Most adults remove most of the icing off a cupcake, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to work at a place that celebrated office birthdays with cupcakes from a very good nearby baker in the conference room. So like once a month we'd have cupcakes. They were very decadent with tons of frosting so actually lots of people were not eating a whole cupcake. Often I'd eat half and then put the rest in a Tupperware to take home and share with my BF or have for dessert. But there was no pressure to eat the cupcakes and it was common for people to be like "oh just give me a piece of one, I'm too full from lunch" or whatever. Also fine to eat a whole one and enjoy it. A no judgment environment.

But then we had this one woman who was the worst. She'd come in late and when asked if she wanted a cupcake, would loudly explain that she "shouldn't" and then start talking about how refined sugar causes cancer. Like she'd wait until everyone else in the room was eating a cupcake and then be like "Oh I couldn't possibly -- they've found a link between refined sugars in foods like this and cancer-causing agents. Didn't you read that thing in the Times?"

It was so annoying. Just eat a cupcake or not but shut up about it.

I'm stuck on "taking half of a cupcake home". Lol

[Anonymous]

The snazzy commercial cupcakes I’ve had tend to taste like box cake, but with awesome icing. If I scraped the icing off I’d eat that and toss the cake.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some do, some don't, depending on how much frosting they like.

This. Who cares what people do OP? People will be ok with some extra sugar lol. I don't like cake and frosting in general (but could crush a bowl of Doritos) but this seems like such an odd post.

A fresh cupcake doesn’t need an inch or two or three of butter icing. It’s there for aesthetics, to look pretty and appealing in the case or in the box. I think most adults know it’s proper form to remove most of it before actual consumption.

Say what? How tacky to purchase cupcakes. Gauche.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I used to work at a place that celebrated office birthdays with cupcakes from a very good nearby baker in the conference room. So like once a month we'd have cupcakes. They were very decadent with tons of frosting so actually lots of people were not eating a whole cupcake. Often I'd eat half and then put the rest in a Tupperware to take home and share with my BF or have for dessert. But there was no pressure to eat the cupcakes and it was common for people to be like "oh just give me a piece of one, I'm too full from lunch" or whatever. Also fine to eat a whole one and enjoy it. A no judgment environment.

But then we had this one woman who was the worst. She'd come in late and when asked if she wanted a cupcake, would loudly explain that she "shouldn't" and then start talking about how refined sugar causes cancer. Like she'd wait until everyone else in the room was eating a cupcake and then be like "Oh I couldn't possibly -- they've found a link between refined sugars in foods like this and cancer-causing agents. Didn't you read that thing in the Times?"

It was so annoying. Just eat a cupcake or not but shut up about it.

I'm stuck on "taking half of a cupcake home". Lol

To share with her boyfriend. Like each took one tiny bite of an office cupcake?

[Anonymous]

Yuck icing/frosting is gross

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The snazzy commercial cupcakes I’ve had tend to taste like box cake, but with awesome icing. If I scraped the icing off I’d eat that and toss the cake.

I was at a bakery once and saw a bunch of boxed cake mixes in the back and asked if that's what they used and they were like "no, no a customer specifically asked us to use that." A likely story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to work at a place that celebrated office birthdays with cupcakes from a very good nearby baker in the conference room. So like once a month we'd have cupcakes. They were very decadent with tons of frosting so actually lots of people were not eating a whole cupcake. Often I'd eat half and then put the rest in a Tupperware to take home and share with my BF or have for dessert. But there was no pressure to eat the cupcakes and it was common for people to be like "oh just give me a piece of one, I'm too full from lunch" or whatever. Also fine to eat a whole one and enjoy it. A no judgment environment.

But then we had this one woman who was the worst. She'd come in late and when asked if she wanted a cupcake, would loudly explain that she "shouldn't" and then start talking about how refined sugar causes cancer. Like she'd wait until everyone else in the room was eating a cupcake and then be like "Oh I couldn't possibly -- they've found a link between refined sugars in foods like this and cancer-causing agents. Didn't you read that thing in the Times?"

It was so annoying. Just eat a cupcake or not but shut up about it.

I'm stuck on "taking half of a cupcake home". Lol

These are probably the same people that eat half a peanut and take the rest home for desert. Because, you know, it comes as two serving sizes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The snazzy commercial cupcakes I’ve had tend to taste like box cake, but with awesome icing. If I scraped the icing off I’d eat that and toss the cake.

I was at a bakery once and saw a bunch of boxed cake mixes in the back and asked if that's what they used and they were like "no, no a customer specifically asked us to use that." A likely story.

Probably true. It would be more expensive to use a mix. Just some DCUM poster who doesn't trust random, unregistered, uncertified bakers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine someone who thinks they're too good for icing, yet thinks cupcakes are a legitimate adult good.

Cupcakes from a good bakery, with butter or cream cheese frostings, are fantastic. Grocery store and low rung cupcake retailers are rubbish.

The ones baked by good home bakers are often the best of all.

In my experience, usually good cake and good frosting go together. So, if the cupcake is worth eating, then I eat the whole thing. If it's not, then I decline the whole thing. Deconstructing the food someone serves you is rude. I guess if you're home alone with the left overs from your kid's birthday you can do what you like.

Home baked?? DCUM says NO. They may have cats or children. They may not wash their hands. I have learned here that homemade food is a death trap.

Home baked is fine. It’s the casseroles that will kill you. Shelf stable or bust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most break the bottom off and put it on the top to make an icing sandwich

+1!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some do, some don't, depending on how much frosting they like.

This. Who cares what people do OP? People will be ok with some extra sugar lol. I don't like cake and frosting in general (but could crush a bowl of Doritos) but this seems like such an odd post.

A fresh cupcake doesn’t need an inch or two or three of butter icing. It’s there for aesthetics, to look pretty and appealing in the case or in the box. I think most adults know it’s proper form to remove most of it before actual consumption.

Say what? How tacky to purchase cupcakes. Gauche.

Georgetown Cupcake, Sprinkles, and Bake & Wired are gauche?

[Anonymous]

Yes. Absolutely yes if it's one of those grocery store cupcakes with frosting that's basically flavored air (not even whipped cream, something else that is super light and sugary). If it's cream cheese frosting or actual whipped cream, probably not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used to work at a place that celebrated office birthdays with cupcakes from a very good nearby baker in the conference room. So like once a month we'd have cupcakes. They were very decadent with tons of frosting so actually lots of people were not eating a whole cupcake. Often I'd eat half and then put the rest in a Tupperware to take home and share with my BF or have for dessert. But there was no pressure to eat the cupcakes and it was common for people to be like "oh just give me a piece of one, I'm too full from lunch" or whatever. Also fine to eat a whole one and enjoy it. A no judgment environment.

But then we had this one woman who was the worst. She'd come in late and when asked if she wanted a cupcake, would loudly explain that she "shouldn't" and then start talking about how refined sugar causes cancer. Like she'd wait until everyone else in the room was eating a cupcake and then be like "Oh I couldn't possibly -- they've found a link between refined sugars in foods like this and cancer-causing agents. Didn't you read that thing in the Times?"

It was so annoying. Just eat a cupcake or not but shut up about it.

I'm stuck on "taking half of a cupcake home". Lol

To share with her boyfriend. Like each took one tiny bite of an office cupcake?

indeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously most kids just eat the entire thing but most adults know to remove most of the icing first before eating a cupcake, right? Bakers put more than necessary on for aesthetics.

What was your goal here OP? To pat yourself on the back? Shame others anonymously? weirdo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Absolutely yes if it's one of those grocery store cupcakes with frosting that's basically flavored air (not even whipped cream, something else that is super light and sugary). If it's cream cheese frosting or actual whipped cream, probably not.

You mean, flavored palm kernel oil, shortening, or margarine