Too much icing on cake, especially cup cakes!

Urms - Kate Moss

Mine too! Pass the cake!

I think they're both too thin.
Just my thoughts.

Who said ‘nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’?

Kate Moss, I think.

And the Duchess of Windsor

‘A woman cannot be too rich or too thin’.

A nice wedge of chocolate cake please with generous buttercream filling but melted Cadbury chocolate on top, not more buttercream, otherwise I'll scrape it off

MissAdventure

Just a,plain mince pie, mind.

None of this fancy icing or strange fillings.

Just so MissA why do retailers find it necessary to try and improve on perfection. Truly a case of over egging the pudding.

I totally loathe the tendency to replace cake toppings with cream cheese often without labelling it as such. I have a severe reaction to even the smallest amount of cheese/yoghurt/creme fraiche. One bite and my innards are in turmoil for days.

How about this Victoria Sponge? Homemade.
Just not by me.
Great ingredients, no preservatives. Plain and simple cake, my favourite of all time.
Wish I could have cake but I’m on a low fat diet which is working so I’m happy.
Who said ‘nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’?

I do agree that on store-bought cakes there is too much icing. I do like icing, and in fact just made my own birthday cake this week; a butter pecan cake with cream cheese icing (DH did offer to go buy a cake, but I prefer mine). It was very good, and the amount of icing was just right.

I'll take a nice home made cake over store bought any day.

Apart from LardI am very partial to carrot cake which normally has a cream cheese icing so is not sickly. I agree too many cupcakes with too much icing. They may look good but not so good to eat.

Ooh MissA "fly pie". I love Eccles cakes but bought one the other day which had sort of sugary frosty on top. Yuck. So sweet it was inedible & ended up in the bin.😩

Our local artisan bakery sells these extravagantly decorated ‘cup cakes’, very expensive.

When did they all become ‘cup cakes? What was wrong with fairy cakes or buns?

US import?

I totally disagree I LOVE the icing especially on Belgian Buns yummy yummy like * Midgey* I love the top better than the bottom
Licking lips I want a Belgium Bun now

midgey

Hmm, I just like the topping - less interested in the cake!

You and my granddaughter!

I made a salted caramel cake for only the second time this morning before I read this thread. I had already reduced the amount of icing because I felt it was too sickly, and was nervous it would not get eaten; (made for a talk and meeting.)
Therefore I was greatly relieved that all of it went whilst the wholesome undecorated cakes were left. Will still reduce the amount of icing even further though if I make it again.

I rarely eat cakes but when I do the more icing, fondant, gooey topping the better.

I agree with the OP, my kids would disagree vehemently 🤣

There was/is a Jewish bakery here.

I'm not sure if it was a covid casualty, but I'd like to check it out for that puddingy thing.

Miss Adventure, once when i as i London I had a puddingy thing like you describe in an ethnic Jewish cafe. It was very good. I have never seen that puddingy since , and I wish I could buy it from Tesco.

I could just eat a dollop of that now.
Washed down with a cup of tea.

Yes, I've had that pastry-topped bread pud. Yummy!

The bakery here used to sell a kind of bread pud with a pastry "lid" on.

That was delicious!

Ooh, MissA, I'm with you: Eccles cakes, bread pud and plain mince pies - better than anything that's over-iced!

Yes, the mere sight of those cup cakes with masses of sickly looking, often garish icing on top, is enough to make me feel vaguely ill.

Bring back nice little fairy cakes, with just a little icing! I still make chocolate ones for Gdcs’ birthday parties. Just a little chocolate icing and a Smartie on top.