# Does this werid-ass cake exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356 "2019-03-01T00:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/1 "2019-03-01T00:12:50Z")
[Screen-cap from the Oscar-nominated anime _Mirai no Mirai_](https://imgur.com/a/ysCUFa4). Is this an actual cake sold somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/2 "2019-03-01T00:14:53Z")
I just reverse image searched your picture, and [here’s how to make it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POjm4zLyJPY), or something very similar. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/3 "2019-03-01T00:31:45Z")
I’m sure it does. Here’s a similar [weird ass-cake from Norway](http://i.imgur.com/5rqVSsG.jpg). I believe they call it Kabaret. So now you know, in case you’ve ever wondered why there isn’t a Norwegian restaurant in your town. Or continent. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/4 "2019-03-01T00:57:59Z")
Here’s a recipe for Kraft Jello mosaic bars / stained glass bars. If you made them in a round container, using water instead of milk, it would look like the top of that cake. If you put it on top of stacked layer cake, it would be that cake. > **[Stained Glass Bars](https://www.myfoodandfamily.com/recipe/129370/stained-glass-bars)** > > Get creative with these stained glass JELL-O bars! A simple video shows you how to turn colorful JELL-O Gelatin cubes into a broken glass JELL-O dessert. Here are similar recipes for “cathedral window” jello: [http://www.savvynana.com/recipe/our-favorite-cathedral-window-jelly-dessert/](http://www.savvynana.com/recipe/our-favorite-cathedral-window-jelly-dessert/) [http://sugarywinzy.com/colorful-stained-glass-cathedral-window-jello/](http://sugarywinzy.com/colorful-stained-glass-cathedral-window-jello/) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/5 "2019-03-01T01:23:03Z")
> [@telperion](#): > > i’m sure it does. Here’s a similar [weird ass-cake from norway](http://i.imgur.com/5rqvssg.jpg). I believe they call it kabaret. So now you know, in case you’ve ever wondered why there isn’t a norwegian restaurant in your town. Or continent. ahhhh! Aspic! ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/6 "2019-03-01T15:16:01Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > I’m sure it does. Here’s a similar [weird ass-cake from Norway](http://i.imgur.com/5rqVSsG.jpg). I believe they call it Kabaret. So now you know, in case you’ve ever wondered why there isn’t a Norwegian restaurant in your town. Or continent. OMG! That picture makes the stewed prunes in the prune thread seem like the best dessert ever. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/7 "2019-03-01T15:38:31Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > I’m sure it does. Here’s a similar [weird ass-cake from Norway](http://i.imgur.com/5rqVSsG.jpg). I believe they call it Kabaret. So now you know, in case you’ve ever wondered why there isn’t a Norwegian restaurant in your town. Or continent. That’s aspic, very different than the cake here. That one looks almost exactly like the way my Polish mom makes it, and I guarantee there is nothing cake-like about it. We eat it with vinegar poured over and a slice or two of rye bread. I love that stuff, but I realize it grosses out pretty much everyone not from Eastern Europe and I guess the Nordic countries. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/8 "2019-03-01T17:34:08Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > OMG! That picture makes the stewed prunes in the prune thread seem like the best dessert ever. I’m pretty sure that’s not a dessert. It’s either a salad or an entree. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/9 "2019-03-01T18:12:32Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I just reverse image searched your picture, and [here’s how to make it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POjm4zLyJPY), or something very similar. Actually, I just noticed listening to the clip that they say “Mirai no mirai” in the audio (but I don’t speak any Japanese), so perhaps (probably) they are recreating the cake as inspired by the anime. I’ve seen jelly on top of cake and layer cake before, so this is probably just a riff on that idea with a stained glass/cathedral window jello approach to it on the top. I do wonder now if the exact idea predates the anime. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/10 "2019-03-01T18:29:49Z")
> [@susan](#): > > ahhhh! Aspic! The basis of any tasty dessert. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/11 "2019-03-01T21:04:51Z")
Agar jelly fruitcake? [Agar Agar Fruit Jelly Cake Recipe & Video Tutorial เค้กวุ้นผลไม้](https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/agar-agar-fruit-cake/) ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/12 "2019-03-02T13:02:46Z")
They are called Jelly cakes, jelly being what other countries call Jello. Mostly they are made with edible flowers in the top but they can also be made with stained glass bars. [Here](http://fonglim1954.blogspot.com/2015/05/fruity-manggo-yoghurt-jellycake.html?m=1)is a recipe in Japanese. From google translate “Take a bite to lubricate the swallows and bite a bite of fresh flesh. It is fun.” ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/13 "2019-03-02T13:30:56Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > Agar jelly fruitcake? [Agar Agar Jelly Fruit Cake Recipe - Hot Thai Kitchen](https://hot-thai-kitchen.com/agar-agar-fruit-cake/) That actually looks _really_ good! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/14 "2019-03-02T16:19:20Z")
I noticed that the Thai agar cake includes pineapple as one of the fruits. That’s interesting, because my understanding is that pineapple doesn’t work in the type of gelatin commonly available in the US (Jello, mostly), because an enzyme in it prevents gelling. So is agar different in this respect? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/15 "2019-03-02T16:31:50Z")
[Mirror glaze cakes](https://www.google.com/search?q=mirror+cake+pictures&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=pj3lBNDWnKIOTM%253A%252CEyJ0EKq4dOS4bM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kR1ZWfHl05rrBbbKuJ4n05jlzsMFw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX34zm7-PgAhUn2oMKHbe5DYsQ9QEwBXoECAMQDg#imgrc=pj3lBNDWnKIOTM:) have become very popular, and the OP’s pic looks like that concept taken to an extreme. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/16 "2019-03-02T16:33:44Z")
Those mirror glaze cakes look cool but how do they taste? ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/17 "2019-03-02T16:36:38Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So is agar different in this respect? Yup. Agar is a seaweed based jelly. Very few enzymes from terrestrial living things can attack agar – that’s why we grow terrestrial bacteria on agar plates. I’m given to understand that marine bacteria are actually grown in gelatin plates – somehow, I guess, the collagen in fish is too different from terrestrial gelatin for marine bacteria to have evolved the ability to digest it. Still seems weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/18 "2019-03-02T16:40:28Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Those mirror glaze cakes look cool but how do they taste? They’re actually a chocolate ganache with gelatine added for shine, so I suppose the flavour depends on how heavy a hand you have with it. Too much and you’ve got rubber. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/19 "2019-03-02T16:40:47Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Those mirror glaze cakes look cool but how do they taste? I imagine the answer depends on how well they are executed. For professional bakers, they can be quite nice, flavor-wise. I’ve eaten them a couple of times as made by professionals. They tasted fine. But for me, it was a texture thing. I really like curd fillings in cakes (mango, orange, e.g.) and those are fine, but the glazes can be a bit… rubbery. I don’t care for that. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356/20 "2019-03-02T16:42:04Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Those mirror glaze cakes look cool but how do they taste? Its just layers of tinted gelatin. The task is to get the smoothest surface, either a chocolate ganache layer for dark colors, or marzipan/fondant for light colors. Everybody hates the taste of something, and some people have really strong feelings regarding those particular ingredients, but the cake is no more or less ruined by the decoration. [EDIT] Double ninjas [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-werid-ass-cake-exist/830356.md?page=2)