Someone had to ask the questions that matter.
A dainty little fork, for most cakes. I make easy cakes not fancy cakes though. Ricotta cake, yogurt cake, pineapple upside down cake. Not so fluffy, more springy. Sort of a cornbread recipe, modified to make different cakes. So often it’s reasonable to cut a wedge and just eat it without a utensil.
A fork works better for most cakes, but it may depend on the exact consistency.
A fork. The spoon is for kids and neanderthals.
Depends on the cake:
Hard to cut with a spoon: fork
Anything else: spoon
Fork of course, i’m not a barbarian.
Is there ice cream on it or in it? Spoon. Otherwise, fork.
This.
Neither. What’s wrong your fingers, not bourgeois enough for you?
For starters, we don’t know what and whose orifices those have been in.
Well I do, they’re my fingers. And I washed them.
I’m not taking the gamble of using other peoples fingers.
I recommend adding dandruff from your hair as seasoning.
Sigh. Another kick in the teeth for us bald folks.
It seems to always be served with a fork but now that you mention it I think a spoon would be better.
This is the opposite of my experience. I find usually, not always, cake comes with a spoon. I prefer a fork.
I’m surprised to hear that. Not sure I’ve ever been given a spoon. Why do you prefer a fork? Doesn’t some fall through?
It doesn’t fall any more than with a spoon, unless we are talking about something extremely crumbly such as thousand layer cake. Which to be fair is also a pain to eat with a spoon, or any kind of cutlery. I find the flat profile of the fork is excellent to cut a small portion of the cake away without upsetting the rest of the cake structure. I can’t say the same about the curve of the spoon, which forces a scooping motion that often messes up the cake. I also find that the curved edge of the spoon makes it difficult to lift any crumbs from a flat plate surface. If I can’t lift crumbs with the fork’s edge, I can always press them down flat between the prongs and lift them. The curved shape of the spoon doesn’t allow for this. Finally, I prefer how the fork feels in my mouth as opposed to the spoon.
So, these are my reasons for preferring a fork over a spoon when eating cake. Interesting to see people making a case for the opposite, but hey that’s exactly what I wanted to know.
Edit: clarification on first sentence
On a ddg image search, most images that include cutlery include a fork. Only a few include a spoon.
https://noai.duckduckgo.com/?q=cake+slice+on+a+plate&iar=images&t=ffit
I’ll show this to the staff in the places I frequent next time they give me a spoon with my cake order, thanks
Depends on the cake. For most cake, either will do, but I prefer a fork. For tres leches ice cream cake, or similar cakes, spoon.
This question is why some overly clever and yet still useless fellow invented the spork.
Though, the answer for me is simple. Is Icencream involved? Spoon. No ice cream? Fork.
Yes. Eating it with a knife is just too dangerous and uncomfortable.
You’re just skipping over the obvious choice of chopsticks, I see.
Spoon keeps more of the cake on it.
Why not combine both, spork, best of both world.
Blasphemer! The followers of the almighty Foon will erase your heretical nonsense from the earth. Foon commandss you to worship no other utensil but it.
Why not combine both, Fospork, best of both world.
I don’t think I’ve ever eaten cake with a spoon before, sooo… I’m gonna go fork, myself.
Save the spoon for your significant other.
Regular cake? A fork.
Ice cream cake? Spoon.
You already know where I’m going with this, time to upgrade your woodwear homie!
lol
My sister has some blank utensil things (wood blocks meant to be made into spoons and forks). Imma send her this and tell her to make it 🤣
I call it the Kitchen Weapon, and yes the cross section is just press fit, easy to disassemble for actual use believe it or not.
Feel free to copy the design, I just made it on a whim to hang over the kitchen sink.
Sporknife.
Hey, when you see cake, come prepared…
Sporfe
