# What is your Favorite type of Cake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-cake/549734 "2010-08-09T17:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-cake/549734/81 "2010-08-14T11:46:26Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > > [@Loisseau](#): > > > > [jello-cake-aka-poke-cake](http://cookeatshare.com/recipes/jello-cake-aka-poke-cake-174993) > > > [@](#): > > > > Any recipe that allows me to stab something with a fork repetitively is okay by me. > > I’d forgotten about that cake. I used to love it. I wonder if I still do? Remember its pudding counterpart, Stripe-It-Rich? Same method, except use the handle of a wooden spoon and top it with pudding. I haven’t made one of those in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-cake/549734/82 "2010-08-14T13:26:56Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > But…what if you combine both? > > [Cherpumple!](http://www.charlesphoenix.com/category/test-kitchen/cherpumple/) Scary. I’m not sure proper desserts should be frightening. It brings to mind B. Kliban’s admonition against eating anything bigger than your head. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-cake/549734/83 "2010-08-15T02:37:09Z")
If I had to pick a cake to be made for me, I would choose German Chocolate, as it’s what I remember I like. I’m sure there’s something out there that I’ve liked better; I just can’t remember it. According to Wikipedia, the “German” in the cake’s name refers not to people from Germany, but from the creator Samuel German. There’s no cite, but [http://www.kitchenproject.com/html/Is\_German\_Chocolate\_Cake\_Really\_German.html](http://www.kitchenproject.com/html/Is_German_Chocolate_Cake_Really_German.html) has a nice corroborating picture that it originally was a possessive. ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-cake/549734/84 "2010-08-15T03:34:32Z")
Carrot cake is my first choice. My second choice is carrot cake. Even the supermarket version of carrot cake works for me. In my opinion, all other varieties of cake have to be cooked from scratch by a good cook or bought (dearly) from a good restaurant to be worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-cake/549734/85 "2010-08-15T03:43:42Z")
My favorite is Black Forest, but I like pretty much any kind of chocolate cake. The only non-chocolate kind of cake I especially like is angel food. But that’s “especially”. There are very few kinds of cake I’d actually turn down (off the top of my head, all I can think of is coffee-flavored things). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-type-of-cake/549734.md?page=4)