Baker slammed for making 'distasteful' cake showing planes smashing into the Twin Towers

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://rt.com/news/254129-austria-cake-terror-attacks/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5541119c04d3016016000001&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
An owner of a patisserie in Vienna has shown his dissatisfaction with the Austrian governing coalition by creating a sugary sculpture representing the 9/11 terror attacks, infuriating Austrians.

Thomas Kienbauer, the owner of the Alexander patisserie in Vienna, created an unusual cake that depicts the New York twin towers in the colors of the Social Democrats (SPÖ) and the conservative People’s Party (ÖVP), two parties in the current governing coalition in Austria.

The planes flying into them represent the opposition: the Greens and the right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ). Another plane atop one of the towers, representing the one that crashed into the Pentagon, embodies Austrian liberals.

[immoderate]

1. The question is: Does it have chocolate, -- or not?!

--imm

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. so you would eat that?

[jberryhill]

4. I doubt its appearance has much to do with its flavor

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. it represents death and destruction and sorrow. extremely poor taste

[immoderate]

8. Sliced, on a plate, it gets judged like a piece of cake.

As a sculpture, it's not so great, and as a political statement it makes no sense to me.

Ultimately, the proof of the pudding...

--imm

[Politicalboi]

2. He got it right though

The planes should have been sticking out of the buildings and with more ground debris instead of sinking into them like a hot knife to butter. No ground debris from planes at impact zone in either of the towers.

[11 Bravo]

11. A multi-ton projectile traveling at over 400 mph ...

will not punch part of the way through six inches or so of masonry, and then remain intact and hanging out of the side of a structure.
Fuck me with a rusty rake, sometimes this place makes my head hurt!

[EX500rider]

13. What if my rake's not rusty?!

[frogmarch]

6. I think the cakes are awful,

but I think crucifixes are pretty awful too.

[closeupready]

9. I have an old friend who is a pastry chef.

He has a very successful shop. I'm tempted to share this with him on FB, and see what he thinks.

Personally, it doesn't really bother me. Iconoclastic speech is a timeworn and effective method of protest, and he succeeded, IMO. As far as I know, nobody got hurt, right? YMMV.

[Feron]

10. Reminds me of the BP oil spill cake:

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. wow..I had not seen that one.

*shudder*

[xfundy]

14. There's a place for this cake.

http://www.cakewrecks.com/