Tasty's "These Are All Cakes" Video

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Tasty's "These Are All Cakes" Video refers to a viral video tweeted by Buzzfeed's cooking vertical Tasty that shows numerous cakes decorated to look like everyday objects being cut into. As the video spread, it was parodied in numerous ways on Twitter.

Origin

On July 8th, 2020, Tasty tweeted a video showing numerous cakes decorated to look like everyday objects being cut into. The video gained over 81,000 retweets and 171,000 likes (shown below).

These Are All Cakes pic.twitter.com/ejArkJHaid
— Tasty (@tasty) July 8, 2020

Spread

As the video spread, users joked about it in numerous ways. Some noted that the cakes were primarily made out of fondant, a generally less-tasty sculpting icing used to pull off the effect. Twitter user @BATHSmusic^[1] tweeted, "You serve me an 80% fondant cake, you're going to hell," gaining over 7,000 retweets and 36,000 likes (shown below, left). User @chiropteracore^[2] tweeted, "i fucking hate fondant. it always for shit like this. it’s fucking disgusting. it’s just edible play dough. i hate fondant with a burning passion. fuck fondant" (shown below, right).

Will Wiesenfeld @BATHSmusic you serve me an 80% fondant cake you going to hell TASTE Tasty @tasty · Jul 8 These Are All Cakes OREA 3:51 13.5M views O @redrosecake_tubageckil 12:36 PM · Jul 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

βΔT🦇 Team Spice @ChiropteraCore · Jul 9 i f------ hate fondant. it always for s--- like this. it’s f------ disgusting. it’s just edible play dough. i hate fondant with a burning passion. f--- fondant Quote Tweet Tasty @tasty · Jul 8 These Are All Cakes

Others joked about the implication of an existential reality where all everyday objects could actually be cake. For example, Twitter user @TheAndrewNadeu^[3] joked, "The year is 2030. Bakery art is so realistic, literally anything could be cake. The uncertainty has gripped the world in fear. I go to hug my wife for comfort. She is cake," gaining over 31,000 retweets and 200,000 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @blainecapatch^[4] joked about if Ghislaine Maxwell was made of cake, gaining over 350 retweets and 4,200 likes (shown below, right).

MehGyver @TheAndrewNadeau The year is 2030. Bakery art is so realistic, literally anything could be cake. The uncertainty has gripped the world in fear. I go to hug my wife for comfort. She is cake. 7:03 PM · Jul 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone >

blaine capatch @blainecapatch what if they go into ghislaine's cell to kill her and she's a cake 8:32 PM · Jul 9, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Twitter user @momonahan parodied the video by cutting into an actual tissue box, gaining over 41,000 retweets and 200,000 likes (shown below).

unbelievable cake pic.twitter.com/R2IkHmcYmA
— maureen monahan (@momonahan) July 9, 2020

Various Examples

PlayStation UK @PlayStationUK AOXO Please do not stab your PS4 to check if it's a cake TASI Tasty @tasty · Jul 8 These Are All Cakes 3:51 13.7M views O aredrosecake_tubageckil 10:20 AM · Jul 10, 2020 · Twitter Web App >

G) GameSpot @GameSpot The Croc is a lie (TASTE Tasty @tasty · • Jul 8 These Are All Cakes 3:50 13.8M views O@redrosecake_tubageckil 5:20 AM · Jul 10, 2020 · Twitter Web App

Pundamentalism @Pundamentalism Spending the day hacking all my furniture to pieces in case it's cake. TASTE Tasty @tasty · Jul 8 These Are All Cakes IKEA 3:51 13.8M views O @redrosecake_tubageckil) 10:50 AM · Jul 10, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

uncut gin @ThatguyDavy this has made me begin to question the nature of our reality. am i a cake? are we all cakes? in an eternal expanding universe that might as well be a bakery? (TASTE Tasty @tasty · • Jul 8 These Are All Cakes 3:49 13.8M views aredrosecake tubagecki 2:36 AM · Jul 10, 2020 · Twitter for Android

Finn @thegoblinpoet im in this guy's house. it's hell on earth. please send help. try to get a drink of water, but the tap is made of cheesecake. go to pack my bags and leave but my clothes are now cupcakes. "these are all cakes" I s--, grabbing handfuls of the red velvet cake carpet (TASTE Tasty @tasty · Jul 8 These Are All Cakes

Brock Wilbur @brockwilbur *looks at my cat* "You would tell me if you were cake right?" *cat doesn't move; my suspicions rise* (TASE Tasty @tasty · Jul 8 These Are All Cakes IKEA 3:50 13.8M views O@redrosecake_tubageckil 9:08 AM · Jul 9, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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External References

^[1] Twitter – BATHSmusic

^[2] Twitter – ChriopteraCore

^[3] Twitter – TheAndrewNadeau

^[4] Twitter – blainecapatch

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