Cake is but the vessel...

I had this conversation with one of my co-workers earlier this week. Like any other harmoniously round man, I am more than mildly appreciative of a good piece of cake. However, cake itself is but the surface, the altar upon which frosting is offered.

I know you think this as well. Let's be honest now, someone brings you a piece of sheet cake. It is a beautiful golden, color, the very epic of moistness, and quite sweet. However without it's colorful, tasty, creamy, sweet frosting the cake is nothing but a naked slab of confectionery failure. Even pound cake, which requires an epic amount of butter, and tastes decent enough on its own, tastes even better when glazed or drizzled with an icing of some kind. Cake needs frosting!

The reason for this tirade over frosting is because I am of the firm belief that frosting is defined as the mixture of butter, cream, confectioners sugar, and/or with chocolate. As such, frosting may not be defined as a whipped cream topping. Cool whip has many uses, but it is nothing short of heresy to attempt to pass cake off as "frosted" when there is nothing more than fancy cool whip on it. In order for a cake to be defined as frosted, per my own stringent standards, it must be frosted with butter cream and adorned with a delightful display of frosting flowers and designs.

And don't even get me started on fondant. That stuff just tastes terrible. I know you can do amazing decorative things with it...but it just does not a cake make. That is all for now. More to follow soon.