The Cake Debate.....

I have to add my pet peeve which is the UK Elmea whipped cream product.... you whip it.. it's stiff, it holds up well... but it tastes like eating uncooked Crisco.... ugh...  it's hydrogenated fat and so gross.... 

It's rank.  

Once I asked my husband to get me some cream and he came back w/that trans-fat nightmare.

Eeeewww.

I poured it down the drain.

Now you see, I have a dollop of that Elmlea in my coffee every morning. The lighter version. I suppose I'm really not doing myself much good then?

Probably not.. but can I suggest Sainsbury's Good for you cream instead?  Cait introduced me to it and it's lovely!

My husband puts cream, custard or ice cream on any dessert, given the chance. And we love gravy too.
Then there are the various types of cream: tinned, fresh, whipping, clotted and evaporated milk which I always dismissed as gross but its not bad.

This thread made me have a dream about cake last night.  Okay, maybe I just wanted cake, but I'm still blaming this thread!   

I prefer US cakes (yes, more moist), and I don't want anything with it.  I absolutely hate soggy cake, so no ice cream because it melts, no cream... nothing, just cake.  Although on other desserts I do like cream or sometimes even custard. 

Cream and I are not friends. I don't like cream on any desserts ... maybe if it's whipped and slightly sweetened, but never just poured on. It makes me feel sick ... it's so slimy.

Custard, on the other hand, is a friend of mine whenever I buy a cake instead of baking one myself. As people have been saying, cakes here are really dry and it's hard to get them down without something to help - custard is my preference. My fiance will drown just about every dessert in custard ... even eats it plain. Ick.

do brits just not drink enough water? Or do they have too much salt? DH seems to need a "sauce" on all his foods - dinner or dessert, I cannot make a lot of the food I like b/c he needs a sauce! drives me nuts! However, I did try cream with cheesecake and am guilty to say i liked it    So cream does taste good, but only when the dessert is too sweet. Otherwise, now I am craving cake!