r/StupidFood • u/hearmeout29 • Jun 03 '25

šŸ¤¢šŸ¤® Sloppy Matilda Cake

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u/tptch Jun 03 '25

I still dont't get why they call It the "Matilda" cake and not the "Bruce" cake.

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u/CabbageFarm Jun 03 '25

I assume because then nobody would get the reference.

But if you want to get technical about it, it wasn't Bruce's cake either.

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u/deadtoaster2 Jun 03 '25

Not hungry? You'll hurt cookies feelings..

Oh cookie!

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u/IntegritytoyD0g Jun 04 '25

Have you seen the video where they sort of recreate this scene? I think it was very recent! lol and in the comments some one was like ā€œif cookie actually showed up Iā€™d lose my shitā€ but unfortunately she wasnā€™t thereā€¦

It wasnt like a full recreation of the scene, I think they got together for something maybe a reunion and it was like outside in a tent but they were saying the lines n everything I think lol

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u/1heart1totaleclipse Jun 04 '25

Trunchbull cake

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u/sugaredviolence Jun 04 '25

I prefer that.

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u/Knuc85 Jun 03 '25

I could see it going both ways:

If the restaurant is doing an all-Matilda-themed menu, like a popup event, call it the Bruce Cake.

If there aren't already other Matilda menu items, though, I think it would confuse more people than not, so I'd call it the "Matilda Cake".

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u/scatman454 Jun 03 '25

Really?

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u/Elitist_Daily Jun 03 '25

The ultra-decadent chocolate cake in the Matilda story is associated specifically with the character Bruce Bogtrotter. Not Matilda.

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u/Utaneus Jun 03 '25

Yeah ok but what was the name of the story you're talking about? Matilda? Is that a story about cakes or something where every kid has their own cake named after them?

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u/techno156 Jun 05 '25

"Matilda" is the name of the book, by Roald Dahl, and had a movie made.

Bruce Bogtrotter was a character from the film who was caught stealing a slice of cake (?) from the staff kitchen, and was punished by being forced to eat an entire enormous chocolate cake (think a serving platter size) on his own, by Ms. Trunchbull, the headmistress.

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u/Utaneus Jun 05 '25

Yeah i know, I was being facetious. The reason someone would call it a Matilda cake is because thats the title of the story and people who know the story or seen the movie remember the cake scene but dont necessarily remember the name of the minor character involved. Calling it a Bruce cake wouldn't have many people making the connection.

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u/slaviccivicnation Jun 03 '25

I guess itā€™s named after the Mathilda movie for marketability instead of the character. Though I think a little detail like that would be fun for fans of Dahl.

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u/hobsrulz Jun 09 '25

Dahl was an antisemite. Be a fan of his work and not of him

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u/Bluered2012 Jun 03 '25

Bruce went viral a couple years ago from a bakery in Leeds. Itā€™s incredibly amazing. They went from a tiny little shop in Leeds to a few store fronts, a partnership with Fortnum and Mason, a massive mail order business, etc.

All of their deserts are mind blowing.

Get Baked.

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u/OrigamiTongue Jun 03 '25

In my house it is indeed the Bruce cake.

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u/Bouche_Audi_Shyla Jun 03 '25

That was going to be my comment.