Jack Phillips, the currently most famous baker in the United States after his refusal to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple ended up in a huge lawsuit now before the US Supreme Court, is ready and willing to make you smile with one of his latest creations – just as long as you’re not a homosexual. Related Articles Baker won’t make anti-gay cake, faces discrimination complaint

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“Jack Phillips creates a masterpiece!” boasts the website of his Masterpiece Cakeshop in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. “Custom designs are his specialty: If you can think it up, he can make it into a cake!”

And while Phillips apparently stopped making wedding cakes after a Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled that his 2012 refusal to accommodate the gay couple amounted to discrimination, he still makes plenty of other yummy cakes – just not the marrying kind. The site beckons visitors to peruse the Cakeshop’s galleries “and see for yourself.”

“Masterpiece Cakes are perfect for special occasions, and they taste incredible,” it says. “Choose from any of our many flavors, frostings and fillings for your wedding, birthday, or specialty cake.”

And remember, says Phillips: “It’s not just a cake… It’s a Masterpiece!”

Let’s take a look.

While it’s unclear what the current status is on wedding cakes at Masterpiece, and nobody was answering the phone there this morning, we might want to savor some of the less-controversial creations from Phillips bakery:

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And so, what about those Yelp reviews?

First of all, don’t confuse Phillips’ bakery with Masterpiece Delicatessen, Masterpiece Plumbing, Masterpiece Rodding, or the Masterpiece Luncheonette on 17th Avenue.

Next, the cake shop gets a respectable three-out-of-five-star rating, with 63 reviews.

Some of those reviews, however, are laced with a double-thick frosting of political commentary:

“Never bought a cake here or stepped inside but seeing all these pansies mad at this guy and making fake posts is awesome,” writes “Mike N.” from nearby Arvada. “If you’re a queer why would you want your cake made by this guy anyway? You freaks get enough attention as it is . . . a month dedicated to you for being a freak?”

On the other hand, “David L.” from San Francisco writes: “THIS ESTABLISHMENT IS ANTI-GAY. Don’t support businesses like this one that support discrimination. The owner refused to bake a wedding cake for a same sex couple. I don’t think that’s what Jesus would do. If people want to have these beliefs, then don’t own a public business. Take your business elsewhere.”

OK. But how about the cakes themselves? Yummy? Over-priced? Overly cute?

“Wow,” writes “Miguel B.” from Boston. “What a horrible place – an overpriced sleezebag of a place. the cake was dry and empty inside, much like the owner.”

Come on, people! These are supposed to be “reviews,” not diatribes . . .

“I’m not a virgin,” writes “Lexi R.” from LA. “But they still made a wedding cake for me! I’m so glad he didn’t think me being with dozens and dozens of guys before finding the one was too much of a sin.”

For God’s sake, can’t somebody just focus on the cakes!?!?!?

“I ordered a gluten-free birthday cake for my wife, who has celiac disease, with cherry Bavarian filling and cherry white buttercreme frosting. It would be an insult to say it was great for a (gluten-free) cake; it was great for any cake, period,” writes “Ron R.” of nearby Littleton, finally talking about what Phillips makes, not what Phillips ”believes.”

Ron goes on (about the cake): “I’m not big on frosting, but I thoroughly enjoyed every bite. My wife said this cake was as good as our wedding cake, which, in the pantheon of cakes in her lifetime, sits at the top. Masterpiece will be our new go-to shop for cakes from now on.”

Amen!

(Or perhaps that’s too religiously provocative?)