part of the cake. I'll often remove frosting from my cupcake. Cake gives you a texture and depth in addition to the sweetness; most frostings I have are just tongue-shriveling blobs of sugar. I say most because I have had good, complex frostings that actually taste like something other than just sugar. And I love real whipped cream on cakes (assuming it's not over-sugared, as it usually is). In general, though, the frosting is the worst part of 90% of the cakes I eat.

Regardless, pie is indeed superior. It's scientific!

Next time you're buying cupcakes, just let me know when & where...I'll meet you & take that frosting off your hands, um, er, cupcakes!

Independent George wrote:
Regardless, pie is indeed superior. It's scientific!

Agreed. I'll admit I love unfrosted cakes or just a smear of frosting on a cake, anytime the frosting is measured in inches I start scraping it off.

pairs4life wrote:

Independent George wrote:
Regardless, pie is indeed superior. It's scientific!

Agreed. I'll admit I love unfrosted cakes or just a smear of frosting on a cake, anytime the frosting is measured in inches I start scraping it off.

Me too, naturally. Frosting on angel food is the worst. Why not just eat a handful of sugar?