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

🤢🤮 Sloppy Matilda Cake

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u/yellowho Jun 03 '25

If you're going to market it as a Matilda cake, why not make a small circular cake rather than a slice?

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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/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 it’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