To not like cake.

Or colin the caterpillar, the driest, most flavourless cake ever.

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I'm not really a cake fan either, don't really like sponge. But I love carrot cake, rich dark fruit cake, chocolate torte, tiffin, flapjack, scones, shortbread so I'm not being holier than thou
I don’t like any of this stuff but I’d much rather as if you go to a house or party or at Christmas time this is so much more distinguished than eying up the kids’ cupcakes😅😅😅

I feel the same about coffee and I only started liking tea after I had Covid (I know!!). In Ireland if you don’t drink tea or coffee nobody seems to know what to do with you!! 😅 Hope everything eases up for you op x

I'm not really a cake fan either, don't really like sponge. But I love carrot cake, rich dark fruit cake, chocolate torte, tiffin, flapjack, scones, shortbread so I'm not being holier than thou

I’m not fond of it either. I can tolerate it but would much prefer a nice crumble, tart, ice cream or chocolate. It’s bearable with cream and fruit but I deplore butter cream or that horrible synthetic stuff they used to have in the 80s

You’re allowed not to like it, or anything else most people do like.
I really don’t like cream, or milk in my tea, which in many people’s eyes makes me a weirdo, but I really don’t care.

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I bloody love cake - all except Battenburg

I also do not like cake and have been looked at like an alien from another planet for confessing such heresy. I only admit it when someone catches me sneakily disposing of unwanted cake into a bin. You can’t say no to cake. I have tried and people make pouty faces and puppy dog eyes and say you’re skinny enough why are you worried have the cake!

Generally I'm with you in the not liking cake but with a couple of exceptions - Battenberg and golden syrup cake.

I quite like biscuits, especially chewy cookies - how do you feel about those?

I wish I didn’t love cake. I love all cake. I also kind of wish I was one of those people who aren’t bothered about food. Would you say this is you generally speaking? I definitely have the gene for obesity discussed in Ultra Processed People which people who live to eat often have, regardless of size. I’m not obese but I definitely could be if I wasn’t conscious of portions and eating well.

The taste of sponge cake usually reflects the ingredient quality. It’s much better made with good butter, fresh free range eggs than with baking margarine or flora and old eggs. My favourite is coffee and walnut.

Not a massive fan of cake either, don't like fruitcake but at least it actually tastes of something, but sponge cake just tastes of sweet. Cupcakes are the worst, they look pretty but it's bland sponge topped with sickly sweet icing.

There is nothing more disappointing than when someone makes a big deal about there's going to be cake and it's a massive costco birthday cake really sad sponge with thin fondant icing!

I prefer home made cakes and unlike most of MN have never given a thought to the hygeine standards in the person's kitchen!

I am really fussy with cake. I wouldn't eat shop-bought cake, or anything with too much icing.

There are lots of people who bake at work, but I only bother if it's one particular lady, who doesn't over-use sugar. I can't stand over-iced, dry cake.

I think ‘cake’ is too broad a category to dismiss entirely. There are so many different kinds of cake! I agree that a cheap, store-bought, low-fat, high-sugar, dry cake is often not very inspiring.

When I was a child, we had a German friend that sometimes made us her traditional apple cake. It was one of the best cakes I’ve ever tasted. Not extremely sweet, but lots of tangy apple and buttery soft cake. I’m also partial to good chocolate cake and cream cheese frosting.

To each their own of course, but you could probably expand your horizons. Good cake is usually homemade in my experience though.

I'm the same. Cake is fine, homemade cake better than store-bought, as with many foods. I think most cakes are a disappointment, and I don't have desserts after meals most of the time. I'd rather have a starter and main course, no room for anything after that.

But ice-cream? It's completely uninteresting to me. Tastes of cold.

I'm not slim either, I get my excess calories from overeating plenty of other calorific foods.

I'm not overly keen on anything sweet except chocolate. Either just chocolate on its own or chocolate bars etc where the main component is chocolate - eg I like chocolate with biscuits bits in it or nuts but not keen on biscuits, cake or nuts coated with chocolate or containing chocolate chips. Anything else such as cake, ice cream, sweets, tarts etc I don't really like.

My mum always provides freshly baked puddings when i go for dinner there and I might have a small piece of some, like banoffee pie or lemon meringue, but generally I'm just not bothered. If I'm going to eat something hugely unhealthy I'll go for the chocolate every time.

I'm not a massive cake fan. I don't like cream or jam either. Like a pp I'm not a dessert person at all. When I was a child and was expected to eat jelly 🤢 and ice cream, I learnt to say: 'no thanks I'm full' when offered it, or: 'I've already had some it was yummy'. Rather than 'bleurgh i'd i'd rather eat a mouldy sock' 🤣 People are weird about cake and sweet things, so at grown up dinner parties I make noises about how full I am and there is no room for dessert 😆

I like cake (ish - it wouldn't be my first choice). But my secret dislike that I don't admit to many people..... I don't like ice-cream.

I’m not a big fan of most cakes either. I do like a homemade scone with jam and cream, but would probably go for a cheese scone if available. Often really don’t want pudding on a menu and it’s very annoying being nagged to eat one.

Cheese or cake…I’m definitely cheese….or anything savoury really.

but sometimes a freshly baked cake does just hit the spot.

but most of the time it’s just too much sweet….

I love cake but my DS doesn't like it, never has. He would never eat any of his birthday cakes when he was little. He loves other sweet stuff, chocolate and sweets, just not cake.

I don’t like cake. Friend is a wonderful baker with their own shop. Everytime she comes over she brings treats. No one in my house likes cake. It’s very uncomfortable!

You do yo.

I don't like cheese and cannot believe that anyone would ever prefer cheese and crackers over cake or dessert.