Building a product can be exciting and fun. Sometimes, people get excited about the frosting (or the features) instead of the cake (or the main goal of the product). This can be dangerous because the frosting might not be the most important thing.
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A great comparison is drawn between cake and frosting in Priya Narasimhan's explanation of product management.
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