Facebook rejects king cake ad due to plastic babies’ “excessive nudity”
King Cake Snob is an annual contest tied to Mardi Gras in which people upload photos of their favorite King Cakes for…
Last Call: Mardi Gras King Cake ice cream and Ricky Jay
Now that New Year’s Eve is behind us, it’s time to look ahead to the next celebratory event: Not to worry, Mardi Gras…
Everything I've learned as a yule log obsessive
Seven years ago, I starting baking yule logs around Christmas time. I enlisted the help of my friend and baking…
Mom decorates birthday cake with pegasus accidentally hung like a…
I’m sure this was delicious.
FDA: So, uhh, about that “edible” glitter
I’m going to type this out, and it’s going to look so straightforward as to be downright condescending, but please,…
How to run a cakewalk that takes the cake
If you’re not sure what a cakewalk is, you’re not alone: I once sat on neighborhood board that wanted to include the…
Sad excuse for birthday cake, or late 20th-century minimalist art?
As fans of the Netflix baking series Nailed It!, we know cakes don’t always turn out as they look in the cookbook. And…
Fruit Soda Dump Cake may fit the bill if you’re having a crumble emergency
I know a popular online credo is “Don’t read the comments,” but I can’t help it: I always read the comments. Especially …
What is red velvet cake, really?
The combination of vivid red and pristine white icing is certainly striking inside a bakery case, but I’ve never been…
Can anybody find meeeeeee... a slice of this Freddie Mercury cake?
Christine McConnell, an author, artist, baker, photographer, and the star of the upcoming Netflix series The Curious…
Is Kelly Ripa’s gigantic PB&J birthday cake a sandwich?
There are concepts that intrigue us here at The Takeout. Is there such a thing as too much pepperoni on a pizza? Do we…
So... best cake?
Actress Chelsea Peretti’s preferred technique of eating cake—by carefully avoiding the frosting in favor of an…
Funfetti: An investigation
“What is Funfetti, really?” I asked myself during a recent iteration of Deep Thoughts With Kate Bernot. On a Tuesday…
Tom Brady got a giant birthday cake he can't even eat
My friend Julie and I have a game we play—or played, before we both gave up watching football—every time the New…
Baker cuts into lifelike animal cakes, people freak out
Granted, maybe we’re a little slow. But this seems to be pretty clear: You make a cake, and it’s meant to be eaten.…
Peeled carrot cake is a delicious mistake
From the moment I was old enough to form and vocalize opinions, I was stridently anti-vegetables. I took issue with…
Try to contain the excitement of Camilla’s royal birthday cake
There is a great deal one could say about the cake you will find pictured below this humble paragraph. One could say…
Argentinian official apologizes for eating Jesus cake with red velvet stigmata
The Argentinian Culture Minister has issued a mea culpa after eating a piece of cake at an art exhibition in Buenos…
Go ahead, try and unsee this life-sized Harry and Meghan, rendered in cake
What do you do get when you take 33 pounds each of eggs, sugar, flour, buttercream, and butter, 44 pounds of modeling…