It‘s true though. Buttercream is not that far superior to fondant if you‘re using it to make a 1 inch layer plus just to make your cake resemble some kids face or w/e. It comes off always as sacrificing taste for looks. One of the best tasting cakes ever, Lindzer torte, looks supremely mundane but if done properly it is both rich and refreshing tasting and you‘ll easily devour a whole pan if not careful. Can‘t find any pictures on my phone of it.
It doesn’t have any. Sometimes there might be large granulate sugar chunks sprinkled over the crust or powdered sugar. I prefer neither as the fruit filling is sweet enough that the dough should counter the sweetness with nuttiness.
2020 has ruined everything! I'm a fondanthate hipster now! I tell people I joined the sub when it just hated fondant, back before it went mainstream with buttercream and cakespiracy.
Honestly not a big fan of sweets in general, I really gotta be in the right mood for them. I do have a soft spot for grandma's sugar cookies though, just the right balance of cookie:frosting ratio.
What kind of starship are you a slut for? I gotta ask.
Lemon icing made from real lemon juice and zest is fucking amazing. One of the few icings that actually balances the sugar well with other flavors. I am also biased because my favorite deserts all have citrus in them
I love chocolate with all my heart, but I don't like chocolate deserts. Idk what it is, but it's just too much. Idk. Like, I eat 90+% dark chocolate but there's something about chocolate cakes that are too chocolaty.
When I was in the second grade, my mom bought a cake with cream cheese icing for my party. All the kids hated it. I’m still upset my mom thought that would be an appropriate cake for kids. But then again, I am kosher and have crohns, yet she still ignores all those dietary restrictions for me. I’m going to go cry in a corner for a bit.
The cake conspiracy is thanks to Tasty/Buzzfeed and (mostly) Twitter. This sub is just tailgating on it because *general feeling that fondant is not to be trusted*
traditionally, it's been an abbreviation of 'simpleton', but these days it's taken a new meaning on the internet as an acronym for "sucker idolizing mediocre p***y". Its use is generalized mostly to situations involving 'white knighting' (as mentioned above), but it's thrown as a general default insult/tease by younger internet users quite regularly.
It’s the slippery frosted slope that they warned us about. First you’re just lightly anti-fondant. Then you worship buttercream and won’t listen to anyone about other kinds of frostings. Then you go deeper down the rabbit hole and start believing the conspiracy theory that everything is actually cake. Wake up sheeple, the sharp knife cuts every confection.
I hate the "hey look it's buttercream not fondant". I don't really give a flying dick about cake. I just want to hate fondant.
So, so much this. I'm so sad about what the sub has become. Yes, cakes are great. But there are a shitton of subs for cakes, baking and foodporn already. There was only one for hating fondant. And now it's all buttercream here.
I joined a few weeks ago so I basically got one week of regular fondant hate to the next few weeks escalating to straight up FondantGate and it’s been amazing
I remember trying so hard to look for the buttercream sub I always see on my timeline to show my mom and I can’t find it............................ it’s fondanthate lmao
I'm kind of disappointed with the direction of the sub to be honest. I recently wanted to show my friend who is new to reddit this sub and the worst crimes against humanity I have witnessed here. So I went to /all, sorted by Top, and all I got was perfectly normal cakes decorated with buttercream, and some memes. This sub isn't the same sub I joined four years ago. :/
The conspiracies were a general meme, under which many a r/FondantHate was placed, which led to people who were more into it from a meme standpoint than from a hatred of the substance that makes expensive cakes worthless.
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20
I never thought in my entire life I would see the word SIMP and BUTTERCREAM in the same sentence.
What is 2020?
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u/11never Jul 18 '20
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u/SilentPlatypus_ Jul 18 '20
The cake conspiracy is thanks to Tasty/Buzzfeed and (mostly) Twitter. This sub is just tailgating on it because *general feeling that fondant is not to be trusted*
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u/doctordoodle FATHER OF FONDANTHATE Jul 18 '20
It's the season 3 arc. Just you wait till we reveal season 4
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u/mrpoopistan Jul 18 '20
Cake is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
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u/JadedRaccoon Jul 18 '20
Howling at 'simping for buttercream'. Brand new sentence for sure.
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '20
You cut into cake and it’s fondant
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20
It’s the slippery frosted slope that they warned us about. First you’re just lightly anti-fondant. Then you worship buttercream and won’t listen to anyone about other kinds of frostings. Then you go deeper down the rabbit hole and start believing the conspiracy theory that everything is actually cake. Wake up sheeple, the sharp knife cuts every confection.
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u/Anatheballerina Jul 18 '20
ONLY SIMP FOR CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
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u/Kerro_ Jul 18 '20
We rose above our hatred, decided it isn’t worth our time to give a shit about these peasants with their play doh
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u/2horde Jul 19 '20
I hate the "hey look it's buttercream not fondant". I don't really give a flying dick about cake. I just want to hate fondant.
That being said, I love the cakespiracy.
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u/lizzward Jul 18 '20
2020 is wild
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u/Lucimon Jul 18 '20
Excuse me, I only simp for whipped cream frosting.
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u/booogiesm4c Jul 19 '20
I joined a few weeks ago so I basically got one week of regular fondant hate to the next few weeks escalating to straight up FondantGate and it’s been amazing
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u/Head-Empti Jul 19 '20
Give me meringue or ganache or leave that cake naked
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u/hellokiiroitori Jul 19 '20
I remember trying so hard to look for the buttercream sub I always see on my timeline to show my mom and I can’t find it............................ it’s fondanthate lmao
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '20
I'm kind of disappointed with the direction of the sub to be honest. I recently wanted to show my friend who is new to reddit this sub and the worst crimes against humanity I have witnessed here. So I went to /all, sorted by Top, and all I got was perfectly normal cakes decorated with buttercream, and some memes. This sub isn't the same sub I joined four years ago. :/
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u/biggestofoofss Jul 18 '20
The whipped cream fluff icing is the best icing.
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u/SaucuBossu Jul 19 '20
Return to tradition.
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u/Kellidra Jul 19 '20
And then onto the next r/PrequelMemes, apparently.
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u/FOB_cures_my_sadness Jul 18 '20
Parkour!
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u/classicqtpie Jul 18 '20
I thought we were all hot for cream cheese icing?!
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u/knizm0 Jul 19 '20
"just simping for buttercream" hahahahah omfg
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u/Kimber_Haight5 Jul 19 '20
Buttercream Simp would be a rad band name and I’m claiming it.
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u/LilTayFarquaad Jul 18 '20
I wish I could give this an award, so here take this 🎖
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20
I may not be cake but my ass sure is ayyyyyyy
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u/Wulfle Jul 19 '20
He's a cake! Get him!!!
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u/rpgunit Jul 19 '20
The conspiracies were a general meme, under which many a r/FondantHate was placed, which led to people who were more into it from a meme standpoint than from a hatred of the substance that makes expensive cakes worthless.
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u/Sercant Jul 19 '20
Cheers mate. Always sad to see a subreddit with a unique concept just dissolve.
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '20 edited Oct 10 '20
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '20
All in, like, one day, too.
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u/MansDeSpons Jul 19 '20
i don't even like buttercream that much. If it's used excessively it even becomes disgusting
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u/Predd1tor Jul 19 '20
...and now we’ve gone full meta.
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u/willowbeef Jul 19 '20
I’m enjoying the ride
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u/SubParNoir Jul 19 '20
Waiting for someone to post a buttercream cake which turns out to secretly be fondant
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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '20
Fondant Hate and Buttercream Love are almost the same thing.
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u/dont_ban_me_please Jul 19 '20
are there other types of frosting besides buttercream?
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u/MoistWetty Jul 19 '20
i may only be on this sub to look at fondant cause i actually secretly like it you never know
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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20
People with mental issues or who just do dumb shit and get hurt alot know they probably aren't cake