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While most of us can probably scratch together a decent dish or two, baking is a whole ‘nother ball game. There is no touch and go, no feeling, just cold, heartless measurements and temperatures that have to be achieved. Naturally, things tend to go wrong all the time.
We’ve gathered the worst cake-baking and decorating fails people thought had to be shared online. From decoration “art” that might inspire horror, to cakes so poorly baked they don’t even hold together, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and be sure to share your own cake fails in the comments section below.
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#1
Every Time My Wife Or I Look At This Cake I Made, We Immediately Cry Laughing
HI, I'M A SHOUTY MAN 1 year ago
Probably. Almost certainly if they're aussie. Possibly inspired by Bluey if they're overseas.
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#2
My Daughter Requested One Of Our Cats As Her Birthday Cake. It’s The First Birthday Cake I’ve Ever Made For Her (Cat Included For Comparison)
RabidChild 1 year ago
Me too, Jack. Even more credit to the OP for having the guts to make it public.
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LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
I actually think it's adorable, especially if that is your first time working with fondant or edible sculpting chocolate.
#3
I Made Cake Toppers For My Wedding And Forgot To Check The Oven's Temperature Before Putting My Fiancée In
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
A toadstool was my first impression.
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Mark (it/urgh) 1 year ago
I hope you and your Resident Evil final boss wife are still happily married 😅
For better or worse, bad cake content does appear to be quite popular. Baking show aficionados know that for every series documenting the best things professional bakers can make, there is a show dedicated to amateurs trying and failing. Take Netflix’s Nailed It! which centers on home cooks attempting to recreate professional cakes.
As one can imagine, it goes horribly wrong most of the time. Even without the pressure of a time limit and competition, people at home mess up constantly. After all, baking is a science, while decorating takes hours of practice. In that sense, a delicious, gorgeous cake takes such a cross-section of skills that it might be best to leave it to the professionals.
#4
So, There Is Going To Be A Cake Competition Fundraiser At My Little Sister's School, And She Made This
Marcellus II 1 year ago
Without the face you could sell it as a wiwaxia, the most glorious of the Burgess Shall fossils. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiwaxia
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LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
I don't know what circle of hell this eldritch monstrosity crawled out of, but it needs to go back.
#5
I Tried To Make A Cat Cake
Madam Puddyfoot 1 year ago
I think it's great! The home made attempts will be so memorable and probably taste good
#6
That’s Brilliant
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
This is a brilliant idea for anyone who destroys their cakes!
cerinamroth 1 year ago
The one on the left has just tasted chocolate for the first time and he's a big fan
Good cakes simply take a lot of planning. Your oven and dishes need to be ready, and your ingredients measured out properly. Temperatures have to be managed, you can’t let your butter be too warm in certain situations, in others, it can’t be too cold. Don’t overmix, but also don’t undermix, let things cool, and don’t overbake, the list of things that can go wrong simply goes on and on.
#7
Spider-Man Saving His Own Cake
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
After all that, Spiderman should get a piece, too.
Bidango Smith 1 year ago
This isn't a fail in how the cake was made ... it's a fail in how it was delivered.
Out of chocolate 1 year ago
Tiered cakes need a center support - like a dowel :/
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Brown Panda 1 year ago
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Joanne Earle 1 year ago
Why is this cake a fail? The top obviously was done that way on purpose. I think it's clever.
#8
The Cake Decorator Was Told To Spell "Marc" With A "C"
Marzipanda 1 year ago
"That's MarC with a C as in Carrots like in the Corner of this Cake," says Mark with The Sea.
Ropre 1 year ago
Years ago we were at my brother in law and sister in law's house for my brother in law's birthday and my sister in law didn't notice when she picked up the cake that it said "Happy Birthday Brain" instead of "Happy Birthday Brian". From then on we of course started calling him Brain!
Teutonic Disaster 1 year ago
Option 1) idiot cakemaker, option 2) non-native-english speaking cakemaker, option 3) stoned cakemaker (all 3 possibly coupled with a bad phone line)
#9
An Attempt Was Made
HTakeover 1 year ago
"Hey, Picasso, I didn't know you baked!" "Neither did *hic* I."
Load More Replies... Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I see hair, beard, eye, ear, mouth, even the chain.
Because the oven and mixer are doing most of the work, the “human” element of making a cake has to be managed perfectly. Cooking a dish often has more leeway, you can taste, add, and adjust as you go. Even with the plethora of bad cooking tips out there, most of us can make a tasty dinner, given time.
#10
My Friend Made A Danny DeVito Cake For Her Friend. It's Worse In Person
Jimmy Haystack 1 year ago
I knew who it was immediately so that's something, right? I'd be proud of this! lol
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
Is it really that bad if I knew it was Danny DeVito before I saw the title?
#11
My 17-Year-Old Wanted An Owl Birthday Cake And Sent A Photo Of Her Favorite Design. My Dad (81-Year-Old) Decided He'd Make It
I have no idea why, as he's a retired power station design engineer. He unveiled his cake (2nd photo) with a flourish, and I laughed so hard, tea shot out my nose.
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
The first one may be pretty.....but the second one is the one I'd rather eat!
BookFanatic 1 year ago
I really hope the 17 yr old was mature enough to appreciate Grandpa's hard work!
Teutonic Disaster 1 year ago
Far from the original (which has cat ears for some reason), but also VERY far from the worst effort on this list.
Sara Frazer 1 year ago
Dad's cake looks a lot more like an owl, first looks like an OG furby.... *shudder*
#12
I See Your Ugly Hedgehog Cake And Raise You My Hedgehog Cake
My sister made this for my birthday and brought this bad boy into a restaurant for a grand reveal. It was quite the spectacle, and the servers stopped to get pictures of this beautiful boy.
DUN DUN 1 year ago
Why are the teeth in most cakes looking so awfully real
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Of course, even if you have mastered the cake batter and baking process, no mean feat, there is also the question of decorating. Applying frosting, managing its temperature, and mixing food coloring to get the right effect isn’t exactly easy as well. It’s like painting, except your tools are five times larger than the more ergonomic paintbrushes.
#13
I Tried To Make A Baby Yoda Cake For My Boyfriend's Birthday, But I Didn’t Have Enough Cake For The Ears, So He Didn't Have Any. Then My Friend Edited A Photo Of My Cake
Update: I left the cake on the side while I showered, and my cat licked all the icing off.
Gaspode the Wonder Dog 1 year ago
This is amazing and a story to be passed down through generations
#14
See Those Eggs? They Are Supposed To Be In The Pies. I Made Two Hot Oily Chocolate Garbage Circles
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I once made box mix brownies and forgot the eggs. I turned on the oven light about half through the baking, and hollered, "Mom, are they supposed to be boiling?"
Jack Smith 1 year ago
i was about to ask how the hell you forgot the eggs, and then I realised that this is exactly something I would do lol. i have the attention span of a wooden spoon
BookFanatic 1 year ago
My best friend made a cake for our annual summer party. Halfway through baking she realized she forgot the eggs...so she cracked them into the half-baked cake and stirred it up. She's a professional chef. 😂
María Hermida 1 year ago
That's the reason why cooks prepare all the ingredients beforehand. When everything you need is in front of you it's difficult to forget to add something.
#15
Easter Cake My Friend's Mom Made. Those Eyes Rub Me The Wrong Way
QueenKittyCat 1 year ago
The eyes look too real and the lips do too somehow. I don't mind if a painting follows me around a room, but this cake having a realistic face is where I draw the line. Bake it again until you're it's dead. The eyes will turn into x's.
Once you add in fondant and modeling chocolate, you are in a world of pain until you learn how to do it. After all, chocolate needs to be tempered, which feels like a particularly cruel chemistry experiment. Fondant has to be rolled and modeled, colored, and painted. All this just to make a cake slightly more pretty before it’s sliced up and consumed.
#16
We Sent This Cake Photo (Left) To A Cake Shop, And This Is What We Got (Right)
allthatandaduck888 1 year ago
After that, you need to post it so we can continue the cycle as well.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
At least it came out nicely, even if it wasn't quite what was wanted.
#17
This Was Way Cuter When I Pictured It In My Head
Austin Sauce 1 year ago
Never thought I’d see those two words juxtaposed like that….
Load More Replies... Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I didn't realize the sphinx was a drowned unicorn.
Knitting Panda 1 year ago
Really puts my daughter's lamb cakes to shame, with her fancy butter creme frosting piped through those little nozzles and her hand dyed green coconut and jelly beans artfully placed around. She's going to try to attempt yours this Easter. Here's hoping.
#18
"It's Going To Look Just Like That!", It Didn't Look Just Like That
QWERTY 1 year ago
I was about to say BURN IT WITH FIRE but it looks like somebody already did
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
Why bother using the recipe if you aren't going to use the right ingredients or follow the directions?
Jay Holler-Cradle 1 year ago
This would be salvageable, but gonna need a lot more icing. Plus you probably have to sit the current cake in a warmed (turned off) oven to melt the icing on it to a spreadable consistency. No crumb layer was used and it looks like it's a thick icing, so it'll crumble the cake at room temp. Also head is too small, but you can make that work.
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
I never thought I would feel bad for a cake and yet here we are....
The end result is that many will fail, as can be clearly seen here, but there is then all the more glory for the bakers who can manage to turn out something beautiful. So if you struggle to bake something that is edible, keep trying, this article is evidence that most people, including some professionals, simply can not make it.
#19
Your Daughter Will Go Far
Kel_how 1 year ago
I mean, it's pretty accurate to the book...the situation and the cake
Load More Replies... María Hermida 1 year ago (edited)
It's a great cake for such a stupid assignment. Some teachers are just on drugs. I'd have made a cake based on a book by Agatha Christie called "An then there were none". Just an empty plate. Idiotic request, idiotic result.
KatSaidWhat 1 year ago
If they're demanding cake, they're probably just on the one drug - weed (or any form of THC)
Load More Replies... Austin Sauce 1 year ago
“Kill” is censored but “cut her throat” made it through. I’m triggered!!!
#20
A Betty Crocker Attempt Was Made. I Tried To Make My Mom A Hedgehog Cake For Her Birthday. For Context, I'm 34 She Was Turning 62. Tasted Great
María Hermida 1 year ago
At the end of the day, it's the intention that counts. And the taste. If it tasted great, don't worry about the appearance.
CD Mills 1 year ago
Your attempt is MILES better than any others I've seen! You didn't give it teeth! You Win!
#21
I Made A He-Man Cake Today. Let The Hubby Decorate. Likeness Is Uncanny
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
You would have more luck convincing people it's a person on a bike
#22
The Cake My Wife Ordered From Walmart. She Called Me Upset And Said She Wanted To Take It Back. I Told Her Nahh It Can’t Be That Bad
María Hermida 1 year ago
Being from Walmart, I bet you anything it's made of one form or another of edible plastic.
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Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
Decorator needs to learn to think outside the cake box. Had s/he turned the cake upside down, the words would have fit perfectly.
#23
I Told The Child That This Was The Last Time I Would Mix Anything With Food Coloring. I'm Not A Baker And I Don't Create Any Masterpieces
Ken Beattie 1 year ago (edited)
Is that meant to be nightmare fuel? edit: Looked it up and the answer is "Yes it is".
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PFD 1 year ago
I very much beg to differ. Not sure what it represents but it's definitely a masterpiece.
AtMostTheFabulist 1 year ago
I love this. First-time I am saying this, in this post. The mouth looks perfect. 👌 great job
#24
He Had One Job - To Write "Happy Birthday"
Kobe (she) 1 year ago
Well, the decorators will put exactly on the cake whatever you order. Should have ordered "feliz cumpleaños " (or whatever it is in spanish)... You all still don't get this... seeing post after post after post ?
Corvus 1 year ago
This is true, technically, but I still think a competent employee would have checked the text and realized that "in Spanish" is an instruction, not part of the text itself ;)
Load More Replies... Nikki Gross 1 year ago
"Feliz Cumpleaños" is not that damn hard to write, it's not anymore complicated then writing "Happy Birthday".
#25
The More I Look At This, The Better It Gets
#26
I Tried To Make My Long-Distance Friend A Cake To Celebrate His Birthday. There Were Not A Lot Of Supplies. It’s Really Bad
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
And the time spent. Especially when this person clearly didn't have a lot to give but gave anyway! I think this is sweet
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Worst Cop in Britain 1 year ago
The green reminds me of a slime pie (vanilla pudding with green food coloring and oreo cookie crumb crust) found in an issue of Nickelodeon Magazine
#27
Happy Easter From The Cohen Family
Austin Sauce 1 year ago
It reminds me of that meme with the aristocrats looking down on people.
#28
My Wedding Cake. Yes, We Paid For This
HTakeover 1 year ago
OP paid just over $100 and it didn't include the Lego figures. Groom/husband did those himself. The cake was a cinnamon cake, which OP said was "very good", so there's debate over whether that was intentional on the baker's part to make it look like a gooey cinnamon roll. But for $100 they can do a better job.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
In my mind at least, the most important aspect of a cake is how it tastes. So if it was very good then fair enough. I think if I was buying one for a wedding where you know it's going to be a visual centerpiece I'd be focusing a bit more on looks though. In which case I'd want a picture of what it's going to look like in advance.
Load More Replies... Fynne 1 year ago (edited)
Looks like a little guy on a piano. Reminds me of a joke. Here goes, “a man walks into a bar, and orders a beer. Soon, another guy sits down next to him. He reaches into his pocket, and pulls out a ten-inch man with a tiny piano. He begins to play, and the second guy says “this little guy will grant you any wish”. The first guy responds “I wish for a million bucks!” Just then, a million ducks swarm into the bar. “What the hell! I asked for a million bucks! Not ducks!” He yells. “What?” The second guy responds. “You think I asked for a ten-inch pianist?!”
AtMostTheFabulist 1 year ago
It looks like a giant Pillsbury cinnamon roll with extra frosting
#29
I Made A Cake For My Friend. It’s Pretty Obvious But Just To Make Sure It’s Sonic
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
That is obviously Sonic, getting his implants styled. It's hell when a hedgehog starts losing quills.
Fynne 1 year ago
Question: what does fondant taste like? People say it’s gross but it looks quite scrumptious to me
SBocker78 1 year ago
Sugary clay. I find it awful and I love sweet things.
Load More Replies... LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
Sonic looks like he got crushed by one of Dr. Robotonic's diabolic machines.
#30
This Is Just Too Funny
#31
Tried Making A Frog Cake For My Boyfriend, I Think He's Going To Leave Me
Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago
This is really disturbing and I also can't stop laughing at it.
Jack Smith 1 year ago
this is an excellent example of someone trying to decorate a cake when they have zero experience whatsoever and don't use the right stuff to decorate. you'll do better next time. hopefully
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Actually, you're 100% incorrect. I went to Reddit and read the original post. OP's mixer broke and so she had to whip the cream by hand, which is why it didn't work out so well. She also ran out of yellow food coloring, which is why the frogs are blue and not green. OP states she is usually good at making desserts. OP doesn't have "zero experience whatsoever". Maybe look into the situation for a half-second before you proclaim your judgement upon someone you know nothing about.
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It's My Spouse's Birthday, So Here's A Throwback To The Time He Said He Wanted An R2-D2 Cake (His Mom Still Had The Cake Pan From His Childhood) And I Made This Monstrosity
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
The jawas wouldn't make too much money off of this droid.
#33
The Cake My Girlfriend Baked Me
HTakeover 1 year ago
It's a meme... kinda. People were showing the funny foreign knock-off things they came across and someone found this Simpsons "Eat My Shorts" knock-off in the form a t-shirt.
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#34
I Tried To Make A Unicorn Cake Once And It Turned Out To Look Like Godzilla. It Was An Angry Unicorn
Kel_how 1 year ago
And aren't they supposed to be on the sides of the face? This makes it seem like a predator
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Bill Swallow 1 year ago
There's something quite comic about what looks like a pretty good Godzilla with a unicorn horn and those eyes.
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If My Writing Career Fails, I Can Always Fall Back On Cake Baking. It's Such A Relief To Have A Backup Plan
Aubrie Allen 1 year ago
A nude woman with uneven nipps being surrounded by sharks for a 9th birthday?
Austin Sauce 1 year ago
There is Nothing pleasant about this cake. If that’s what they were going for I’d say 10/10
AtMostTheFabulist 1 year ago
Are those sharks with teeth? At least the person isn't totally anatomically correct.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I love this cake! The sharks just look so happy sharing lunch.
#36
May I Offer You A Frog?
#37
My Horrifying First Attempt At Using Fondant For A "Phantom Of The Opera" Birthday Cake. It Was A Big Hit
#38
Wedding Cake. What I Asked For vs. What I Got, Publix Edition
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
I find nothing much wrong with this apart from the initials not being correct.
#39
I Made A Shrek Cake
#40
Asked My Mom For A Hulk Cake. Nailed It
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Green, black hair, muscles. Definitely nailed it.
#41
My First Duck Cake
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I don't care for the popcorn hair. I like the other duck cake better.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
Me too but, it would be cool to see a crested runner /pekin duck with a popcorn puff at the top 😂
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Molly Whuppie 1 year ago (edited)
The cake almost every Australian over 30 recognises! from The Australian Women's Weekly's Children's Birthday Cake Book (and every kid under 6 because it was on Bluey)
LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago
And this my friend is why we don't ice cakes when they are hot...
#42
It's Seen Some Stuff
#43
Best Eat That Cake, Before It Eats You
Maggie Fulton 1 year ago
Looks like an escapee from hell. And WTF is up with those teeth?! It sure is something…
Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago
Okay how did you manage to end up with red icing for a hedgehog? Blue, yes, understandable. Red, no.
#44
My Dad Tried To Bake A Cake For My Mom's Birthday. Tried
#45
What’s This
Austin Sauce 1 year ago
The baker is more talented than the actual singer, so that’s at least something
#46
Shrimp Cake
#47
It's My Daughter's Birthday And I've Made Her A Cake. It's Been Cooling Down In The Fridge. Let Me Just Check On It Real Quick
Nannychachi 1 year ago
Well, technically, it hasn't hit the floor yet so you can still eat it.
#48
Cake I Made For My Boyfriend's Birthday
#49
When Whole Foods Tried To Make A Little Mermaid Cake
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago (edited)
I like her ❤️ as a South Pacific sea mermaid, I love my Dutch Merfriends 😝 she’s pretty, she’s just not conventionally media pretty.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
Maybe this is what Ursula looked like when she was young?
#50
First Time Baking A Cake For Wife’s Birthday. YouTube Shows Make It Look So Easy
María Hermida 1 year ago
It's funny how people (myself included) don't seem to know their own limitations. YouTube tutorials seem easy because those people are professionals, or hobbyists with years of experience. But if you've never decorated a cake before (or carved wood/embroidered/modelled clay/etc) there's no way you'll get the same results.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
I feel like the biggest problem with many of these is rushing. Like with this one, just a couple minutes more spent on the icing and it's not a bad effort.
#51
An Attempt At A Christmas Cake
AtMostTheFabulist 1 year ago
This is disturbing on many levels. I can't look at it directly for too long. I have to kind of, side eye it. 👀
Red Panda 1 year ago
I almost woke up my baby laughing at this comment 🤣 🤣🤣
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PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
Add some real looking edible eyeballs and edible blood and it’s a beautiful mutant cake ❤️
#52
My Cake Naturally Formed An Evil Smiling Face
cerinamroth 1 year ago
Just a dusting of icing sugar to emphasise his features!
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#53
The Neighbor Purchased A Birthday Cake For His Wife
Asked the deli lady if she could put her name on it. She replied "Yes, but I’m not the greatest at cake decorating". She wasn’t kidding...
#54
I Was Told My Cake Didn't Look Like A Cake
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
Perhaps an attempt at the original raspberry cake from The Great British Bake Off intro? (or Great British Baking Show to you Americans)
María Hermida 1 year ago
Don't worry. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I bet you anything it tasted great!
#55
Drake Cake My Sister Made For My Mom's Birthday
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 1 year ago
I don't know who or what Drake might be, but I like the clouds.
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago (edited)
He was a popular and promising basketball player at Degrassi high, then he got involved in drugs and gangs and got shot, he ended up in a wheelchair for a while and then amazingly he could walk again, then he became a singer.
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#56
I Made This Messy Dinosaur Cake For My Boyfriend’s 22nd, And I’m Really Proud Of It Even Though It’s Kind Of A Mess. Never Decorated A Cake Before
#57
I Made An Elmo Cake For My Fiancée’s Birthday
#58
It Understands Its Purpose, And It's Afraid Of What Is To Come
#59
My Attempt At A Zombie Cake For My Son’s Birthday
#60
My Wife's Attempt At A Scooby-Doo Cake
#61
She Liked Hedgehogs, So We Made A Cake For Her Birthday
#62
This Was For My Friend’s Birthday Last Year: What I Asked For vs. What I Got
I can’t make this up. I bought the cake on my way there and asked if they could add some lettering and the guy said yeah and this is what he came back with. He said it looked like that because the fudge was cold…
#63
What I Asked For vs. What I Got
So the first two pictures were what I wanted for my college graduation cake last year. I wanted the graduate wearing a cap and gown sitting on the mini tier, my school’s logo and colors on the middle tier, and music notes on the bottom tier above my name. Fondant all over since it was going to be an outdoor party in the heat.
I got in touch with a bakery in my area that does custom cakes. I have ordered from them before. They are known for making really stunning custom cakes of any design. They said that they could make the cake for me with 40 servings. I paid a deposit, and that was it.
Fast-forward to the day of my graduation party. I get to my party and start helping my family set up. I grab a box cutter and start opening the box containing the cake. The last picture was what I saw. The graduate at the top looked poorly designed, the school logo completely slid off of the cake due to the heat and the cake being made of buttercream instead of fondant as I had asked, blue icing was melting everywhere by the time I cut it, the black ribbons around the base were sliding off, the “music notes” at the bottom looked like Hebrew, and the banner with my name slid off of the cake as well. Just terrible-looking overall and not worth the $500 I paid.
I heart Boo-BI-es 1 year ago
This is just sad, poor girl busted her butt and even paid $500 for her own college graduation cake. I'd be pissed if this was my end result. Also kinda wondering why she wouldn't follow up with the bakery or ask for pictures of the final cake before dishing out $500 without even seeing it? 🤷♀️🤦♀️
ArodTheHorrible 1 year ago
Looks like the figure on top is about to do a Basic Instinct uncross/recross with that smirk on her face. Poor girl
#64
Tried Making My Friend A Birthday Cake. They’re Supposed To Be Frogs
To make it worse, my house was too hot while I was trying to ice it, so it was just perpetually melting and sliding. It’s the thought that counts right?
HI, I'M A SHOUTY MAN 1 year ago
This is a great one! They're kinda supposed to look like that anyway?
#65
I Tried Making A Birthday Cake For My Friend
#66
Ugly Shrek Cake
#67
In Honor Of Taylor Swift's "Midnights" Release Tomorrow, We Baked This Cake
#68
My Beautiful Garfield Cake
unicorn 1 year ago
PUT TWO MORE OTTER EMOJIS IN UR NAME THEN YOUL HAVE THREE OTTERS.
Load More Replies... I heart Boo-BI-es 1 year ago
The actually drawing/outline of the face kinda reminds me of a dog or Tigger?
#69
My Sister’s Attempt At A Homemade Caterpillar Cake
#70
I Thought Y'all Would Enjoy My Poorly Made Birthday Cake For My Dad
#71
There Was An Attempt To Make A Ghost Cake - Thanks To The Employee For Pointing This Out To Me
#72
At The Last Minute, Violet Decided A Star Birthday Cake Would Be Cool. Poor Vi, This Is The Ugliest Cake I've Ever Made. But I'm Sharing It Because It Is Hilarious To Me
#73
I Made A Cake To Surprise My Wife For Her Birthday. I'm Obviously Not A Baker
Sky Render 1 year ago
It's a hipster frosting job: they did it before it was cool.
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#74
Duck Cake
My daughter turned 4 years old yesterday, but I could only make this today since we were over at a friend's then. I used strawberry cake and buttercream frosting. This was so difficult to make...
#75
My Very Own Disney-Themed Birthday Cake Fail. It’s Horrendously Perfect
Snorkeldorf 1 year ago (edited)
Mickey just found out what it costs to go to Disneyland/World.
#76
Cake For Our Civil Wedding Ceremony
This was a last-minute order for our marriage signing. We didn’t want anything crazy - just a simple cake to cut. This is what we were given. We just had our actual wedding (much better cake this time around), but we will forever laugh about this one.
#78
This Cake
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago (edited)
Their instructions regarding the frosting aren't correct most of the time
#79
That Third Layer Really Got Me! Just Add More Frosting Right?
Maggie Fulton 1 year ago
If your cake comes out with a domed top, let it cool, freeze it for a bit, then slice the top off to make it even. There are even slicers you can get from a cake shop specifically for this.
#80
That's The World's Happiest Birthday Boy Behind It Who Told Me "I Hope Your Love For Me Is Just Like This Cake: All Over The Place, Sloppy, And Sweet." What A Man
#81
My Coffee Whipped Cream Bears Look Possessed After Spending The Night In The Fridge. They’ve Seen Some Things. I Thought This Was Too Funny Not To Share
#82
Mom Gets Points For This One
#83
Tried To Make A Cake. Not Sure What Went Wrong
PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago
Oooo fill it with bakers cream and some strawberries and blueberries and whip some toffee webs all over it and dust it with some sugar or sprinkles or whatever you’re into and mmmmmm
#84
Duck Cake Or Portal To Hell?
#85
Practice Makes Perfect
#86
My Sister Sent This Cake She Ordered To Our Grandmother To Celebrate Her Pregnancy
#87
I Made An R2-D2 Cake
#88
My Gluten-Free And Lactose-Free Thanos Princess Cake
#89
My Grandma And I Made This Chikorita Cake For My 14th Birthday
TheCrazyBunnyLady 1 year ago
It's good, I recognised that Pokémon instantly without the title!
#90
There Was An Attempt To Make A Lamb Cake For Easter
#91
It's My Daughter's Birthday. Can You Make A Cake Look Like A Switch? Here Is A Picture For Reference
#92
My Friends And I Attempt At A Hedgehog Cake
arthbach 1 year ago
Dipping chocolate. It's all the rage in homes where the person either didn't wait for the cake to cool, or the ganache to firm up.
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The Cake My Wife’s Work Bought For Employee Appreciation Day
#95
A Licorice Cake I Made For My Husband 3 Years Ago, And I’ll Never Hear The End Of It
#96
My Dad's Disastrous Attempt At Baking A Cake
V 1 year ago
I'd fill the gap up with sweets and sprinkles, then ice it back together and make it one of those pinata cakes...
Kel_how 1 year ago
My worry would be that the cake is undercooked. If not, your idea is great!
Load More Replies... HI, I'M A SHOUTY MAN 1 year ago
Like kind of fake panettone? Like a cake that wants to be a panettone oneday?
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Watermelon Cake. For Mother's Day. I'm A Disappointment
#98
My Sister Made My Brother A Birthday Cake
I heart Boo-BI-es 1 year ago
It's the thought and effort that counts. It probably tasted great too.
#99
My Roommate And Boyfriend Made Me A Cake For My Birthday, But They're All Funky Looking
#100
This Is What My "Guitar" Cake For My Boy Looks Like
#101
Just Your Basic Unicorn
Blue Bunny of Happiness 1 year ago (edited)
They could at least have covered the cardboard with foil.
#102
My Sister Was Looking At The Facebook Page Of A Local Bakery She Used To Frequent And Saw This. Couldn't Stop Laughing
#103
First Attempt At A Layered Cake
Jack Smith 1 year ago
that actually looks pretty good. sure, it isn't perfect, but it looks pretty nice
arthbach 1 year ago
I'm trying to work out what went wrong. The cake is well iced. The top and bottom are beautifully piped, but what's going on with the middle? That's the only dodgy section.
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#104
I Was Told My Failed Instant Pot Cake Attempt Would Be Welcomed Here
#106
It Needs Some SOS For Sure
#107
My Wonderful Mother Made Me This Cake For My Birthday. It’s Supposed To Be Betty White/Rose Nylund. We Had A Good Long Laugh With Her About This One
#108
My Sad Attempt At A Bruno From Encanto Cake
#109
I Thought This Was Thomas The Tank Engine
Sooploosh MacSchnibble 1 year ago
Rlly dunno how u could mistake this for thomas the tank engine
#110
I Had Never Baked Before Today, But My Wife Said That She Hasn't Had A Birthday Cake Since She Was A Kid, So I Wanted To Surprise Her. It's Pretty Awful, But She Loved It
#111
I Requested A Hedgehog Cake. This Is What My Husband Made
#112
My Attempt At Making Bluey Cake. It Turned Out To Be A Bit Of A Disaster. My Icing Went Horribly Wrong, But We Learned And Moved On
#113
Don't Think I'll Be Going Into Business Making Cakes Anytime Soon
#114
Is That You Through The Ages?
#115
My First Try Making An Ugly Hedgehog Cake
#116
My First Ever Decorated Layered Cake. I Have Never Decorated A Cake Before. I Ran Out Of Room For The "S"
#117
I Present This Monstrosity Of A Birthday Cake I Made With My Own Two Hands. It Looks Like A Child Made It. Be Amazed
#118
This "Congratulation" Cake That My Wife And I Were Given A Few Years Back. The Whole Foods Employee Ran Out Of Space
#119
An Attempt At A Cheetah Print Cake For Our Friend's Daughter's Birthday
#120
It Looks Just Like Her
#121
I Tried To Make A Cake For Lana Del Rey's Birthday And I Failed
#122
Made This Cake For Drake’s Birthday
#124
My Fiance's Birthday Is Tomorrow. Icing Is Harder To Write With Than I Thought It Would Be
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Louise Clarke 1 year ago
This makes me realise that my cake decorating skills are pretty good lol
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
if you like this kind of thing, check out cakewrecks. com
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
You beat me to the punch - but I'm not mad at all. Glad to see there are other Cakewrecks fans on BP!
Load More Replies... Susan Bosse 1 year ago
I tried to make a topsy turvy cake before I knew what I was doing (about 10 years ago). It was the most laughable thing on the planet. I attempted stripes. They were okay but omg. We still laugh about it. It was for my son's 11th or 12th birthday. He'll be 22 in May.
Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago (edited)
I made a blueberry and lavender cake once. Used fresh blueberries and everything. It seemed to be fine, so i put the fondant layer over the top, came to eat it the next day and it had mysteriously liquified. ._. XD I imagine it was too many blueberries...
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
Alot of these don't belong here. Many are bad...but others were just people wanting validation that their cake was okay
Louise Clarke 1 year ago
This makes me realise that my cake decorating skills are pretty good lol
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
if you like this kind of thing, check out cakewrecks. com
Freya the Wanderer 1 year ago
You beat me to the punch - but I'm not mad at all. Glad to see there are other Cakewrecks fans on BP!
Load More Replies... Susan Bosse 1 year ago
I tried to make a topsy turvy cake before I knew what I was doing (about 10 years ago). It was the most laughable thing on the planet. I attempted stripes. They were okay but omg. We still laugh about it. It was for my son's 11th or 12th birthday. He'll be 22 in May.
Roan The Demon Kitty 1 year ago (edited)
I made a blueberry and lavender cake once. Used fresh blueberries and everything. It seemed to be fine, so i put the fondant layer over the top, came to eat it the next day and it had mysteriously liquified. ._. XD I imagine it was too many blueberries...
DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight 1 year ago
Alot of these don't belong here. Many are bad...but others were just people wanting validation that their cake was okay
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