I remember when i was job hunting there was an HEB about 2 minutes from my house (kind of like a small walmart). Anyway the bakery section was hiring and I thought, oh wow, I'm a shoe in for this! no contest! and took them some photos of some of my cupcake bouquets. I never got a call back. I ran into one of the men who worked at the bakery, and he told me the manager said they wouldnt hire me cos my skills "were too good." HUH? something about they were all about "speed" and not so much about making a gorgeous cake.
I dont think Im a cake snob. There is cake I like and cake I dont. I dont like Wal-Mart or Pricecutters cakes. They are very dry and the icing they use is nasty. Ive had a slice of wedding cake from a VERY popular bakery in the city that was horrid. The cake looked beautiful but it tasted terrible. And Ive told the story about the entire 5 tier wedding cake that was thrown out because none of the guests would eat it. Also from a very upscale bakery. I used to have a guy on my FB page who bragged about his recent wedding and how theyd gone allllllll out on everything. I listened to his drivel for months and then finally the big day came and went and he finally posted pictures of the event. The wedding cake was so freaking ugly. Theyd gone to one of the premier bakeries in the city. The border was falling off of one tier, the icing was amazingly smooth though but it looked like theyd run out of buttercream to ice the entire cake so they tried to mix up more and it wasnt exactly the same color. BTDT. But on a 4 tier stacked cake it looks REALLY bad. So fancy pants bakery doesnt always = perfection. There used to be a thread on here about Charm City Cakes and how terrible they tasted.
Ill always gladly accept and eat a piece of cake served to me at a party and not make some snotty, inappropriate comment about how I could do better to whoever is sitting close to me (even if it were true). And while Ive thought about handing over one of my business cards to the mom standing at the Wal-Mart bakery counter ordering her kids b-day cake Id never actually do it. A $14.00 Wal-Mart sheet cake may be all she can afford and how embarrassed would she be if I put her on the spot like that. Even though their cakes may not be as good or as pretty as mine (according to me) they arent crap on a plate. I grew up on those cakes. They were good enough for me when I was a kid.
For my MILs birthday in February I decided to throw together a b-day party for her. I didnt have time to make her a cake so I ran to Dillons and bought her a tray of cupcakes. They were simple airbrushed with some curly ribbon thrown on the top of the center cuppie. I felt bad giving her those cupcakes. Like I was giving her junk. Surprise surprise though, those cupcakes were AWESOME. The chocolate cake was super moist and the icing they used was amazing. It was like fresh whipped cream. We were all shocked at how good they were. And cheap, with tax it came out to a little over a dollar a cupcake. My family liked them so much my dd has requested a cake from there for her birthday. I have no problem buying it for her either.
Be careful about making comments about other peoples caking skills during the party. My dh and I were forced to watch the wedding video of a friends daughters wedding. When they got to the cake my hubby looked over at me and said you could have done better and winked. Just something nice to me to brag on me a little, not meant in a hateful way at all. Unbeknownst to us the cake lady was sitting right there behind us 
She didnt hold back either, wanted to know exactly what I could have done better with that cake. We apologized, explained I made cakes too and it was just his way of building me up. But really there was no salvaging that slip. She stayed mad and the rest of the night was weird and awkward. I was so happy to get out of there. Never again will I talk about someone elses cake while at the party. Ill wait until I get into the car. Then I'll trash it to bits 
I don't think any of you gals calling yourselves cake snobs is a bad thing either. I don't think you are all a bunch of jerks There are things that I am snobby about but cake isn't one of them. Now toilet paper...
I am a cake snob and proud of it. 
I go to the bakery department and critique the quality of the work because it sucks most of the time. I'm not saying that they can't do a nice cake, but most of the places around here can't. My son gets SO tired of me doing that. But, if you don't want your cake talked badly about, decorate it right and be proud of what you did.
I gotta be honest - those grocery store gals do stuff i can't do - like pipe a billion roses. i don't decorate my cakes that way. in fact, i have an order for a wedding cake and she wants a buttercream rose on top. i told her i'll try but no promises - it'll probably be a fondant rose!
i am a cake snob and do consider my palate refined when it comes to cake, much as i consider myself a wine snob. but that doesn't stop me from eating an orange hostess cupcake or drinking wine out of a box every once in a while 
jen
Whats sad as I have passed it on to my whole family! I was at the store with my 2 year old and he saw the display of horribly decorated cakes and asked what they were! LOL I told him cakes and he said "they not look like cakes"
That is the cutest thing I have ever heard! Love it!
I recently went to a baby shower where they had a cake from a local grocery store. Now I have heard people rave about this grocery store's cakes and say that they didn't taste like a grocery store cake and were sooooo much better than getting a cake at a high-end bakery because they are so much cheaper and still taste amazing. I was curious to try it and see if they were right. This cake was a white cake with raspberry filling and "cream cheese" frosting (It had to be the faux cream cheese stuff.) So after slicing it up for everyone, (I always get this job even if I didn't bring the cake) I took a slice.
YUCK. The frosting was just weird, not cream cheesy at all and icky sweet, the cake tasted like sweet cardboard, and the filling was just raspberry goop. I could not believe all the raving I had heard about how good their cake was. I ate it and I think mumbled something about it being good, just to be polite. But that was some nasty stuff. 
..........YUCK. The frosting was just weird, not cream cheesy at all and icky sweet, the cake tasted like sweet cardboard, and the filling was just raspberry goop. I could not believe all the raving I had heard about how good their cake was. I ate it and I think mumbled something about it being good, just to be polite. But that was some nasty stuff.
This cracked me up! I can just imagine taking a bite and wanting to choke or spit but having to swallow it whole....
I had wedding cake last year that was TERRIBLE! It was so dry, tasteless and not sweet. The ganache was bitter and the icing just tasted like greasy sugar. Don't get me wrong, I don't have much of a sweet tooth and I don't like ANY thing that has a lot of sugar in it, it was just bad...heavy, and just tasteless...except for a faint taste of flour and play-doh.I happened to be sitting at a table with 3 other couple's who wedding cakes I made and I had to keep hushing them and my husband because they were all talking badly of it. One guy kept saying, "Where is the love? There is no love in this cake!" lol
My sister is a HUGE cake snob now, and she is totally NOT the person that you would think would be a cake snob!
I made her sons (my nephews) 9th birthday cake (Phineus and Ferb themed) and he had his party at Boomers, which is like a Family Fun Center place. There were a ton of other parties going on and Brad's cake was the only custom cake there. My sister said "Ugh... it smells like store bought cake in here..." I was hysterical!! Since when did she start hating store bought cakes?!
I think I'm guilty of turning my 3 and 4 year old children into cake snobs. The other day I had some leftover batter and made a small 6 inch cake, covered it in ganache and then added some royal icing daffodils to the top and a yellow bead border on the bottom. Mind you, this was extra batter and not a cake I was intending to make. My daughter said, "Ohhh pretty flowers, mom. But it needs something on the sides. It's empty there". LOL!
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