I've never been a cake for breakfast person unless you count pancakes as cakes. In a recent post by Cakespy (who I can't help but adore due to my love of cupcakes), she makes a strong case for eating cake in the morning. By writing about this, I am not advocating cake as a daily breakfast treat, but rather as an extra special morning indulgence.
Cakespy gives many slices of information on why cake for breakfast can be good. Here is one of my favorites: "You can't deprive yourself all of the time. If you wake up craving cake and instead eat something virtuous like oatmeal, it's likely that you'll still be craving the cake all day. This will undoubtedly lead to idly munching various non-cake items throughout the day in an effort to fill the void. Really, you should have just had the cake. So have it!"
You'll have to read her post to get the rest!
What is your favorite time of day to eat cake?
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7-22-2008 @ 9:27AM
RedShirt said...
Is it OK to eat cake for breakfast? Sure, its called a muffin.
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7-22-2008 @ 9:41AM
cmhclaudia said...
there is nothing better than left-over cake with lots of icing to start your day!
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7-22-2008 @ 9:43AM
mademarian said...
Really, what an awfull pink cake!
Looks as if you did this shoot with a hangover, not up to cakespy's usually high standard.
Send on the chocolate ganache cake for breakfast rather.
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7-22-2008 @ 10:21AM
Bear Silber said...
I love Caskespy. I had a custom piece commissioned for me. You can check it out here: http://flickr.com/photos/cakespy/2403941802/
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7-22-2008 @ 11:53AM
Scott said...
Dad is great!
Give us the chocolate cake!
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7-22-2008 @ 12:50PM
Melissa A. said...
I eat what I want, when I want because I'm an adult :P But yes, cake for breakfast if I happen to have it around. It's more of a weekend thing. I used to do it a lot when I was still living with my parents. I'd always get ice cream cake but no one else really wanted any.
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7-22-2008 @ 1:55PM
kasey said...
How can anyone criticize cake?!? It's so cute and girly! How fun! And I love the star sprinkles. Yum!
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7-22-2008 @ 2:44PM
Bear Silber said...
"The first one down was the four-year-old. The child looked lovely. Cute little face, clean. Hair in little braids, little things, you know. "Good morn', Daddy." And I said, "What do you want for breakfast!?" The four-year-old has the ability to see through and find the wrong thing. The child saw through my body what was behind me. She saw the chocolate cake. She said, "Can I have the chocolate cake?" And I said, "Chocolate cake, where?" She said, "Chocolate cake behind you." And I looked... and there was chocolate cake! The child wanted chocolate cake for breakfast! How ridiculous! And I said... and someone in my brain looked under chocolate cake and saw the ingredients: eggs! Eggs are in chocolate cake! And milk! Oh goody! And wheat! That's nutrition! "What do you want?" "Can I have some chocolate cake?" "Chocolate cake coming up." - Bill Cosby
http://www.icomedytv.com/Comedies/StandUpComedy/tabid/484/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/975/Default.aspx
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7-22-2008 @ 4:31PM
Sara said...
My favorite breakfast. :)
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7-23-2008 @ 3:56AM
SaraFist said...
I was thinking to myself, "Didn't Bill Cosby already rationalize this for us?" too. "Eggs, milk, butter, etc." leads to "Dad is great, he makes us chocolate cake!"
My mom and I used to use the same rationale to eat custard and pumpkin pie for breakfast.
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7-23-2008 @ 10:00AM
Baron said...
It's 9AM (actually, it really is, weird) and I certainly know where your cake is... It is in my belly.
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7-23-2008 @ 1:26PM
Cakespy said...
It's worth mentioning that we did in fact eat those cake slices (which were miniature, about the size of one's thumb) at breakfast the morning after taking the photos. Thank you Stefani for noticing the ode to what we consider the ultimate breakfast treat!
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