Anyone else grossed out by cakes and especally cupcakes with way too much frosting?

[Anonymous]

I hate the overly sweet American frosting, usually full of artificial coloring and preservatives anyway, so yes, it's disgusting.

Now if I make my own frosting, or eat something made fresh by a really good bakery that doesn't make it too sweet, that's a different story!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't really like a ton of frosting either, but my mother and daughter both love it and much prefer it to the cake. So, it appeals to them. We often do what the PP above said she does with her husband, I'll eat the cake and my mom/kid will happily eat the frosting, so it's a win when we're together!

FWIW I always figured the real reason bakeries use so much frosting is it just makes the cupcakes look nicer/fancier, rather than for taste reasons.

I haven't been in ages but I seem to recall Georgetown cupcakes had a fairly modest amount of frosting, while Baked & Wired had really over the top frosting?

[Anonymous]

I don't really like buttercream. Cream cheese or marscapone toppings are better for me.

[Anonymous]

It's probably because they pipe it for aesthetics; it's harder to get that look with a smaller amount. In the old days when my mom baked cupcakes she spread on buttercream with a knife; much easier to have a small amount that way.

[Anonymous]

It's an illusion to make dinky cupcakes appear larger than they are. If the frosting is really extreme I assume it's made with crap like margarine not expensive pure butter and cream cheese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's probably because they pipe it for aesthetics; it's harder to get that look with a smaller amount. In the old days when my mom baked cupcakes she spread on buttercream with a knife; much easier to have a small amount that way.

I think cupcakes look far more elegant and chic with a modest amount of knifed frosting.

[Anonymous]

I'm not a big fan of frosting so I scrape a lot off. My son, on the other hand......

[Anonymous]

Some of you are rather dramatic about cupcakes and frosting. Cringing? "Gross!"? Just scrape some off. It's not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I always scrape off most of the frosting, except when I'm with my husband. Then he eats the top (frosting) part of both cupcakes, and I eat the bottom (cake) part of both.

That made me gag. Might as well take a bite out of a stick of butter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grosses you out? It's just frosting. If you don't like it that way, remove the extra. When you pay $5 a cupcake, I want to have lots of frosting because I enjoy that part. If you don't, this is a very easy fix.

For what it's worth I am also grossed out when people in front of me order venti and trenti (spl?) sized frappucinos at Starbucks.

Ask yourself why you care so much what other people are doing. Honestly.

Then ask yourself where you learned this hatred of people who eat differently from you. You are using food to feel morally superior and it's not a good look. Especially since what other people consume has not bearing on YOU or your own choices.

Try saying this when out in public next time: I'm glad that works for them. I am doing what works for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I hate the overly sweet American frosting, usually full of artificial coloring and preservatives anyway, so yes, it's disgusting.

Now if I make my own frosting, or eat something made fresh by a really good bakery that doesn't make it too sweet, that's a different story!

WTF is "American frosting"? In most countries isn't frosting made with some combination of butter and/or shortening and sugar? If not, what recipe is your favorite from this "non-American" place?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grosses you out? It's just frosting. If you don't like it that way, remove the extra. When you pay $5 a cupcake, I want to have lots of frosting because I enjoy that part. If you don't, this is a very easy fix.

For what it's worth I am also grossed out when people in front of me order venti and trenti (spl?) sized frappucinos at Starbucks.

Ask yourself why you care so much what other people are doing. Honestly.

Then ask yourself where you learned this hatred of people who eat differently from you. You are using food to feel morally superior and it's not a good look. Especially since what other people consume has not bearing on YOU or your own choices.

Try saying this when out in public next time: I'm glad that works for them. I am doing what works for me.

Because gluttony is a sin, it's perfectly natural to be grossed out when you're in proximity of it.

[Anonymous]

Um, the whole point of a cupcake is the frosting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I hate the overly sweet American frosting, usually full of artificial coloring and preservatives anyway, so yes, it's disgusting.

Now if I make my own frosting, or eat something made fresh by a really good bakery that doesn't make it too sweet, that's a different story!

WTF is "American frosting"? In most countries isn't frosting made with some combination of butter and/or shortening and sugar? If not, what recipe is your favorite from this "non-American" place?

High-end bakeries should be using pure butter and/or cream cheese, cheap bakeries use margarine and/or shortening. Both are nasty in excess, but the latter is always nasty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grosses you out? It's just frosting. If you don't like it that way, remove the extra. When you pay $5 a cupcake, I want to have lots of frosting because I enjoy that part. If you don't, this is a very easy fix.

For what it's worth I am also grossed out when people in front of me order venti and trenti (spl?) sized frappucinos at Starbucks.

You have issues