[g9yuayon]

> your sense of sweetness adjusts to it

Speaking of this, what has always been puzzling to me is that the US bakery has so much sugar in it, to the point that even the smell of the bakery screams too much sweetness. In contrast, European and Hong Kong/Taiwan bakeries use much less sugar, or at least their cakes taste so.

[giantg2]

I tend to bake my own stuff. I can't stand all the sugar in most grocery/bakery stuff here (US). People have asked what kind of cake I like so they can buy one for my birthday, but it's kind of a dick move to be like "I only like homemade cakes".

[seanmcdirmid]

I find Mainland Chinese cake to be incredibly sweet, way too sweet for me, and I don't think this is just a mainland baker phenomena. Sponge cake with whip cream can hardly be healthy for you.

[slothtrop]

In many parts of Asia they instead use sugar in other things, like meat dishes. Thailand for instance.

[Tokkemon]

Because it tastes good.

[sdfghswe]

That's too blanked. It tastes _sweet_ and you're _used_ to sweetness in bread.

I love and eat a lot of candy of all types, but I don't want my actual food to taste sweet since I'm not used to it. Because of that sugar in bread doesn't taste good to me, just sweet.

[lm28469]

It tastes good because it's a drug and you're addicted *

[g9yuayon]

That's the point of the thread. We really don't need that much sugar to get good taste. The level of sugar in a cake made by, say Safe Way, hurts my throat.

[bombcar]

It tastes good with cheaper ingredients, too.

You can find "European" bread in the USA if you want it, but it's often not the cheapest.

[TravelPiglet]

When used to that level or a level slightly below it.