A few months ago, A Writer Who Likes Food (WLF), who is a United States-based food writer with a YouTube channel boasting over 200,000 follower, decided to try her hand at making a classic Australian snack. The video caught the attention of TikToker Coffins & Coffee (C&C), whose incredulous, angry reaction has already racked up 1.9 million views.
In her TikTok post, C&C starts her expletive-filled video by saying, “This woman is about to piss off every single f——g Australian that has ever existed.” She then intercuts her video with WLF’s video to provide a running commentary in time with the narration in the original video. Right off the start, WLF announces that she is making the “worst-rated food,” prompting a question of, “by who?” Then WLF says it is a delicacy, and C&C retorts, “Nobody’s calling it that.”
As the recipe begins, C&C immediately spots the first mistake, the use of gluten-free multigrain sourdough, dryly stating, “You’re using the wrong bread for a start.” Then WLF pulls out a pan, and C&C cries out, “Why the f–k are you toasting the bread?” At the end of it, when WLF tries the finished product, she questions if anyone actually liked it. C&C fires back, pointing out that WLF did everything wrong and had completely missed the mark on every ingredient.
Please note, Fairy Bread is three ingredients
According to America’s Test Kitchen, true fairy bread is an iconic combination of soft, sliced white bread, a generous layer of butter, and a healthy helping of sprinkles, specifically those known as hundreds and thousands. The magic of the dish lies in its simplicity.
Traditionally, fairy bread is made with soft, white bread—the fluffier, the better—paired with butter and a generous sprinkling of hundreds and thousands. The magic lies in its simple, airy texture.
Users flocked to the comments to express their confusion, which echoed C&C’s. One user, BeansaBoo, wrote, “As a New Zealander that video hurt my very soul. HOW CAN YOU SCREW UP FAIRY BREAD?!?!?!?!!?!! ITS JUST BREAD, BUTTER AND SPRINKLES😭😭😭😭😭.” Another user, MummaBear, added, “it’s fairy BREAD, not fairy TOAST.” User Saintforhire, chimed in to say, “I’m from the states and even I know that’s not fairy bread.”
After the initial video, WLF posted a redo because “people had a lot to say, mostly that somehow I managed to do every single step wrong, which shouldn’t be possible, considering that it is only three ingredients, but anyway, let’s make it the right way.” She then switched to white gluten-free bread. Then added salt to her butter, claiming that “I’m pretty sure they don’t even sell [it] in America.” Thankfully, she seemed to use the right sprinkles.
This claim baffled many viewers. One user, artbymagick, commented, “American here: we sell both salted butter AND a premixed pack of Hundreds and Thousands. This woman is doing the most for no reason lol.”
C&C, who was tagged in dozens of responses from her followers, reviewed the second attempt as well. As WLF explained her process, C&C provided a running commentary filled with disbelief. When the writer mentioned she was using untoasted bread “because we don’t like flavour,” C&C hit back, calling her condescending. “I was really hoping for a redemption arc!”
WLF eventually concluded her second video by saying, “Hi, I’m A writer who likes food, and…” only for C&C to cut her off with a final jab: “and I will never read anything you write ever cause if you’re this terrible at making f——g fairy bread, I do not have any faith in your ability to create prose.”
At the end of this video, many users had dubbed this the “fairy bread wars.” One user Pawsitivity Grooming wrote, “I don’t know how I got into fairy bread wars.. but I’m not upset about it. Also, I’m an American but I’m on Australias side for this one.”
Sometimes, cooks can ruin a perfectly good dish by accident, like using olive oil that was secretly shower gel. Instead of ruining dishes from other countries, maybe WLF could help popularise empty restaurants instead.
Published: Jun 9, 2026 02:14 pm