# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/41 "2011-03-03T11:37:57Z")
> [@Batsinma\_Belfry](#): > > But since none of you have gone to the trouble to make me a cake Well, in our defense we didn’t know you were coming. 😛 Chocolate cake is cake that is chocolate, even if it has vanilla frosting on it (which can be nice, although not as nice as devil’s food cake). ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/42 "2011-03-03T13:54:45Z")
Just pray to god you don’t drop that shit. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/43 "2011-03-03T13:57:57Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 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? Only the first two seasons were b&w so I was watching the color episodes ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/44 "2011-03-03T17:14:43Z")
Putting sugar on top of your Special K doesn’t make them Frosted Flakes. Putting chocolate icing on yellow cake won’t make it a chocolate cake. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/45 "2011-03-03T17:36:36Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > There was actually a thread seven years ago (God, I’m getting old) that asked this [question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=265651&highlight=%22spiderman%22+%22yellow+cake%22) due to Spiderman 2. I totally remembered that thread when I saw this one. Hearing it was 7 years ago makes me want to yell at a cloud. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/46 "2011-03-03T18:49:48Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > Putting sugar on top of your Special K doesn’t make them Frosted Flakes. Putting chocolate icing on yellow cake won’t make it a chocolate cake. Agreed. Good analogy. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/47 "2011-03-03T19:26:58Z")
Is chocolate cake with white frosting white cake? ETA: > [@me](#): > > Oh, for Chrissake! Slap those yellow cake layers together with some custard, put on the chocolate icing, and when come back, bring Boston Cream Pie. I don’t remember posting this, but it’s worth saying twice ] ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/48 "2011-03-03T23:09:35Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I totally remembered that thread when I saw this one. Hearing it was 7 years ago makes me want to yell at a cloud. If not for the fact that polls weren’t enabled back then, I would’ve thought this was a zombie thread from then. And yeah, chocolate cake refers to the cake, frosting flavor (or even existence) is irrelevant to this. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/49 "2011-03-03T23:49:49Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I don’t remember posting this, but it’s worth saying twice Bleah! Why would you ruin a perfectly good cake by contaminating it with _custard_? Ewww! ---
**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 4, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/50 "2011-03-04T01:46:41Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Yellow cake, even with chocolate frosting, _remains_ a radioactive compound, & should not be ingested. > [@ZenBeam](#): > > Dibs on **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor** ’s piece! Yellowcake, despite being radioactive, _will not_ transform you into the Incredible Hulk, **Zenbeam**. We’ve explained this before. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/51 "2011-03-04T02:41:00Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > 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. So when are you sharing the recipe? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/52 "2011-03-04T04:26:22Z")
It tastes like chocolate, so I call it chocolate cake. I seem to find myself in a despised minority on this issue. Y’all can go eat cake. ---
**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 4, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257/53 "2011-03-04T04:29:09Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Sure. But irrelevant regarding the poll question. > > Joe What are you, the Poll PoPo?!?! :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yellow-cake-with-chocolate-frosting-chocolate-cake/573257.md?page=2)