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To not like cake.

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lemonsaretheonlyfruit · 27/05/2024 23:31

I just don't see the attraction of cake. I don't like anything spongey or fairy cakes or tarts or anything.

I'm not virtuous. I'm overweight for my height as I love savoury things/ wine/ cheese/ carbs.

It's definitely not about trying to be 'good'. I just don't like it. But cake seems so everywhere and popular. I went to my mum's friend's house today and the cake she had made came out straight away. I feel rude saying that I don't like it - and I did have a small slice to be polite, but I just didn't and don't enjoy it.

I think maybe it's a texture thing. Anyone else?

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pizzaHeart · 28/05/2024 00:47

I like cakes (too much tbh) but I’m not surprised at all that some people don’t. I know a few personally and it never bothered me, we all are different. I can enjoy my coffee and cake when you are sitting opposite with your coffee/ tea/ wine/ beer/ sparkling water and crisps/almonds/ pork scratchings.
And PPs are right that a lot of cakes are pretty awful: dry or greasy, full of artificial colorings, sickly sweet. Some cupcakes have so much icing that I feel sick even looking at them.

drusth · 28/05/2024 00:28

I love cake. I can happily give up crisps for cake.

Alas, even a sniff of cake makes me gain 2 pounds.

DrFoxtrot · 28/05/2024 00:24

YANBU - I will volunteer myself to selflessly help you get rid of any cake that comes your way.

Cake is actually my favourite food 😭 I cannot imagine a life without cake.

Ciderlout · 28/05/2024 00:03

I don’t like shop bought cake but home made sponge is divine.

Kickstartplease · 28/05/2024 00:00

I am in the no cake club - I was at a group thing for a significant birthday the other week & you should have seen the look of horror on someone's face when I declined a piece....
I wouldn't mind but I have known these people for more than 15 years & if can't refuse something both I & they know I won't like when can you????? I will point out even though I have lost weight recently - I have never liked cake!!!

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lemonsaretheonlyfruit · 28/05/2024 00:00

@AffIt yes I think it's this. Cake likers/ lovers just assume everyone loves it. But we don't!

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CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 27/05/2024 23:58

You just don't have a sweet tooth, some people don't.

As someone who definitely has a sweet tooth, I can say there is too much bad cake in the world- dry, too sweet, allegedly flavoured ie lemon or early grey or whatever but just tastes plain, oily, skimpy slices...

SonicTheHodgeheg · 27/05/2024 23:58

My son is the same so he doesn’t even have cake on his birthday.

AffIt · 27/05/2024 23:57

I don't particularly like cake, either: I mean it's not a terrible thing in and of itself, but I'd rather have, I dunno, a bowl of smoked almonds or some wine or some cheese.

The problem is the cake evangelists who refuse to not let people who don't like cake very much not like it very much and either go into fits of high dudgeon or try to force it on you.

I DON'T CARE: if you like cake, brilliant, crack on. I don't, please leave me alone.

TyneTeas · 27/05/2024 23:56

Cheese. Yes. Cheese. All the cheese

RobertaFirmino · 27/05/2024 23:55

Please send any bothersome cake to me and I will ensure it is disposed of in a suitable manner.

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lemonsaretheonlyfruit · 27/05/2024 23:53

@TyneTeas

Exactly this. I can't relate to the excitement of a dessert menu! Surely if you want anything else by that point it's cheese and biscuits?

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TyneTeas · 27/05/2024 23:51

I'm not bothered at all by puddings.

In restaurants when everyone else is deliberating the different sweet options I am secretly thinking I'd much rather just have another starter to finish

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lemonsaretheonlyfruit · 27/05/2024 23:51

If it seems like I am overthinking it, I'm not. I think what's more likely to be happening is that I have some v stressful things going on at the moment (teen daughter with MH stuff and hospital admissions, dropped pit of A levels , single parent with awful ex) so honestly, even just to have this thread to take my mind off it for a bit is a welcome distraction whether you like cake or not. So thankyou all!

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yumyumyumy · 27/05/2024 23:48

I can take it or leave it. I don't particularly enjoy it. The same with chocolate

Cloudylilac · 27/05/2024 23:47

GeckoFeet · 27/05/2024 23:45

My sister doesn't like chocolate

I don’t mind chocolate but I could happily never eat another piece again! Same with sweets, I’ll have them occasionally but could do without.

TwattyMcFuckFace · 27/05/2024 23:45

Of course YANBU

I've never liked cake.

YABU to eat it if you don't want to though, because you've convinced yourself the cake giver will care.

GeckoFeet · 27/05/2024 23:45

My sister doesn't like chocolate

Cloudylilac · 27/05/2024 23:44

I love cake so can’t relate but I did have a hairdresser once who said she didn’t like cake!

She said even looking at a picture of a creamy rich gooey cake that I showed her, made her feel “uncomfortable” , each to their own! 😆

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lemonsaretheonlyfruit · 27/05/2024 23:43

@SleepEatSnoozeRepeat

You have described it perfectly. It's a texture thing isn't it? I don't get the excitement/ like

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DeadMabelle · 27/05/2024 23:43

Why would you be unreasonable not to like cake? Taste is pretty subjective. Personally I hate chocolate, cream and icecream, fennel, blue cheese, feta, okra, all spirits, pineapple, anything strawberry flavoured — none of those are unreasonable, either!

ErrolTheDragon · 27/05/2024 23:43

There's cake and cake. Some really isn't very nice. Others are just the job after a long walk with a pot of tea.

Wistler · 27/05/2024 23:43

I don’t like cake or chocolate and I don’t drink so I’m pretty fucked on MN 😂. I do love cheese with lots of chutney and home made bread though. I tried the cheese with Christmas cake last year as suggested on here and it made me boak

I’ll get my jacket…

SleepEatSnoozeRepeat · 27/05/2024 23:42

I don't like cake much either. Love savoury food and definitely not teeny tiny 🤣
I really don't like the dry claggy way it seems to clump in my mouth. Coated in sticky icing makes me honestly heave.
All made worse by no one ever believing me when I say I don't like cake.
My sil who is cake obsessed went to huge effort to make a birthday cake for me as it happened to land on a weekend all the extended family could get together. I don't mind a straightforward victoria sponge so said that would be great. She turned up with a huge chocolate thing covered in ganache and when I politely declined a piece had a right strop.
Cake people are a bit strange.

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lemonsaretheonlyfruit · 27/05/2024 23:42

@flutterby1 yes! This isn't the main reason I don't like it but I also find this aspect off putting too. Bake sale at school / work 🤢

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