Hurricane Irma Donut Who Make Controversy

Particularly diverse reactions from netizens in social media

Hurricane Donut by Five Daughters Bakery - Image Credit Five Daughters Bakery

Culinary in the hurricane Irma apparently can invite a strong reaction from the netizens. You know the Irma storm that has damaged the area around Florida and the Caribbean islands, the damage to the highway environment, the power source, the residential area, even the victim. Residents struggle to meet the needs of food and beverage, food shops invaded to get a variety of food for supplies.

Unexpectedly by many people at the time, quoting CNN Indonesia, today, between canned food and bottled water, there was one culinary cake that attracted attention. You would not expect it, a bakery in the store is made with the theme of hurricane Irma.

Whether because of the idea or the imagination of the baker, or for other reasons, this Irma cake theme was presented in various versions. Even cake creations are made with colorful sugar icing, then written with the words Weather It Out, Go Away Irma and other similar words.

Broad attention seems to be given to the creation of donuts, especially in social media, and even then invites the reaction of the pros and cons to the storm cake.

Let's say there's a resident, Tom Sandberg, he buys and eats it. This Florida man was evacuated to West Palm beach with his wife, in Jacksonville, he bought a cake storm-themed Irma in a food store.

"The blend of chocolate and vanilla is as delicious as all the other cakes we buy," Tom said.

You certainly did not expect, if he reveals this extraordinary and beautiful cake in his interview on Extra Crispy.

"Many great conversations with other store customers about the cake. (The cake) keeps the mood light because this storm always brings anxiety to everyone."

Look at the colors of the hurricane cake created from a desire to lighten the mood and also as a good hope to deal with the catastrophe. Then bring inspiration from the cake maker, Five Daughters Bakeryin Santa Rosa, Florida that presents it in the real world.

They also made a donut-inspired cake from Irma's storm on their Instagram account on Saturday, September 9, a day before the Florida storm.

As stated earlier, positive and negative comments respond to the presence of donut storm style, because it is considered insensitive to the issue.

Nor did they apologize, then responded on Instagram along with hashtag #hatersgonnahate and #bakersgonnabake.

"If you find our uploads annoying and our prayers are not written down, we ask that you no longer follow the upload again and hope you channel energy to help the world."

You know when netizens become disillusioned, they write a lot of disappointment uploads to donut makers who are perceived as making a profit.

"This is not the time of the cake celebration," as written by @Mango twitter account.

The same thing in Instagram, @ghnnem writes, "I mean, if you really care, you'll add a charity link in upload, or say if your bakery can be a lot of profits. All I see is a shameless promotion."


Irma Donut by Cinotti's Bakery - Image Credit Cinotti's Bakery

But. It seems that culinary creators do not stop, inspiring other cake makers, Cinotti's Bakery in Jacksonville also makes donut cakes inspired by hurricane Irma. They even decorate the cake in great detail, then dipped in white frosting, and decorated with an airbrush to illustrate the storm marks on the radar.

Michelle Cinotti Vinning, owner of Cinotti said, "I believe that there are some of our employees who want to make something fun related to the storm. Some places also bring storm cake creations so we also play there."

Hurricanes may soon subside, much sympathy and support to the affected communities, no wonder if they get a response from customers, in fact, customers are willing to stand in line for the hurricane donut.

"We continue to fry the donuts for seven hours just to meet the demand. That's crazy!"

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Source: C Andhika Setyanti - CNN Indonesia, Extra Crispy
Image: Five Daughters Bakery, Cinotti's Bakery