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"It's ironic that a baker has no taste," wrote one critic on
the website of the mass-circulation Heute tabloid that
highlighted the unusual creation. "I would call this incitement
to terrorism," wrote another.
But baker Thomas Kienbauer defended his work on Tuesday, saying
it represented legitimate political commentary.
"The cake is supposed to represent the collapse of the 'grand
coalition'," he told Reuters, referring to the centre-left
Social Democrats (SPO) and the conservative People's Party (OVP)
who share power and have dominated post-war politics here.
He said he was inspired by the fact that the attacks on the
World Trade Center towers by Islamist militants using hijacked
aircraft took place on September 11, 2001 (9/11), while Vienna
local elections will take place this year on Oct. 11 (10/11).
The 9/11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people.
Kienbauer brushed off the online anger.
"Most people who see this cake interpret it immediately as lots
of people lost their lives and ... blah blah blah. Few see the
purpose behind the whole thing," he said.
(Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Michael Roddy and
Crispian Balmer)
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