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.

While the Sister Act star didn’t name the bakery outright, Entertainment Weekly later identified it as Holtermann’s Bakery on Staten Island, NYC. After outspoken liberal Goldberg said the bakery refused to serve her due to her politics, Haines spat out a mouthful of the dessert live on air.

New York City politicians are calling on Whoopi Goldberg to apologize for suggesting on air that a local bakery had declined to make The View co-host a batch of desserts for her birthday because of he