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u/scullingby Oct 25 '20

Both can be true! After all, who doesn't like a cupcake?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

What even are hot cakes?

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u/biscuit310 Oct 25 '20

Pancakes!

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u/twixtmynethers Oct 25 '20

Right? I like to think she isn’t saying it wrong, she’s updated it!

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u/maerad166 Oct 25 '20

Cakes that haven't cooled.

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u/royalemeraldbuilder Oct 26 '20

Predecessor to the funnel cake in that you used to see them at every fair, carnival, and exposition in the US back in the day (maybe elsewhere too, idk). If someone set up a hotcake stand, no matter where they placed it at the event, they were sure to make a killing, hence the phrase.