AIBU to dislike eating birthday cake?

[HubbabubbaT]

Something about birthday cake particularly vanilla sponge and buttercream monstrosities really makes me feel unwell. If I do ever eat it I feel queasy for a while afterwards.. I don't know if it's just me.
We went to in-laws the other day for a meal, and they offered leftover birthday cake for dessert as one of them had just celebrated their 60th. I refused politely, they asked why, I said although I didn't mind it for some reason it always makes my stomach turn. Cue shock horror from M-I-L! AIBU or do other people have the same reaction to it too?

I'm with you there. My children and I dislike birthday cake because it makes us feel sick! My eldest birthday is coming up and shes asked for ben and Jerry's ice cream instead of cake.

I’m in Canada and I’d bloody kill for a slice of British birthday cake, store bought or otherwise

Mmm cake. If I’ve made it myself with Clarence court eggs it’s irresistible and particularly if I’ve added a layer of dark ganache.
Costco cake and similar not so much. I don’t get why people go on about it... plastic cake.

I don’t have a sweet tooth and a whole piece of cake with icing can (not always) Male my stomach turn too.

That cake /salt thread tickled my fancy though. I’ve been thinking of cake with Generous scattering of roasted salted pumpkin seeds or similar.

It's ok not to like things, I hate baked beans. But you could have declined in a politer way.

Totally with you, I hate cake. I always get shocked expressions from other people too.

🤢 hate it. Especially when 11 little darlings blow the candles out and their spit lands all over it!!

It’s disgusting.

Chocolate cake, carrot cake, my favourite fresh strawberry cake, or a proper home made Victoria sponge with just a bit of jam, are all lovely. Commercial white sponge with icing is vile!

I’ve been thinking of cake with Generous scattering of roasted salted pumpkin seeds or similar. grin

Ooh!!

I like experimenting with baking. My dad asked me to make a fruit cake (ugh) every year, and in order to make one that’s palatable for people who didn’t grow up under rationing I ended up creating a recipe that used fresh crushed pineapple, macadamia nuts, and was shot through with mulled wine-infused caramel.

I love a slice of shop birthday cake with buttercream icing. It’s got to be an all butter one though, I can’t be doing with hydrogenated fats or palm oil. I also can’t be doing with eating it at a birthday party. It’s best the morning after with some nice hot coffee.

I got norovirus after eating 2 Krispy Kreme donuts. I'm with you. Dough plus sugar plus cream.

I don’t think stomach turning means what you think it does.

I think you meant it upsets your stomach. I think most people use stomach turning to mean you find the idea of it disgusting.

if lots of icing, i sometimes put that to one side
then pick at eating bits of it slowly

and avoid bits that anyone's spat on in the candle blowing out ceremony

I also like savoury muffins. I was very disappointed to order a spinach muffin in a cafe last week - and be served with one of those toastable muffins with spinach in.

Eww, what in the name of fucking pine nuts is that?
Savoury muffins are flat, should be cut in half, toasted, and served with lots of butter and cheese.

@Lilybet1980

Try putting some salt on it?

Well played

I had no idea that "birthday cake" was a specific kind of cake?? Is this right? Surely it's just a normal cake (which come in a range of flavours) with candles on?

The last "birthday cake" I ate was DHs - it was a lemon drizzle cake.
And shop-bought cakes are mostly bad in general...

I hate it too! I like a nice Victoria sponge with a jam and cream filling but butter cream and that yuk they cover cupcakes in is sickly and totally disgusting!

I wouldn't want to eat left over birthday cake - or ANY birthday cake [unless I had made it!!!].
I'm with you OP.

poppy I agree. Birthday cake is any cake surely (maybe not fruit cake) with some candles. I guess usually anplainish sponge with icing. I have never heard of ‘birthday cake’ as a Specific type of cake such that you could say ‘bc is my favourite’ or ‘I don’t like bc’

@HeronLanyon glad it's not just me. Even as a child I had "flavoured" cakes (which my mum made). I think I usually chose chocolate
Are people thinking of that American kind of cake with just plain sponge and plain buttercream-type icing?

Yabvvvvvvvvvvu

Birthday cake is the best cake.

Birthday cakes are the worst in this country. I cant stand fondant icing.

Home baked sponge cake with fresh whipped cream and strawberries... mmm!

I don't really like cake (except for lemon drizzle and carrot cake) not a fan of icing either.