cloud bread
/klaʊd brɛd/
CommonA fluffy, pastel-colored bread made from just eggs and cream cheese, with no flour, that went viral on TikTok.
The virality was driven almost entirely by aesthetics. People made it because it looks incredible, not necessarily because it tastes better than regular bread.
Real-world examples4 examples
| # | Example | What it means | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | made cloud bread and it looks exactly like a cloud but tastes like a disappointment | The visual matched the name but the flavor underwhelmed. | tiktok, 2020 |
| 02 | dyed my cloud bread lavender and i've never felt more like a cottagecore character | The pastel color made the bread feel perfectly on-aesthetic. | instagram, 2020 |
| 03 | cloud bread, dalgona coffee, banana bread. 2020 was actually a great food year if you ignore everything else | Acknowledging the viral food moments as a silver lining in a difficult year. | x, 2021 |
| 04 | bored at home so i finally tried the cloud bread thing, it took 40 minutes and i only ate it for the content | Made it solely for the social media post, not for the taste. | reddit, 2020 |
Use it when
- Referring to the specific egg-and-cream-cheese fluffy bread recipe.
- Referencing the 2020 TikTok baking trend.
- Describing pastel-dyed or aesthetically styled versions of the bread.
Do not use it when
- You mean a regular bread that is described as light or airy.
- You mean cotton candy bread (a different viral trend).
Origin and context
A low-carb bread recipe that existed before TikTok but went viral in 2020 during lockdowns when people had time to make aesthetic food content. The pastel-dyed versions spread particularly fast.
- First seen
- 2020
- Confidence
- medium
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https://slang.fyi/cloud-breadUpdated: 2026-08-28License: CC BY 4.0