The culture wars have found their way to the dessert table. What was supposed to be a simple birthday treat devolved into the latest flashpoint after “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg implied that a New York bakery refused to take her order because of her liberal politics.

The bakery owner claimed that Goldberg's order was denied due to "boiler issues"Whoopi Goldberg is doubling down on her claim that a bakery refused to make the sweet treats she tried to order for her birthday“It does seem a little odd that when we called a few weeks before my birthday and we were told they couldn’t process the order for my birthday because of an equipment failure,