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Why It’s Unsettling That Anything Could Be Cake, According to Science - Smithsonian
Psychologists explain why the disconnect between expectations and reality is both amusing and uncomfortable
This week on social media, all bets were off: anything might’ve been cake.
Cut off the end of a red Croc shoe? It’s center is white cake with pink frosting. What about a pickle? Chocolate cake. Toilet paper roll? Layers of hot pink and white cake. People responded by testing their own household objects, slicing into everything from tissue boxes to newspapers to prove that they weren’t cake.
The trend started when Buzzfeed’s Tasty shared a video compilation of hyper-realistic cakes created by Turkish baker Tuba Geckil, Taylor Lorenz reports for the New York Times. Geckil first shared the videos of the cakes being cut into slices on her Instagram.
Psychologists explain why the disconnect between expectations and reality is both amusing and uncomfortable
This week on social media, all bets were off: anything might’ve been cake.
Cut off the end of a red Croc shoe? It’s center is white cake with pink frosting. What about a pickle? Chocolate cake. Toilet paper roll? Layers of hot pink and white cake. People responded by testing their own household objects, slicing into everything from tissue boxes to newspapers to prove that they weren’t cake.
The trend started when Buzzfeed’s Tasty shared a video compilation of hyper-realistic cakes created by Turkish baker Tuba Geckil, Taylor Lorenz reports for the New York Times. Geckil first shared the videos of the cakes being cut into slices on her Instagram.