It’s not new that celebrity crushes are widely known and loved. But crushes aren’t always just celebrities or people you pass in the halls. Sometimes the best and most fun crushes are the random ones from cartoons, don’t judge.

This brings me to the trend of hear-me-out cakes. This widely loved trend on TikTok focuses on people’s more unconventional crushes, who may still be celebrities, but in cartoon form. What’s great about hear-me-out cakes is that anyone can do it.

Here’s how to start. Get your Pillsbury cake mix and a group of friends and start baking. Personally, I think it adds a little character when the cake isn’t flawless, I mean you’re adding a bunch of your hot crushes so it cancels out.

Attach printed photos of all your hear-me-out crushes to wooden dowels to stick into the cake to make the process seamless. From there, you have free reign over your cake. I recommend recording the process because things can get pretty wild.

All jokes aside, hear-me-out cakes can have a wholesome side to them. People often think back to their childhoods and the crushes they had on their favorite cartoon characters. Also, while these crushes can be wildly outlandish, these cakes bring awareness to the fact that you probably aren’t the only one with a weird cartoon crush.

I mean come on, you’re telling me you watched Zootopia and didn’t think Nick Wild was hot? “My favorite flavor of cake is vanilla with Rafe Cameron on top”.

These cakes have taken over the internet and for good reason. Groups, friends, and even couples sometimes share what seems to be their deepest most embarrassing “crushes”. But when watching these videos the one thing that stands out to me the most is that, for the most part, the people making the cake all agree with each other’s choices.

There are so many things in the world that are isolating, but with this trend, even the most out-there choices are agreed upon.

My favorite part of this trend is the reasoning behind each character on the cake. Sometimes there is no explanation needed, but listening to people describe why they found Spirit the Horse attractive is wildly entertaining. When my friends and I made our hear-me-out cake the most common reason was the voice.

These cakes are not only a hilarious Tik Tok trend to do with friends, but also an untraditional way of normalizing the weird crushes we apparently all have. Who knew that half the internet could come to an agreement on a cartoon fox being the hottest Disney cartoon.