Sunday
Jul062008
{Bitter}Sweet: A Cake Poll and Cakespy Book Giveaway!
Sunday, July 6, 2008 
It's that time again: our monthly cake poll and giveaway! Our giveaway this month is pretty awesome--the winner will receive a copy of our first ever book--an illustrated collection of Cakespy illustrations entitled {Bitter}Sweet: A Study in Contrasts. Each page has a "sweet" scene (cupcakes acting cute!), contrasted with another "bittersweet" image (cupcakes in peril!) on the accompanying page! It's a sweet collection including 32 pages, packed with illustrations in full color--perfect for any lover of cake, illustration, or, you know, both. Learn more about the book here.
As for the poll? This time, we've got cake on the brain! It must be the time of year--Cakespy's birthday is coming up on August 1--we already have all sorts of birthday cake visions floating in our mind!
CAKE POLL: CAKE PREFERENCES!
- What's the best time of day to eat cake?
- What's your favorite beverage to accompany cake?
- There's a plate of frosted cupcakes--all the same flavor--but frosted in pink, white, yellow, blue, green, and lavender. Which would you reach for first?
- On a sheet cake: Do you prefer and end, middle, or corner piece?
- Cake a la mode (with ice cream on the side): simply perfection, or simply too much?
- Grocery store birthday cakes: guilty pleasure, or simply never?
- Do you like your cake cold, room temperature, or warm?
- When baking a cake or cupcakes, which part of the process do you like best: the baking, or the decorating?
- What kind of cake do you like to make (or eat) for your most special occasions?
How can you put your name in the running? It's easy! All you need to do is this:
- To satisfy our nosy tendencies (we are spies, after all), fill out the above Cake Poll! You can leave your responses in the comment section, or send your responses via email to jessieoleson@gmail.com.
- At 12pm PST on Wednesday, July 9, the Cake Poll will be closed. The winner will be chosen at random, not based on their responses. The prize will then be shipped to the lucky winner within 48 hours, via the most economical method.
- As for our fine print: The results of this poll will be used for entertainment and Cake Gumshoeing purposes only; we may summarize the results of this poll in upcoming posts. Your private information will not be shared with any outside parties. Also, we've elected to leave the cake poll open to all US Territories, Canada and abroad--so even overseas cake enthusiasts can take part!
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Reader Comments (137)
1. All of the times. Seriously. I might have a problem.
2. Milk. Sometimes black tea.
3. Blue
4. Corner. More frosting!
5. Too much.
6. I don't seek it out, but I don't turn it down.
7. Room temp
8. Baking
9. Most of the baking I do ends up going to my husband's family get togethers, and they're big citrus fans...so usually something citrusy.
1. ALL THE TIME!
2. tea
3. lavender!
4. middle, otherwise the frosting-to-cake ratio becomes unpleasant.
5. simply amazing as long as there is not too much frosting.
6. i once had a delicious one...but only once. the others were not so delicious.
7. room temp
8. they both have their charms...but i bake more than i decorate, so baking!
9. ones with alcohol (usually Bailey's), and topped with ice cream!
1. Any time! But I usually eat them during noon - 10pm.
2. Skyjuice - don't want the drink to ruin the taste of cake!
3. Blue!
4. Middle!
5. Cake is usually fine w/o ice cream, but is a treat if there is.
6. NEVER!
7. Warm....mmmm...
8. Decorating! It's fun :)
9. I love yellow buttercake with vanilla frosting! Yummy! Ice-cream cakes are lovely too!!!
1. What's the best time of day to eat cake? I usually eat them at about 11am or 9pm. But I love them at any time of the day :)
2. What's your favorite beverage to accompany cake? Tea
3. There's a plate of frosted cupcakes--all the same flavor--but frosted in pink, white, yellow, blue, green, and lavender. Which would you reach for first? Blue, I just love that color
4. On a sheet cake: Do you prefer and end, middle, or corner piece? End, a bit of crust, but not too much
5. Cake a la mode (with ice cream on the side): simply perfection, or simply too much? Too much, it just gets overly sweet and overpowering
6. Grocery store birthday cakes: guilty pleasure, or simply never? Uhm, I have to admit that I sometimes buy a grocery store one when I'm very busy studying. But the taste of homemade is just way better!
7. Do you like your cake cold, room temperature, or warm? Warm, especially chocolate and fruity cake. Others are yummy at room temperature too.
8. When baking a cake or cupcakes, which part of the process do you like best: the baking, or the decorating? Both! Baking and then eating half of the cuppies while decorating :)
9. What kind of cake do you like to make (or eat) for your most special occasions? I can't help myself around anything chocolate or citrusy...
1.noon and occasionally midnight.
2.soymilk
3.lavender
4.end piece
5.depends on the occasion, but usually too much
6.depends on the grocery store
7.room temperature
8.decorating
9.tres leches cake
I emailed my answers! :0)
1. Anytime! Well, maybe I have a slight preference for in the evening, after dinner, if I have to limit it to just one... But given no limits, cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
2. Perhaps a tasty fruit smoothie, or even a chocolate milkshake for double decadence.
3. Lavender
4. Corner - but only because I don't trust sheet cake to be tasty, and rely on the icing for redemption.
5. Simply perfection!
6. Simply never! Too easy to whip one up, or in a real pinch, it has to be a bakery cake. Never the grocery store!
7. Mmmm, warm cake. The number of times I've made frosting-drenched cake by being too impatient with the frosting process...
8. Decorating, but it's close...
9. I like to match it to the occasion - chocolate is the all-time favourite, though, with a rich ganache to top it off!
CAKE POLL: CAKE PREFERENCES!
Morning is good, b'fast.
Milk
Pink
MMM, corner!
Simply perfection
Simply NEVER
Room temperature
The baking
Carrot, my recipe
1. smack in the middle of the day.
2. cold glass o' soy milk.
3. yellow!
4. middle, please!
5. simply necessary!
6. simply never. ever.
7. room temperature.
8. the decorating--i like getting messy!
9. o for the love of chocolate!
Breakfast time.
Either soymilk or coffee.
Green!
Gimme the corner.
Too much for me.
Never! Bake it yerself.
Room temp.
The decorating.
Princess cake with pink marzipan.
1. Mid-afternoon, when the post-lunch grumbles hit and I can't nap on the job to make them go away..
2. Cold milk.
3. Pink.
4. The middle piece is always so moist and, it seems, a more generous cut...but oh, the corner has so much more frosting.
5. No ice cream, please...soggy cake makes me want to cry.
6. I don't care for the cakes, generally, but the frosting is as guilty pleasure.
7. Room temperature, so the frosting is gooey enough.
8. The baking, definitely. I get excited about decorating, but it's always so much harder.
9. Chocolate with peanut butter frosting.
What's the best time of day to eat cake? I want to say anytime! but I most enjoy cake after dinner so evening.
What's your favorite beverage to accompany cake? Hot black tea!
There's a plate of frosted cupcakes--all the same flavor--but frosted in pink, white, yellow, blue, green, and lavender. Which would you reach for first? Lavender!!! Hands down!
On a sheet cake: Do you prefer and end, middle, or corner piece? Corner! I love the frosting!! :)
Cake a la mode (with ice cream on the side): simply perfection, or simply too much? If it is a good cake it does not need Ice cream.
Grocery store birthday cakes: guilty pleasure, or simply never?
Never! Once you have had bake shope or home made cake you can never go back!
Do you like your cake cold, room temperature, or warm? Room Temperature is best unless it is super chocolate gooy cake.
When baking a cake or cupcakes, which part of the process do you like best: the baking, or the decorating? Decorating!
What kind of cake do you like to make (or eat) for your most special occasions?
German Chocolate or lava cake!
1.Best time to eat cake is after dinner.
2.Coffee, of course.
3.Go for the blue.
4.Give me the corner piece, the more frosting, the better.
5.Cake a la mode, simply perfection.
6.Grocery store birthday cake, simply never.
7.I like my cake at room temperature.
8.Love to decorate.
9.Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate.
1. What's the best time of day to eat cake?
ANYTIME!!!
2. What's your favorite beverage to accompany cake?
coffee
3. There's a plate of frosted cupcakes--all the same flavor--but frosted in pink, white, yellow, blue, green, and lavender. Which would you reach for first?
Blue!!
4. On a sheet cake: Do you prefer and end, middle, or corner piece?
end please
5. Cake a la mode (with ice cream on the side): simply perfection, or simply too much?
too much, I like to enjoy the cake by itself!
6. Grocery store birthday cakes: guilty pleasure, or simply never?
easy and quick!! Sometimes they even have good icing!
7. Do you like your cake cold, room temperature, or warm?
room temp!
8. When baking a cake or cupcakes, which part of the process do you like best: the baking, or the decorating?
I love baking anything! But of course there is fun in decorating!
9. What kind of cake do you like to make (or eat) for your most special occasions?
Red Velvet!
1. ANYTIME, but breakfast is particularly fun.
2. Coffee with cream
3. Pink
4. Corner (hopefully, there's a big frosting rose on it)
5. simply perfection
6. depends on the grocery store, but it can be a guilty pleasure
7. I have found that partially frozen cake is really good.
8. I would rather decorate than the bake.
9. Banana nut cake with chocolate ganache OR good ol' carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
1. What's the best time of day to eat cake? Around 3pm when the perfect combination of stress/boredom/sleepiness/hunger sets in.
2. What's your favorite beverage to accompany cake? Milk
3. There's a plate of frosted cupcakes--all the same flavor--but frosted in pink, white, yellow, blue, green, and lavender. Which would you reach for first? Pink
4. On a sheet cake: Do you prefer and end, middle, or corner piece? Corner
5. Cake a la mode (with ice cream on the side): simply perfection, or simply too much? Too much
6. Grocery store birthday cakes: guilty pleasure, or simply never? Never say never but not very often
7. Do you like your cake cold, room temperature, or warm? Yes
8. When baking a cake or cupcakes, which part of the process do you like best: the baking, or the decorating? Baking
9. What kind of cake do you like to make (or eat) for your most special occasions? I am in equal opportunity cake baker/eater! Any cake is good cake to me. I let my choice be dictated by the recipient of the cake.
1. Evening, especially after the kids are in bed, so I can enjoy my cake in peace.
2. Depends on the cake, but most often milk or coffee with cream.
3. pink
4. end
5. simply too much
6. Used to be a guilty pleasure, but the stores near me right now have unpleasant and lackluster cakes.
7. Room temperature
8. Decorating
9. Dark chocolate with chocolate frosting (not a chocolate buttercream, but something dark and fudgy) or Italian Wedding Cake or Black Forest Cake
or a vanilla cake with strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream.
1. Breakfast! Duh.
2. BIG cold glass of skim milk
3. White.
4. Middle, definitely!
5. Usually too much - the cake gets mushy, and that's not good eats!
6. Depends on the store. Surprisingly, Albertson's had a decent sheet cake. Costco's sheet cakes (sorry!) were a waste of calories, unless you only ate the white cake and rasberry filling and threw out the frosting. Now, if you're talking about Costco's American Chocolate cake, chilled in the fridge overnight, with a big glass of milk...oh baby, oh baby, oh baby.
7. See above. Fudgy chocolate cakes, cold. Normal cakes, room temp.
8. Hmmm...baking. Cleanup is easier! Decorating is very satisfying, though.
9. We love a good fudgy chocolate cake, baked in a bundt pan. (The shape of the pan always makes a nice fudgy ring around the top of the cake. DELICIOUS. Can you tell I like fudgy?
1. Breakfast
2. Milk for chocolatey flavors, otherwise hot tea
3. White
4. Middle
5. Not a fan of the a la mode, more for pie.
6. Secret pleasure!
7. Room temp, please.
8. Baking.
9. Devil's food cake
Anytime!
A cold glass of Milk
Pink
Corner Piece
Simply Perfection
Simply NEVER!
Room Temperature
Definiately the Decorating
European Chocolate Ganache
1. What's the best time of day to eat cake?
Any time, though breakfast with a cup of coffee is great!
2. What's your favorite beverage to accompany cake?
Depends on the type of cake, though coffee is always nice.
3. There's a plate of frosted cupcakes--all the same flavor--but frosted in pink, white, yellow, blue, green, and lavender. Which would you reach for first?
White.
4. On a sheet cake: Do you prefer and end, middle, or corner piece?
Middle! Most likely the part that is baked to perfection or a little on the moist side.
5. Cake a la mode (with ice cream on the side): simply perfection, or simply too much?
Simply WAY too much.
6. Grocery store birthday cakes: guilty pleasure, or simply never?
Simply never.
7. Do you like your cake cold, room temperature, or warm?
It depends on the cake. Chocolate molten cake must be warm. Flourless chocolate cake must be cold. Everything else is good room temp.
8. When baking a cake or cupcakes, which part of the process do you like best: the baking, or the decorating?
Baking, for sure.
9. What kind of cake do you like to make (or eat) for your most special occasions?
My flourless chocolate cake. mmmmm
1. Ummm...now?
2. Shato Farms Skim Milk - delish!
3. Lavender
4. Corner piece, please
5. Simply perfection
6. Simply NEVER? (yeah, i'd eat it if it were sitting in front of me)
7. Warm
8. The Decorating
9. Unadorned Angelfood cake is my birthday treat of choice
Congratulations on the book Jessie! And I just watched your interview. Look at you keepin' it sweet in the heat! : )
And here are my answers too!
1. Anytime is fine by me, but after dinner is always good.
2. Vanilla rice milk or coffee.
3. I think I'd pick the color based on my mood, but maybe lavender.
4. Middle piece.
5. Definitely with ice cream!
6. I don't know that I'd consider them a guilty pleasure, but I've definitely enjoyed quite a few.
7. The temperature depends on if it's frosted or not and the temperature of my beverage. If there is no frosting, like with pound cake and it's cold out and I'm drinking something hot, then warmed is best. If it's frosted with a cold drink, then I like a cold cake.
8. I like them the same, but the decorating is fun.
9. Hmmm. In general, I make special occasion cakes for other people, not myself, so it's their choice not mine. A cake for me is nice and simple usually. I loved my Obama Celebration cake. One layer, chocolate, with a liquor glaze.
What's the best time of day to eat cake?
-Is there a bad time?
What's your favorite beverage to accompany cake?
-Ice cold milk
There's a plate of frosted cupcakes--all the same flavor--but frosted in pink, white, yellow, blue, green, and lavender. Which would you reach for first?
-Pink
On a sheet cake: Do you prefer and end, middle, or corner piece?
-corner
Cake a la mode (with ice cream on the side): simply perfection, or simply too much?
-Perfection
Grocery store birthday cakes: guilty pleasure, or simply never?
-NEVER
Do you like your cake cold, room temperature, or warm?
-Room temp
When baking a cake or cupcakes, which part of the process do you like best: the baking, or the decorating?
-Baking
What kind of cake do you like to make (or eat) for your most special occasions?
-Chocolate chocolate chocolate
What's the best time of day to eat cake?
Anytime, but breakfast is best!
What's your favorite beverage to accompany cake?
Coffee or milk
There's a plate of frosted cupcakes--all the same flavor--but frosted in pink, white, yellow, blue, green, and lavender. Which would you reach for first?
Pink
On a sheet cake: Do you prefer and end, middle, or corner piece?
Middle and rather large
Cake a la mode (with ice cream on the side): simply perfection, or simply too much?
I'd rather just have the cake or the ice cream, but not the two together.
Grocery store birthday cakes: guilty pleasure, or simply never?
I like homemade. Birthday cakes from the store taste like plastic.
Do you like your cake cold, room temperature, or warm?
JUST out of the oven! OMG!
When baking a cake or cupcakes, which part of the process do you like best: the baking, or the decorating?
All of the above! I like the whole process.
What kind of cake do you like to make (or eat) for your most special occasions
Yellow cake with chocolate frosting laced with rainbow fancy gourmet sugar.