The curse of the cup-cake - why not leave good cakes naked?

We all know that too much sugar is a bad thing. My better half insists on being artistic with cakes. They may look very pretty and appealing but I remember a time when fairy cakes had either no icing or a mere smear of icing so you far more cake than icing. I liked that type of cake.

Yet now we shops specializing in providing toppings for cakes which encourage us to eat more and more sugar. A naked cake small or large so often tastes better than an elaborately decorated one; on its own it is had more than enough sugar content.

Who agrees that excessive cake decorating detracts from the cake itself. Encourage us to eat more sugar, thereby adding to obesity. Causes stress when people keep trying to give cakes more and more extreme decor. Who scrapes off the icing and eats the cake.

Am i a spoil sport for preferring a naked cake (cooked by a clothed or naked baker) or merely saying what a lot of you think. Individual cakes (cup or tray bake) are useful and can be appreciated with minimum icing rather than OTT sickly topping.