# Is Yellow Cake With Chocolate Frosting, Chocolate Cake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257 "2011-03-02T20:04:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/21 "2011-03-03T01:00:01Z")
It’s cake-flavored. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/22 "2011-03-03T01:47:50Z")
Yellow cake, even with chocolate frosting, _remains_ a radioactive compound, & should not be ingested. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/23 "2011-03-03T01:51:58Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > If you offered me chocolate cake and gave me yellow cake, I think I would have to end our friendship - I don’t waste that many calories on yellow cake. Right. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/24 "2011-03-03T02:09:00Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Yellow cake, even with chocolate frosting, _remains_ a radioactive compound, & should not be ingested. Dibs on **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor** ’s piece! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/25 "2011-03-03T02:25:43Z")
Chocolate cake is when the cake itself is chocolate. I like chocolate cake with vanilla frosting, so I may ask if you want some chocolate cake with white frosting. I also like white cake with chocolate frosting, which is how I would describe it to someone when I offered it to them. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/26 "2011-03-03T02:33:03Z")
I’d really like to join the majority, but unfortunately the way I was raised ( ass-backwards, no doubt ) any cake with chocolate frosting = chocolate cake. As an adult I’d probably specify “yellow cake with chocolate frosting” if describing such a cake to someone else. But if I saw a picture of one, the little voice in my head would say “chocolate cake.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/27 "2011-03-03T02:51:18Z")
Chocolate cake is cake that is flavored with chocolate. Whether it has been frosted or not. If it’s not chocolate before you ice it, it’s not chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/28 "2011-03-03T03:03:30Z")
P.S. Imagine if Hazel’s nephew Eddie had some sort of digestive disorder that prevented him from tolerating cake frosting (this would obviously be _A Very Special episode of Hazel_). Hazel: _Here Eddie, I made a chocolate cake for the Baxters, and I thought you might want a piece. I know you’re frosting-intolerant, so I cut your slice before I frosted it. Come get your chocolate cake!_ Eddie: 😕 _wtf?_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/29 "2011-03-03T03:13:32Z")
Since \*Hazel \*lives in a black-and-white universe, I’m questioning the assumption that the cake is yellow. It could be a very light cocoa cake with chocolate frosting . . . which would qualify as chocolate cake. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/30 "2011-03-03T03:41:07Z")
I have my grandma’s recipe for chocolate cake. It is chocolate through and through and doesn’t even need frosting. My mom and I rarely frost this recipe. My favorite cake is yellow cake with dark ganache on top. Soooo much better than frosting! ---
**Author:** ![Tracyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/31 "2011-03-03T05:03:38Z")
Yellow cake with chocolate frosting is not chocolate cake. It is, however, the best kind of cake, and this thread makes me want some. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/32 "2011-03-03T05:06:07Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Since \*Hazel \*lives in a black-and-white universe, I’m questioning the assumption that the cake is yellow. It could be a very light cocoa cake with chocolate frosting . . . which would qualify as chocolate cake. I wondered about that myself, so I went to the wikipedia page for the program. The picture they had was a screen capture from the show, and it was in color. OP, were you watching in color? ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/33 "2011-03-03T05:10:34Z")
Of course not. The cake isn’t chocolate. Therefore, it’s not chocolate cake. Not even debatable, IMHO. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/34 "2011-03-03T05:32:51Z")
CHOCOLATE CAKE How the fuck do you get yellow cake out of that? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/35 "2011-03-03T05:37:28Z")
I like Marble cake too. That’s a mix of yellow & chocolate cake. You get swirls of yellow & brown. Even that isn’t really a chocolate cake. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/36 "2011-03-03T05:41:55Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > It’s cake-flavored. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/37 "2011-03-03T06:23:22Z")
What kind of yellow cake have you people been eating? It’s delicious (and buttery), if made properly, and with the addition of chocolate frosting. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/38 "2011-03-03T08:22:50Z")
> [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > What kind of yellow cake have you people been eating? > It’s delicious (and buttery), if made properly, and with the addition of chocolate frosting. Sure. But irrelevant regarding the poll question. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/39 "2011-03-03T10:46:08Z")
It is not chocolate cake and it is cheating. I expect any chocolate-frosted cake to be chocolate cake, which contains chocolate in, you know, the actual cakey part. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/40 "2011-03-03T10:53:59Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I call it chocolate cake. > > Chocolate bread covered with chocolate frosting is devil’s food cake. I’m with you. In my view, anything contaminated with chocolate is chocolate cake. There are further divisions (such as German (which isn’t German), Black Forest (which is), or Devil’s Food (which is only German if brought to you by a little black dog)). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257.md?page=3)