# Chocolate Cake **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 23, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791 "2021-11-23T00:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/1 "2021-11-23T00:35:00Z")
If someone offers you “Chocolate Cake” and hands you yellow cake with chocolate icing were they lying? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/2 "2021-11-23T00:37:48Z")
I polled my girlfriend, and we agree–liar! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/3 "2021-11-23T00:38:49Z")
Yes, but I forgive them. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/4 "2021-11-23T00:49:06Z")
That’s the tough part… you can’t say anything. They innocently thought “Hey, I have a friend who likes chocolate and cake. This ticks both those boxes, and I can call it chocolate cake, right?” (WRONG!) So, okay, I could do a modicum of forgiveness… but only after I eat the frosting off three slices and leave the naked yellow ‘cake’ pieces stacked naked on a plate. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/5 "2021-11-23T00:51:35Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Yes, but I forgive them. Same. I mean, even if the cake is a lie, it’s still cake. ETA: and here my girlfriend and I diverge. Evidently, the only thing saving them is the chocolate frosting. There will be no forgiveness. (Good to know!) ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/6 "2021-11-23T01:17:40Z")
Okay, what if it’s a white cake with mini-chocolate chips? How about a marble cake? ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/7 "2021-11-23T01:18:10Z")
Yes, liar! Chocolate cake means the cake itself is chocolate. But yellow cake with chocolate frosting is my favorite so I’d say thanks and gobble it down. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/8 "2021-11-23T01:28:53Z")
Yes, but gift horse applies. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/9 "2021-11-23T01:42:07Z")
Are there people cruel enough to conceive of such a hoax? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/10 "2021-11-23T01:49:47Z")
What? Me not quibble over a cake offering! IMO it’s the epitome of rudeness to correct an an innocent desert assumption ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/11 "2021-11-23T01:52:36Z")
That mumbling you’re hearing from this corner is me saying, “You are mistaken,” through a huge mouthful of cake. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/12 "2021-11-23T01:54:54Z")
They are damn liars! But I like yellow cake better. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/13 "2021-11-23T03:06:27Z")
The important thing is that I’m handed cake. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/14 "2021-11-23T03:14:05Z")
Yes, the dirty liars. The cake is the cake part. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/15 "2021-11-23T03:26:57Z")
I prefer yellow cake with chocolate frosting. But, it’s not the same as chocolate cake. ---
**Author:** ![ArtBeforeScience](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@ArtBeforeScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtBeforeScience)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/16 "2021-11-23T22:14:57Z")
Either lying or misinformed. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/17 "2021-11-23T22:51:09Z")
I would assume I had entered a state of quantum flux which sent me to a different quantum reality, perhaps triggered by a subspace pulse of some type. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/18 "2021-11-23T22:56:21Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Yes, but I forgive them. The most brilliant answer ever given on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/19 "2021-11-23T23:41:59Z")
They only said it that way to keep me from sticking a fork in their hand. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791/20 "2021-11-24T01:09:47Z")
No, but I’m honored just to be nominated. 😊 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cake/954791.md?page=2)