Why do cats like cake

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Ive had a couple of cats now that like cake

I always thought they didnt have a sweet tooth or couldnt taste sweet or something
This one literally went in for the kill on my slice of cake on my plate.

I’ve wondered this. I had a cat who adored custard and quite a few who lap the milk from the bottom of cereal bowls* like it’s got divine powers so I’m not sure it’s true they don’t have a sweet tooth!

*yes I am unhygienic

Mine likes sweet stuff too. He also likes mayo.

Mine wants to eat five guys Cajun fries, onion bhajis and coriander rice. Not sure he’s actually a cat

my previous one loved mackerel pate with cayenne pepper and any form of dairy including lemon cheesecake

I've always assumed it was the fat/butter they liked rather than sugar

The day we brought our rehomed cat home she stole a burger from one of child's plates. I've always had cats, but never had one who would steal food so brazenly. She's been with us for two years now and I'm amazed and what she will desperately try to eat (when straight after her own dinner). Pizza, watermelon, cake, bread and butter, as well as the usual meat you'd expect her to want. She's got the stomach of a horse and the constitution of an ox.

No worries, I have just eaten the bit of cake she was gnawing at.

Mine’s not usually fussed about cake - unless it’s a chocolate chip muffin. He will take one out of a box and run away with it, and if you leave the paper cake case of one anywhere in a room, he’ll find it and chew it to bits.

I assume mayo and custard etc it’s the fat or milk content. Don’t understand his love of pasta and bolognese though.

It's definitely the butter.

Mine especially loves to lick a discarded butter wrapper (he puts his paw on it to hold it still..) and will steal cake, or even just the cake wrapper to lick the grease.

Unsurprisingly he's often on a diet.

Ours will eat anything biscuit crumb falls, it's his, he tried to swipe a banana pancake from DS' plate a few weeks ago. He really likes green beans and broccoli which I've never known in a cat before, loves DS' left over porridge if he doesn't scrape his bowl or out it in the dishwasher straight away, I assume that's the milk.
Our old cat had a terrible sweet tooth, God help you if you tried to eat a doughnut in his vicinity, he also loved curry and used to eat the strawberries straight from my plants in the garden.

We have to hide bread and cakes in a cupboard because ours will tear through a packet to get to them. He'll yoink a crust off your plate before you've even noticed he's there. Absolute favourite is muffins.

He also like chips, pizza, and olives. Oh and pasta, cooked or dry.

It's a myth that cats don't have a sweet tooth - they most definitely do!

Both of ours love cake and my experience at my cattery, with meds, Thyronorm is easiest to administer as it's sweet, tastes like the kiddie med calpol.

What?

Because you have cake and therefore they want cake.

Not surprised to see a Ginge involved in cake larceny there @Judystilldreamsofhorses ... 🤦‍♀️

I’ve always suspected it’s yeast - my cat loved everything with yeast in it. But then, they have little quirks and preferences just like humans.

My childhood cats adored yoghurt. I don’t believe they prefer sour stuff at all.

My cat likes cake and the tomato sauce that baked beans are in 🤷‍♀️

My childhood cat ate everything.
Literally everything.
She also puked a lot. Gross.
The cat my parents had until recently had a sensible diet and didn't tend to snaffle snacks but I once gave her some chocolate mousse to lick off my finger and she was "whoooooh what is this 😵‍💫".
She also went completely nuts over some catnip and refused to go near the stuff ever again 😂

Cat I had in the 80s was partial to a slice of walnut cake. The lovely boy I have now will lick the cereal bowl clean. I say to dh “just bung it back in the cupboard” (jokes). We also leave him the empty butter container to polish off too

Mine likes custard tarts and chocolate mousse, also loves crisps/crackers and will swipe them out your hand!

My boy dcat is a veg addict.
The girl dcat eats cake. . They both join us for mealtimes... Last night dcatB had cabbage and broccoli.. DcatG had a doughnut...
Dcats are sent to puzzle us.
They have a personal toilet regularly cleaned and refreshed but prefer digging my bloody plants and shitting there..

That made me laugh. I probably would have done the same as I'm a firm believer in the 5-second rule as well. Just give it a quick blow first to get rid of any germs 😂

My (fat) cat Herbie hasn't ever really gone for cake, but he adores cheese, and appears from nowhere if we're making a cheese sandwich!

I have three.

all of them will wolf down lots of milk.
one is a total dustbin of a cat and can smell chocolate at three miles and cake at even further.
the other two think human food is disgusting and won’t eat it even if you give them some.

My cat rejects meat - fresh roast chicken, ham etc is ignored but she can hear Pringles being opened a mile away! Any flavour is devoured with a really loud purr. She also loves a bit of cake (but not chocolate) and marmite on toast. Also loves to lick the last dregs of a yoghurt pot, she and the dog sit and wait about 2cm from my face when I eat a yoghurt so I have to do it in secret…..

I can understand if it had creamy or buttery icing, but I've not known one to eat cake itself.
Mine love yogurt. They like licking the carton after I've finished!
I also thought they couldn't taste sugar or sweet things. It must be the texture. And the fact it's forbidden? 🤣