Cake (boss)

Cake
Artwork from Super Mario RPG for the Nintendo Switch
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)

“WAIT! WAIT! Did the cake just move?”

—Booster, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

A cake baked by Chef Torte and his Apprentice appears in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake as a boss. It was baked for Booster and Princess Peach's wedding ceremony. However, after Mario and Bowser interrupt the wedding and rescue Peach, the angered Tortes attack Mario and his allies.

Battle

During this fight, the cake is the only object that can be damaged. After taking several hits, the cake starts to move. The apprentice tells Chef Torte, who ignores him. When the cake moves a second time, the Tortes retreat, and all five of the cake's candles light up. The cake's top and bottom layers, referred to as Bundt and Raspberry respectively, attack independently from each other, but only Bundt can be attacked at first. Bundt can only be defeated by hitting it with a physical attack once all five candles are extinguished. One candle is put out whenever Bundt is hit with a physical attack. However, Bundt can relight one candle each time it attacks. After being defeated, Bundt disappears, allowing Raspberry to be damaged. Once Raspberry's HP is depleted, Booster orders his Snifsters to take it and help him eat it up, ending the battle and Princess Peach's wedding.

In the remake, the cake can be fought again after defeating Smithy. During the battle, the Tortes light at least two of the cake's candles each turn, and the cake must be attacked with physical attacks to extinguish the candles. If all five candles are lit, the cake uses Celebration Shot, which deals 9999 damage to all active party members.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Bundt
	HP	900	FP	100	Speed	16
	Location(s)	Marrymore	Attack	65	Magic attack	25
	Role	Boss	Defense	10	Magic defense	50
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Diamond Saw, Blizzard
	Weak	Jump	Strong	Fire, Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Critical	Sp. attacks	Lulla-Bye, "Glowing Shot"
	Coins	0	Exp. points	25	Items	None
Psychopath	"Congratulations."

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Raspberry
	HP	600	FP	100	Speed	16
	Location(s)	Marrymore	Attack	70	Magic attack	30
	Role	Boss	Defense	20	Magic defense	30
	Bonus Flower	None	Yoshi Cookie	None	Morph rate	0%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	Sand Storm, Drain Beam
	Weak	Jump	Strong	Fire, Thunder, Ice, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical	Sp. attacks	Glowing Shot
	Coins	0	Exp. points	50	Items	None
Psychopath	"Congratulations!"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Bundt
	HP	900	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	75	Weak Statuses		Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Marrymore
	Monster List profile	The top layer of cake baked by Tortes. Despite its name, it is not a bundt cake.
	Thought Peek	"Con-grat-u-la-tions."
	Animations

Super Mario RPG enemy
Raspberry
	HP	600	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	0	Weak Statuses		Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Marrymore
	Monster List profile	The bottom layer of Torte's cake. If it had to be born a cake, it wishes that its baker had gone with the more traditional strawberries rather than raspberries.
	Thought Peek	"Congratulations!"
	Animations

Super Mario RPG enemy
Extra-Fancy Bundt
	HP	3900	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	75	Weak Statuses	N/A	Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Marrymore
	Monster List profile	Having been created for a celebration, it naturally thinks each time its candles are lit is a joyous occasion, which makes it more and more excited.
	Thought Peek	"Cong-ratu-lat-ions."
	Animations

Super Mario RPG enemy
Extra-Fancy Raspberry
	HP	600	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	0	Weak Statuses	N/A	Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Marrymore
	Monster List profile	Whenever Bundt get excited, this lower layer is a little sad that it doesn't have candles of its own.
	Thought Peek	"What are we celebrating, anyway?"
	Animations

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Names in other languages

Cake

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ケーキ Kēki	Cake
Chinese	蛋糕 Dàngāo	Cake		[?]
Dutch	taart	cake		[?]
French	gâteau	cake		[?]
German	Torte	Layercake		[?]
	Kuchen	Cake		[?]
Italian	torta	cake		[?]
Korean	케이크 Keikeu	Cake		[?]
Spanish	pastel	cake		[?]
Spanish (European)	tarta	cake		[?]

Bundt

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ストロベリー Sutoroberī	Strawberry		[?]
Chinese	草莓 Cǎoméi	Strawberry		[?]
Dutch	Bruidstaart	Wedding cake		[?]
French	Pièce montée	Wedding cake		[?]
German	Fondantor	Agent nouns of "fondant"		[?]
Italian	Tortone	From torta ("cake") and the augmentative suffix -one		[?]
Korean	스트로베리 Seuteuroberi	Strawberry		[?]
Spanish	Tartalón	From tarta ("cake") and the augmentative suffix -ón		[?]

Raspberry

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ラズベリー Razuberī	Raspberry		[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	树莓 Shùméi	Raspberry		[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	樹莓 Shùméi	Raspberry		[?]
Dutch	Framboosbasis	Raspberry base		[?]
French	Base framboise	Raspberry base		[?]
German	Himbeerich	From Himbeere ("raspberry") and the male suffix -rich		[?]
Italian	Basilio	Basil; common name, similar to base ("first layer")		[?]
Korean	라즈베리 Rajeuberi	Raspberry		[?]
Spanish	Frambrosio	From frambuesa ("raspberry") and the name "Ambrosio"		[?]

Extra-Fancy Bundt

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ストロベリー（改良品） Sutoroberī (Kairyō-hin)	Bundt (Refined Good)		[?]
Chinese	草莓（改良品） Cǎoméi (Gǎiliáng Pǐn)	Bundt (Refined Good)		[?]
Dutch	Bruidstaart (extra luxe)	Bundt (extra luxury)		[?]
French	Pièce montée extra-fine	Extra-fine wedding cake		[?]
German	Extraschmucker Fondantor	Extra-embellished Bundt		[?]
Italian	Tortone extralusso	Extra-luxury Bundt		[?]
Korean	스트로베리(개량품) Seuteuroberi (Gaeryangpum)	Bundt (Refinement)		[?]
Spanish	Tartalón lujoso	Luxurious Bundt		[?]

Extra-Fancy Raspberry

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	ラズベリー（改良品） Razuberī (Kairyō-hin)	Raspberry (Refined Good)		[?]
Chinese (Simplified)	树莓（改良品） Shùméi (Gǎiliáng Pǐn)	Raspberry (Refined Good)		[?]
Chinese (Traditional)	樹莓（改良品） Shùméi (Gǎiliáng Pǐn)	Raspberry (Refined Good)		[?]
Dutch	Framboosbasis (extra luxe)	Raspberry (extra luxury)		[?]
French	Base framboise extra-fine	Extra-fine raspberry base		[?]
German	Extraschmucker Himbeerich	Extra-embellished Raspberry		[?]
Italian	Basilio extralusso	Extra-luxury Raspberry		[?]
Korean	라즈베리(개량품) Rajeuberi (Gaeryangpum)	Raspberry (Refinement)		[?]
Spanish	Frambrosio lujoso	Luxurious Raspberry		[?]

Notes

• On the field, the cake has only one layer, which seems to be its middle layer in battle. This is changed in the remake; the entire cake is now shown out of battle.
• Bundt's "candle" has separate stats internally, but only Bundt itself is targeted. Both the Shogakukan and Nintendo Power guides mention the candle as a boss enemy as well.
• In the original Japanese iteration, Raspberry's name is thematic with Bundt's, as it is in turn called "Strawberry." However, as its name was changed in localization, the naming connection was lost. In the remake, this difference is reflected in its Monster Log entries: the Japanese text notes that it lacks strawberries despite being named Strawberry, while the English text notes that it is not a bundt cake despite being named Bundt.