Ace of Cakes Can Suck It

I can't handle the fact that Ace of Cakes is on the Food Network. Even more upsetting is the fact that my boyfriend makes me watch it in bed every night before I fall asleep. It should be noted that I majored in art in college and am a great lover of all things cake. That's why it hurts me to watch Duff take a such a tremendous crap on worlds of art and baking. He puts fondant on a piece of Styrofoam and calls it a cake. That might even be okay if the end result wasn't disproportionate and poorly executed, but it always ends up as a crappy cartoon knock off. What kid wants a misshapen flamingo made of metal rods and modeling chocolate for his birthday?! Duff, if you are out there I want you to reach inside yourself and answer these questions before you finish your next cake: What flavor is the cake? Is the cake made with edible materials? What good is an ugly cake you can't eat?   

Comments

[Sam]

WOW, all I can say is WOW! :)

[Kim]

Ummm...how do you REALLY feel?

Lol! :o)

[keithcakes]

I could not agree with you MORE!!! UGH he's a disgrace!

oh and that pic..in the words of rachel ray (sorry can't stand) YUMMERS!

[ohbearly]

LOL I agree. Love the decorating but after paying his price, I expect cake! Silly me.

[RJ March]

Uhm, fuck cake-- I'll have what you're having (or grabbin');)

[george]

i's about time someone said it. How did that show get so popular? There's so little food in it.

[Bloghungry]

The food is slowly being taken out of the Food Network. Recipes are to the Food Network what music videos were to Mtv in the 90's. In 5-10 years all that will be left are travel shows and reality competitions.

[dutchess]

Maybe he should swap the fondant for crepe paper and start making pinatas instead.

Just a suggestion....

[too]

what's that you're holding? snack food? bitch, get over yourself.

[Sam]

I'd like some snack food.

[Lloyd]

Ace of cakes is terrible. Those cake decorating challenges are lame too. What about demoing recipes or techniqes for creating cakes?

[iboy]

nice!

[tallfreak]

Nice pic! Mmm.. :)

[meghan woeppel]

Oh no.
For the first time, I must say I disagree. I think he's pretty good.
I do agree that the majority should be edible & not styrofoam but I think he's fun & kitchy, not to mention, I think he's a cutie patootie.
Oh well, like my grandpop used to say about opinions...to each his own.
I still love your blog & just think you are darn right too cute!

[Stephanie]

I would have to say i disagree..ive watched his show religiously for the past year or so..and I love it..you are right that sometimes he just puts fondant on styrofoam...but as long as the end result comes out looking amazing who cares..his cakes really arent for eating anyway..they are for display

[jackson]

I'm with you BH. Why make a cake that's not for eating. Charm City is tired.

[Cake or nothing]

I love when he uses rice crispy squares instead of cake. That is cheating. You would never see Colette Peters do that. He is a social retard too. Oh no one can come by my bakery while we are icing the rice crispy squares, what a total asshole that guy is.

[kyle]

what a nice hand :)

[booboo bunny]

Sweet Jesus, he's just making some cakes in the shapes that people are asking for. Looks to me like its kind of hard to form cake into all those shapes. You all are truly a bunch of "haters". Are you REALLY b#%@*ing over cake?! Get over it. As for the original poster of this thread, "My boyfriend makes me watch it"...haha If that is worthy of all this ranting, you got more things to worry about than a TV show.

Did you even WATCH the episode? He wasn't trying to make that flamingo a cake, it was a sculpture. SCULPTURE.

I can understand if you don't like the other cakes, but at least don't use the ONE episode that isn't about cakes as your example.

[Annie]

I love Ace of Cakes. Geoff is cute as a button. They are all very talented!

[Jen]

I don't get the Ace of Cake's hype either. Food Network is really taking the food out of the network. I guess Duff's show is for people who don't cook to look at a bunch of Gen-Xers have fun with fondant. It's not for me either.

[shelle-n-bmore]

firstly everyone is entitled to their opinion,with that said here's mine..don't knock a mother fucker for doing what he wants to do and he's getting paid and he & his friends are having fun while making people happy, so what you're saying doesn't mean shit.If YOU don't care for part of YOUR cake being styrofoam, fine then don't get a charm city cake.It's 2008 and we have hundreds of cable channels so to all of you who have negative views of the food network or this particular program SO WHAT change the fucking channel its really that simple.as for the blogger get the fuck over it, if all it takes is putting up with a half hour program that your S.O. likes or loves for you to have some peace in your home at night and make him happy WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL? FIND ANOTHER WAY TO COPE WITH THE HORROR THAT IS ACE OF CAKES!PUH-LEEZE!!!!!!!!!

[Josh]

Why are you people so heated about a t.v. show? Is it the cast of Charm City writing in?

[agent99]

I am watching this horrid show as we speak.
They work on desks in the middle of an office setting, which is not clean, they use their hands, not gloves, for everything. They are rolling this fondant around with their hands and people eat this stuff? no way! This is not baking or cooking. It is the equivalent of working with clay and takes no expertise. Lets not even start to talk about the cake itself. Gimme a break. These people are breathing and talking and wiping their noses and answering the phones and then rubbing the entire cake - gross!
this show is a joke.
it has to be for aesthetics only.