Does anyone else dislike dressing their cakes?

[JoanMcWench]

I've always felt like frosting mostly takes away from the flavour of my cake. I know it can accentuate the flavour when done correctly but when I have cake made by others it rarely does. I've found I prefer my cake frosting-less, decoration-less, & adornment-less. If I have to use a frosting it's usually cream cheese based & flavoured with bizarre complimentary herbs & spices.

Does anyone else dislike dressing their cakes?

 

[Pat]

I don't really like to put frosting on my cakes but more because I am just lazy and don't want to do any more work. Also I tend to not cook cakes that need to be dressed. I make the poke cake and other cakes that are more glazed than dressed. I do like the German Chocolate Frosting on the German Chocolate Cake.

 

[winterybella]

I really don't like frosting on my cake. For me it ruins the taste of an otherwise great cake. That has been my experience. However for presentation it can't be "beat". It's so beautiful to look at. I am now getting my baking from scratch going and just for the experience I know I will be doing some frosting and other decorations but it's honestly only for the cameras.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I don't ice cakes at all.

sometimes they get a drizzy such as lemon drizzy cake, but even my Christmas cake does not get iced. I will add almonds in a pattern on the top of the cake, which people fight over (seriously they do to the point that the bottom of the cake now gets the same treatment so the fights are even!), but icing - no.

 

[Caribbean girl]

Cakes that are iced or have patterns on them are very attractive to look at. However, I think putting icing on cake is suitable if the cake is for a celebration like a birthday, an anniversary, or some other kind of special event. Otherwise, I would prefer my cake not being iced. I would say, however, that I do like the taste of icing on cake as long as it is not too heavy or overdone.

 

[Night Train]

I don't.
I like my cakes 'naked' except when it is an integral part of the cake's flavour, as with lemon drizzle.

 

[Arch]

The only cake I'd ice is a chocolate cake, with chocolate buttercream. Oh, and if I ever made carrot cake, it would need a cream cheese icing.

A Victoria sponge would be layered with jam, and dusted with caster sugar.

I leavve Lemon Drizzle to Night Train, who specialises in Lemon Monsoon - like drizzle, only much, much heavier...

 

[elles-belles]

I don't like any icing on my cake either, I suppose for me it is mainly to do with the fact that some of these icings are extremely high in sugar and kills the delicious bit of the cake for me.

I suppose that I don't mind some icings like a chocolate icing on a chocolate cake, but majority of the time if I haven't baked the cake myself I tend to remove any icing a cake might have before I eat it! I also agree with winterybella that most icing is really for show than consumption, although I know a few people who love icing on cakes and would polish it all off.