Cake Flips

I love cake flips. It's a trend I got into back in 2021 after stumbling upon a rather silly TikTok video. The video depicted people of all sorts attempting cake flips, some successfully, others not so much.

Cake flipping is exactly what it sounds like. You take a cake, whether it's on a plate, platter, or wherever it's being served, and you throw the whole thing into the air, aiming for it to rotate completely before hopefully catching it. Cake, with its association with effort, time, celebration, and joy, makes this activity all the more thrilling. After all, a dropped cake can instantly ruin the occasion. The risk-reward ratio is pretty awful - the risk being no cake or a spoiled party, and the reward being all the glory.

I made a personal vow to flip every cake I make. The first time I attempted this was when I prepared a raw vegan carrot cake for my friend Jess as a surprise for her birthday. She had recently gone vegan, and I wanted to celebrate her love for carrot cake while aligning with her new lifestyle. At the time, she was my roommate, and she walked into the apartment while I was putting the finishing touches on the cake. I quickly told her not to peek as I was up to something. Unaware, she obliged.

After presenting her with the cake, I told her that, unfortunately, the cake had to be flipped in front of her before we could enjoy it. "Hey, here's your present. Hope I'm not about to ruin it." What happened next will shock you!

Jess with her un-ruined cake.

Eating the flipped cake , ceremonially, late at night while projecting Seinfeld. Does anyone know the reference?

Friendsgiving Edition

My next flip was a very exciting one. It was at a Friendsgiving event which was a fingerfood potluck themed night. It was organized by my Philipina friend and everyone had to bring different dishes. I made three dishes all of them were raw. They were a tiramisu cake I made with my friend Em , dolmas with Tzasiki sauce made with Andreas, and a ramens soup made by Jules. Maybe, I’ll show you all the dishes some other time. Anyways, this was before the dessert portion of the evening. I was really pumped.

A secret was that I had a safety cake in the freezer for this particular event. I did not ned it, but I did it all of it by myself over the next week.

My next flip was a very exciting one. It happened at a Friendsgiving event with a finger food potluck theme, organized by my Filipina friend. Everyone was required to bring different dishes, and I contributed three raw dishes. I teamed up with my friend Em to make a tiramisu cake, prepared dolmas with Tzatziki sauce with Andreas, and cooked a ramen soup with Jules. Maybe I'll share the recipes with you another time.

Anyway, this happened before the dessert portion of the evening, and I was really pumped. There was a wonderful event I attended which I will write about in the future! It was a "Cake Show" where everyone had to bring their own cake! I made a watermelon cake, pictured below.... I didn't flip this cake, and I regret it every day.

Traditions used to mean something (unflipped cake).