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Food is the fastest way to anyone’s heart, we believe, so it’s only natural that for such special occasions as birthdays and weddings, you might get the temptation of making a festive cake by yourself.

But why do cakes fail? The problem with the internet is that it makes everything look so easy. Take baking, for example. Quickly scroll through Instagram and Pinterest, and you’ll find countless birthday and wedding cakes baked so perfectly that they barely seem real. 

However, they were baked by humans, so if they can do it, why can't you? It can't be that difficult...right? In this case, expectations vs. reality are two very different things, and it frequently turns out that you are no Gordon Ramsay and no Jamie Oliver either. 

On the brighter side, though, we are capable of cake wrecks and funny fails. So, cake fails, funny designs happen more often than the creation of a sleek, designer-worthy cake. How to fix cake fails? Usually, there’s no way to fix it, but feel free to use our picture list of funny cakes as a guideline to avoid an epic fail if you try to make one yourself.

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Disney Cake Fail

beautiful Disney cake (left), strange Disney cake (right)

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Amanda Panda
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pretty sure the original Disney cover of the little mermaid was equally as phallic. Look it up!

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Hedgehog Cake Fail

brown hedgehog cake (up), ugly hedgehog cake with teeth (down)

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Amanda Panda
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rather than taking a bite out of the cake, it looks like that 2nd one rather take a bite out of you!

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#4

Expectations vs. Reality

beautiful sheep birthday cake (up), crooked sheep birthday cake (down)

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Elsa Cake Fail

beautiful Elsa cake (left), unattractive Elsa cake (right)

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Andrea Workman
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In all fairness, that second cake was made with love by a volunteer for a hospitalized little girl who's mom couldn't afford a professional baker.

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Finding Joy In Cake Fails

So, the next time your cake doesn't quite match the Pinterest-worthy standards, take a moment to appreciate the uniqueness and share a good laugh with those who enjoy your culinary creations.

#7

Total Cake Failure

beautiful mermaid cake (left), bad-looking mermaid cake (right)

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#9

Funny Cake Fail

beautiful unicorn cake (left), ugly unicorn cake (right)

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you need fondant icing for this one... the right one obviously didn't use it

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#13

No Way It Was The Same Recipe

colorful Rubik's cube cake (up), deformed Rubik's cube cake (down)

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Amanda Panda
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can see the exact moment you gave up and just threw the colored squares at it.

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#15

Cake Fail

Buzz Lightyear view (up), bad-looking Buzz Lightyear cake (down)

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Pug Cake Fail

beautiful pug cake (left), simple pug cake (right)

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

honestly the second one looks more like a pug than the first one

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Bad Cake Design

beautiful cake in the form of octopus (up), unattractive cake (down)

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Zoe Krishel
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can tell this person tried really hard tho! I bet it looked perfect before baking

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Steve Grover
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reality pie is great! So much MORE scary than the Expectations pie.

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Sienna39108
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i wouldn't try either...I;m allergic to things that look like a octopus.

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Jason Thompson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

since it appears to be a Cthulhu cake, the second is definitely more chaotic and sinister

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BusLady
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't know if I would eat a pie being guarded by an Octopus.

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Bethany
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

reality looks like a laughing old guy octopus and the expectation looks like a mean octopus

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Expectations vs. Reality

beautiful cake in the form of pumpkin (up), bad-looking cake (down)

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