Many people believe that the “rice cake” shouldn’t be called a “cake.” “Whoever it was that invented rice cakes doesn’t understand what a cake is” was posted on Twitter by Tim Burdon on August 11, 2012. “Whoever invented rice cakes knows nothing about cakes and must have grown up in a terrible, cakeless home” was posted on Twitter by Alli Lahiff on March 2, 2013.

“Whoever invented the rice cake had a pretty loose concept of ‘cake’” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on June 14, 2021.

“Rice cakes have no right calling themselves ‘cake’ at all” is a related saying.


Wikipedia: Rice cake
A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object that has also been sweetened. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten, and are particularly prevalent in Asia. Common variations include cakes made with rice flour, those made from ground rice, and those made from whole grains of rice compressed together or combined with some other binding substance.

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Tim Burdon
@timburdon
Replying to @MichaelRosenYes
@MichaelRosenYes Whoever it was that invented rice cakes doesn’t understand what a cake is.
1:45 PM · Aug 11, 2012·Twitter Web Client

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Alli Lahiff
@Alli_Lahiff
Whoever invented rice cakes knows nothing about cakes and must have grown up in a terrible, cakeless home.
9:26 PM · Mar 2, 2013·Twitter Web Client

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Jud
@southerndvst8
Who ever invented rice cakes obviously doesn’t know anything about cake #FatGuyStatus
10:45 PM · Jan 19, 2016·TweetCaster for Android

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drellen
@nellefant
Rice cakes are perhaps the most cynically disappointing introduction to the concept of “cake” for toddlers
11:16 AM · Oct 2, 2017·erased12037011

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Drakon Shard
@DrakonShard
Asians clearly didn’t understand what cake was when we invented rice cakes
11:20 PM · Feb 15, 2018·Twitter for iPhone

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Pete Carrier (35.9°C)
@carrier_pete
Replying to @MerielMyers
Who ever invented rice cakes had never had actual cakes. So sad.
1:26 AM · Mar 22, 2021·Twitter for Android

Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/SayLittleDoMuch June 14, 2021
Whoever invented the rice cake had a pretty loose concept of “cake”.
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CalypsoTheKitty
Better than the guy who invented the urinal cake…

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shower thoughts
@thinking2015
Whoever invented the rice cake had a pretty loose concept of “cake”. #thinkaboutit
10:25 PM · Jun 14, 2021·IFTTT

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WHAT IS A PLANET
@WHATISAPLANET
Whoever invented the rice cake had a pretty loose concept of “cake”.
3:34 AM · Jun 15, 2021·IFTTT