Transgender Ken doll cake sparks outrage. Supporters tell critics to eat it.
A popular bakery in Northern California is caught at the center of a heated debate on social media over a transgender “Ken doll cake” that it said it made for a customer. Freeport Bakery, a well-known business in Sacramento , posted a picture online nearly two weeks ago showing a special-ordered cake that depicted Ken wearing a puffy pink dress, flowery sash and a tiara. The cake triggered controversy on Facebook, with people calling it “truly disgusting” and claiming that the owners were putting their “morals n standards for sale.” “Naively, I guess I just thought this is a really cool cake, and look at how great they did with the butter cream,” Marlene Goetzeler, co-owner of the bakery, told Fox affiliate KTXL . “What’s wrong with a Ken cake?” In 1987, Walter and Marlene Goetzeler bought Freeport Bakery and grew it into a booming business, according to their website . Over the years, it has been named best bakery by Sacramento Magazine readers. After Freeport Bakery poste...