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You've probably heard about his majesty, the king and the queen of all the delicious cakes smothered with whipped cream, the hedgehog cake. Started as a sincere baking fail by someone who thought that making such a dessert would be a walk in the park, it quickly turned into an internet craze with people deliberately making the worst hedgehog cakes out there. Take a look at some wonderfully awful examples in our previous entry right here.
But a hedgehog cake is far from the only way a cake can turn from good to decent, and then drop to a monstrosity. In fact, confectionery is the perfect environment for some of the funniest, craziest and unexpected fails worthy of a place in the camera roll hall of fame.
So today, we compiled a list with some of the most stomach-churning cakes that show you to be careful what you wish for and do not underestimate a carrot cake that your local bakery is nailing effortlessly. It doesn’t mean you will nail it too.
Scroll down, upvote your favorite pics and be sure to check out our previous posts with cakes with threatening auras, cakes made by decorators who took instructions too literally, and expectations vs. reality-type of cakes.
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#1
My Cousin Wanted Cake And Ordered One. Told The Bakers To Write Whatever They Wanted Because It Was For Just For Her Anyways
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#2
My Mom Knows I Like Hedgehogs, She Said I Couldn’t Come In The Kitchen All Day She She Spent All Day Making Me A Surprise Birthday Cake. Love You Mom
#3
My Mom Ordered A Graduation Cake With A Cap Drawn On. I Guess They Misheard
As we can all clearly see from this post, confectionery is one hell of an art form not everyone was born to master. The skill, dedication, time and eye for detail that go into a beautiful piece are immeasurable, and so it’s only fair that when trying to recreate them at home, people will fail. And they will miserably.
One of the greatest symbols of cake fails is the one and only, notorious hedgehog cake. With so many absurdly bad attempts at recreating this edible monstrosity, it has become a meme in itself. Now, more and more people are embracing the horrible looks of the hedgehog cake, trying to make their own representation of it.
#4
Mother-In-Law Just Served Me This Piece Of Cake
#5
My Darth Maul Birthday Cake Ate Too Much Cake
#6
Baby Yoda Cake
Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
I would too if I had all those candles installed to my head
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Stephanie Keith 4 years ago
This is not bad. If the person just tried for the 1st time in their life. Perspective! I think it is well done given no experience at all. It would only be a fail if it was a very experienced Baker and this is the result.
mph seti 4 years ago
I dunno, this one looks like the person honestly tried, and just doesn't know how to sculpt fondant. Kinda mean to make fun of it, IMO...
April Stephens 4 years ago
To me, it depends whether an amateur baked it or whether someone paid money for this from a professional. If it was an amateur, I agree, great try. Very good beginner's attempt, better than I could do. It's cute and recognizable. If it was a professional, they didn't perform up to expectations.
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Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Well, you poked candles through his skull. Don't expect him to be happy about it.
Bora Zrinyi 4 years ago
I'm not surprised he looks so sad, someone put candles into his head!!!
ChaosPlayz -MinecraftAndMore! 4 years ago (edited)
Hmmm.... yes it does seem like a good idea to make a dead-looking baby yoda with candles impaled in his skull. In fact, we should show the world!
Lainie 4 years ago
That's to let you know you can't add your picture. You can't do anything, otherwise something terrible is going to happen.
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Johanne Trudeau 4 years ago
Hahaha!!! Looks like poor baby Yoda took a severe beating!!! At least it's recognizable though!!
Elaine Mattingly 4 years ago
My head is on fire and now the two year old is going to spit all over me while he tries to put out the fire. HUMANS!!!
Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
OMG! What happened? Did the Mandalorian put him through the washing machine?
So we spoke with Corinne Mankoo, the Co-Director of April's Baker who shared some very interesting insights on the ugly hedgehog cakes, as well as a simple cake recipe that anyone could make! “First of all, who doesn't find hedgehogs cute? Of course, so many people attempt to recreate them,” Corinne said.
#7
I Asked For A Cake Wreck Fail For My Birthday. They Nailed It
#8
The Ice Cream Cake I Ordered For Valentine’s Day Said “I Love You” But Some Of The Letters Fell Off During Transit
#9
Dear God No..
“However, although the cake might look simple, when it comes to it, some people find that's not the case. It's almost become a trend now to take on the hedgehog cake challenge and share how badly you fail at it,” she explained. According to Corinne, what makes the hedgehog cake that ugly is its teeth. “Why do people insist on adding creepy human teeth? Surely that's a recipe for a disturbing disaster,” she said.
#10
My Son Turned 1 Yesterday. This Was The Topper To His Space Themed Cake. Left Is What We Ordered, Right Is What We Got
#11
My Friend Made A Danny DeVito Cake For Her Friend. It's Worse In Person
#12
My Buddy’s Girlfriend Farted In Front Of Him For The First Time. He Got A Cake For The Occasion
For anyone who’s had enough of the bad tries at making a cake, Corinne was happy to share a recipe for a mini chocolate cake (serves 6) that will put a smile on anyone’s face who tries it. So take out your notebooks, everyone!
“Chocolate ganache: 350 g dark chocolate chips, 400 ml double cream. Weigh the chocolate chips in a bowl. Heat the double cream in a pan on a medium heat until steaming. Pour the hot cream onto the chocolate chips. Whisk together until all the chocolate is melted and you have a smooth ganache. Set aside for several hours to cool, or pop in the fridge until the ganache starts to set.”
“Chocolate sponge: 82 g all-purpose flour; 24 g cocoa powder; 56 g light brown sugar; 75 g caster sugar; 1 large egg; 0.75 tsp baking soda; 0.25 tsp baking powder; Pinch of salt; 0.5 tsp espresso powder; 0.5 tsp vanilla extract; 45 ml olive oil; 90 ml whole milk; 90 ml boiling water."
#13
Found This Cake Today
#14
Mi mujer no entiende por qué todo el mundo se ríe de su pastel
#15
I Made My Friend A Campfire Cake For Her Birthday But The More I Look At It, The More It Looks Like A Flaming Pile Of Poop
"Method:
1. Heat the oven to 170°C. Grease two 4-inch cake tins.
2. Boil the water and pour in the espresso. Set aside.
3. Mix together the oil, sugar, brown sugar and egg. Beat on high till thick and fluffy.
4. Weigh the dry ingredients and mix together in a bowl. Add to the sugar/egg/oil mix till just incorporated.
5. Pour the milk and vanilla into the mix.
6. Finally, slowly pour in the boiling water. Mix together, scraping down the bowl to ensure there are no lumps.
7. Pour the batter into the cake tins and bake for approximately 45-50 minutes till done.
8. Trim the chocolate sponges if need be so they’re flat on both sides.
9. When the ganache has started to set but is still soft, place a little in the middle of the cake board or cake stand.
10. Stack the sponges, spreading the ganache in the middle and around the outside.
11. Using an offset palette knife and a cake scraper, smooth the ganache until crumb-coated. Chill in the fridge for about 20 minutes until set.
12. Cover again with a second coat of chocolate ganache. Smooth the ganache with an offset palette knife and cake scraper.
13. Decorate however you’d like, we like to use Maraschino cherries.”
#16
Tried A Mirror Glaze
#17
We Ordered The Cake On The Left And Received The Cake On The Right. Elmo Has Seen Better Days
#18
How Do You Want Your Birthday Cake Decorated? I Don't Care
#19
A Friend Of Mine Ordered A Picture Cake And Gave The Woman A Thumb Drive With The Picture She Wanted To Use
When my friend went to pick it up, this is what was waiting for her. English is the clerks second language. You can fill in the blanks here.
#20
Throwback To That Time I Tried My Triedest To Make My Larry A Chewbacca Cake
Jo Johannsen 4 years ago (edited)
Hey, I think you did OK; I was guessing Chewie before I read the caption.
#21
Ordered A Birthday Cake For My Niece
#22
My Girlfriend Brought Me A Cake To Work For My Birthday
#24
Corgi Cake For My Boyfriend's Birthday
#25
Yummers!
#26
We Wanted To Create Something Beautiful For Our Wedding Cake. I Turned Out To Be A Pregnant Sumo Wrestler
#27
I Wanted A Cake That Looked Like My Cat It Was A Fail But It’s Still Pretty Cute
#28
Someone Brought My Sleep Paralysis Monster To Life
#29
Olaf Cake
#30
I Recreated The Cursed Hedgehog Cake, But As A Baked Alaska
#31
Spiderman
#32
Steve Harvey Cake
#33
I Was Asked What I Want Written On My Cake. I Said Nothing
#34
I Just Couldn’t Wait To Share This
Made this little guy out of a cupcake, buttercream, pretzels, marshmallows, jellybeans, and candy eyes. His expression makes me feel like he's going to hunt me down for creating him. I can't wait to see everyone's bursting creations!
#35
This Cake Looks Like A Wet Gremlin Went Leather Face Texax Chain Saw Massacre Style And Is Wearing The Face Of Another Wet Gremlin
#36
Kill Me
#37
We Requested A Friends Themed Cake
#39
Grooms Cake Disaster, What We Wanted Vs. What We Got
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
The thing I am not understanding, where are these people buying these cakes?
#40
My Mum Loves Those Pictures Of Ugly Hedgehog Cakes, So I Made Her A Zero Sugar/Low Carb Version For Mother's Day. Delicious And Terrifying
#41
Tried To Make A Fox Cake For My Partners Birthday And This Monster Was Created Instead (Added Sprinkles To Soften The Blow)
#42
My Mum Was Asked To Make A Baby Shower Cake. Let's Just Say, No One Wanted To Cut The Cord
#43
Cake Fail
#44
Blursed Hedgehog Cake
#45
Made A Pikachu Cake
#46
[oc] Kill Me
#47
My Girlfriend Spent $100 To Get Me A White Claw Cake For My Birthday. She Was Less Than Pleased With The Result
#48
Ordered Cake On The Left, Received Cake On The Right
#49
Birthday Cake My Mom's Friend Wanted A Replica Of vs. What She Got - 50€
Hugo Raible 4 years ago
Quite ok for 50 EUR. For the left one you'd be more in the 100 EUR range or more.
#50
I’m Glad We Only Paid €72 For This
#51
Wife's Friend Had A Superhero Themed Swim Party For Their 4-Year Old Son. This Is What The Bakery Came Up With
#52
Tried To Make A Cake To Immortalize My Cat, I Have Not Stopped Laughing
#53
My Mom Made A Lamb Cake For Easter
#54
Every Year For My Birthday My Mum Finds The Dodgyest Cake On The Internet And Recreates It For Me. This Is The Result
#55
Honestly, Happier With What I Got Than What I Ordered
#56
Cat Cake
#58
Cake Fail
#59
Master Yoda, Who Has Gone Through A Lot In His Life
#60
Cake Ordered Vs. What Arrived
#61
I Asked For A Pikachu Cake And Got A Pigachu
#62
This Beauty Has Been Both My Favorite And Worst Cake At The Same Time
#63
Lady Gaga Cake
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Maybe it was born that way? (I thought there was a bit of a nip slip on the left.)
#64
Cake My Girlfriend Made For Her Daughter's 21st Tonight
#65
Cat Cake
#66
The Cake I Spent 1h To Make. At Least Im Sure It's Not Too Dry
#67
Birthday Cake Attempt This Weekend
#68
E For Effort For My Little Sister..
#69
Lumpy Space Princess
#70
My Wife And I Have A Competition In Who Can Get The Other Person The Most Upsetting Cake
#71
Nailed It
#72
Cake I Ordered vs. Cake I Received. Happy Mother’s Day!
#73
I Made A Hedgehog Cake For My Boyfriend Today
#74
Cute Cactus Attempt
#75
Birthday Cake
Shazz Winchester 4 years ago
My question is - what does it summon? Those runes.... look deliberately placed
#76
I Was Reminded Of A Lesson That I Hope To Always Avoid
#77
My Failed Attempt At Making A Baby Yoda Cake
#78
This Is A Horse
#79
When You Try To Bake A Cake Of Your Dog And It Looks More Like A Poo
#81
My Girlfriend Was Adamant She Could Make A Cake Exactly Like The One On The Left
#83
My Pregnant Friend Won This Cake From A Local Bakery
#84
Wife Made Me A Birthday Cake
Emberek Nullaharom 4 years ago
i love it! it is like rethinking the design knowing your own limits. and it kinda works for me
#85
I Made An R2D2 Cake
#86
Throwback To When We Tried To Make Aunt Petunias Cake
#87
My Friend Tried To Replicate This Cute Little Lamb Cake. What She Got Was Perfection
#88
My GF's Little Brother Wanted An Army Cake For His Birthday
Mom orders one over the phone. When they go to pick it up, this is what they arrive to. I think there was a slight miscommunication.
Whawhawhatsis 4 years ago
She asked for an arm-y cake, she got an arm-y cake. What's the problem?
#89
Spongebob Cake
#90
Friend's Take On The Piglets In Mud Cake
#91
Sonic The Hedgehog
#92
When You Just Can’t Bear To Actually Set It On Fire
#94
That Is An Actual Piece Of Toast
#95
Nailed It
This is what happens when I think I have not just dropper food coloring sets but a full on 12 piece Wilton professional set of food coloring... only when I went to try to find it, it’s nowhere to be seen. The other three packages of food coloring (one all-the-chemical-way and two crunchy granola colored-by-carrots types) are now an X file. BUT....
I do have 27 bottles of various sprinkles, and this is the result. The kids even helped. My now 6 year old Birthday Boy told me it’s the best cake he’s ever had, and that his birthday was the awesomest yet.
#96
Tried To Make A Birthday Cake
#97
What Do You Do When It's Early Covid, Everything Is Closed And A 6 Year Old Boy Wants A Bugs Bunny Cake
#99
Very Proud To Share With You Our First Cake
#100
The Glorious Snowman Ice Cream Cake My Mom Bought
#101
Brother Ordered His Daughters Birthday Cake, She Specifically Wanted It To Have Justin Bieber And Pink Color Frosting
#102
A Cereal Bowl Cake
I decided to try it for myself using (mostly) off-the-shelf baking and decorating supplies. End result is cute, quirky, and a bit flawed because I winged it on a few steps.
#103
In Keeping Up With The Tradition Of Making Tragic Holiday Cakes, Here Is An Easter Bunny Cake With Soulless Eyes
#104
Worked On This All Day. Not The Best, But My Bluey Fan Turns Three Today
#105
What’s Easter Without A Super Janky Bunny Cake? At Least It’s Yummy
#106
A Creation For Son's Birthday
#107
The One That Assembled This Cake, Read The Instructions Wrong
#108
Eight Crazy Nights! That’s How Long Those Candles Will Prop Up That House
#112
My Niece's Bday Cake. An Attempt Was Made
#114
The Best Part Of This Nightmare Was That I Knew You’d Love It Anyway And We’d Laugh About It
#116
Celebrating My First Divorceversary And The Office Girls Bought Me A Cake
#118
My Mum Asked What Cake To Make My 1yr Old For His Birthday. We Asked For A Duck
#120
It Is My Middle Child's Birthday Today. Maby Professional Cake Decorating Not In My Skillset But What It Lacked In Looks It Made Up For In Flavor
#121
I Usually Decorate The Lamb Cake For Easter, But My Mother In Law Had To Do It Herself This Year. This Is The Result
#122
It’s Supposed To Look Like Eevee, But Let’s Be Honest, It Looks Like Dobby With A Beard
#127
Made German Chocolate Cake From Scratch. Tastes Better Than It Looks
#130
The Wedding Cake I Asked For And The Cake I Received
#131
In Today’s Episode Of How Not To Ice A Cake
#132
Donkey
memyselfandI 4 years ago
That is actually really accurate for the Shrek donkey. Maybe the proportions of the legs are a little off, but it’s a cake, so props to you.
#133
Project/Expectation Of The Night : Alligator Cake! Reality : Turdagator Cake. Poor Turdagator. I'm Sorry I've Failed You
#134
Here It Is Folks. The Pièce De Résistance
I attempted yet again to make a lego man cake for Carlisle as requested by him and as you can see, it turned out amazing! The cake got stuck in the silicone mould thing and when I was trying to get it out I kinda lost handle of everything and it flung off the cooling rack thing and smooshed onto the bench... believe it or not, what you see before you is actually 4 separate/smashed pieces and I ate the rest I couldn’t put back together lol!
So I made it a zombie instead which they both thought was hilarious 😂
And @colessupermarkets gluten free vanilla cake mix for the win 👌 tasted.
#135
A Little Love From The Woke Kirby Gang
#136
Easter Bunny Bundt Cake
Clearly someone is missing their ears and this is definitely the messiest bundt cake I’ve ever made but it was still so nice to spend Easter with my mixer, dogs and priest in HD.
#138
You Might Remember The Fabulously Terrifying Hedgehog Cake I Made For A Mate A Few Months Ago. Today She Hedgehog Caked Me Back
#139
Unicorn Cake
Karen Lyon 4 years ago (edited)
It's a layer cake, people. Butter, flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking soda. I learned how to make these from a box mix when I was five, at my auntie's knee. I made my first from scratch when I was ten and in Camp Fire Girls. (And trust me when I tell you that was all quite some time back.) It really isn't rocket science. The frosting/decorating part could be intimidating, sure, but holy shenanigans, how does a simple layer cake turn out this awful?
#140
It Was My Son's Birthday On The Weekend. All He Wanted Was A Duck Cake. Looks Great On Angle, But Front On Its Nightmare Fuel
#143
As A Self Taught Baker, Not Every Cake Comes Out Perfect. As We Practice, We Learn , And We Are Humbled
#146
I Tried To Recreate Nailed It! The Show And I Tried To Make A Thanksgiving Turkey Cake And I Think I Did OK
#147
Here Is The Fattest, Most Diabolical LEGO Man Ever
#149
Perfect
Lyone Fein 4 years ago
Most of these fails are because people are clueless about what kind of frosting to use. But it is a simple thing. The more detailed you want to get, the stiffer your frosting needs to be.
#155
Welcome Back From Coma
Wombatred26 4 years ago (edited)
Looks like they used catsup to line out/write in the correction...🤮
#159
Well Kids. You Win Some, You Lose Some—today The Cake Defeated Me. I’ll Get It Next Time With A More Refined Recipe
#160
I Attempted A Caterpillar Cake. It Will Haunt My Nightmares Forever
#161
When You Think You Had A Bad Day, I Want You To Look Closely At This Cake And Know That Someone Had A Way Harder Day Than You
#164
My Feeble Attempt At A Wreck It Ralph Cake By Request Of My 7-Year-Old While He Was Gone Watching The Movie For His B-Day
#167
Cake Made By Friend Who Works At Walmart
#170
My Mom Asked What Kind Of Cake I Wanted For My Birthday, I Said “Carrot Cake” And I Got Exactly What I Asked For. Well Played Mom
#171
Sometimes The Cake Works With Me, Sometimes It Fights Me And Since This Was A Monster Cake It's Not Surprising It Beat Me This Time
#172
Tried To Get Fancy With The Lamb Cake And Fill It With Sprinkles - But It Wasn’t Quite Sturdy Enough
#173
I See Your “Ugliest Carrot Cake” And Raise You My Turd Carrot Cake
#174
My Incredible Talent For Not Just Baking, But Decorating. I Will Not Be Taking Questions At This Time
Karen Lyon 4 years ago
At least this cake rose....unless that's six layers there, instead of two.
#176
Dog Cake
#179
Do Better
Karen Lyon 4 years ago
There are people who think this is okay. I know of a young man who came from a dysfuntional family, with a raging alcoholic father as a role model, that ended up getting into drugs. His mother and his sister put a similar message on his birthday cake. It wasn't helpful or productive.
#180
This Patriotic Cheese Cake
Hrydhaan Worah 3 years ago
could have added blueberries where the strawberries are and strawberries where the blueberries are it would look great
#181
Traditional Thanksgiving Dessert 2020 Edition
#182
Birthday Cake My Mom's Friend Wanted A Replica Of Vs. What She Got - 50€
#183
Cake At The Wedding I Attended This Weekend
#184
Making My Dreams A Reality
#187
Fiancé And I Are Practicing Our Homemade Wedding Cake
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Celeste Grant 4 years ago
This shows that people don't use the right kind of icing to get the results they want. Buttercream is never going to look or behave like fondant icing. I think they also ice the cakes warm when they need to be cold too. There is a reason that professional cakes are pricy, and that's because it takes skill and time to make them look good.
Helen Haley 4 years ago
My favorites were the ones that the original used buttercream and couldn't understand why whipped acted differently. I agree they don't seem to understand the differences between fondant, whipped, buttercream, or just because you can decorate a cake doesn't mean you can sculpt figurines. Always look to see if sculpted figurines are part of their portfolio, and know what the heck you're ordering. If the artist asks you multiple times if you're sure, you've chosen wrong and they're trying to get you to get it right.
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Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
A lot of these cakes are either homemade, or homemade by someone else for a fraction of the price of a real baker's cake. No wonder they turn out like this. I'd not accept these failures from a real bakery where you paid a normal price, but if you want to be cheap, you can expect this.
Kita Bradshaw 4 years ago
I make my kids ones and def not a professional. It’s not that hard.
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DuchessDegu 4 years ago
Frosting and fondant are completely different things. Let the damn cake to cool down, stone cold, before decorating. A lot of the cakes in photos are either inedible (for photo shooting purposes) or images been heavily edited. Yes some people can make wonderful, delicious, gorgeous cakes but it'll cost you
MonsterMum 4 years ago
I'm sure at lot of these are deliberate for likes/views. I'm no expert but if you use the right ingredients (sugar paste not buttercream most of the time) you can produce something reasonable. If you put hideous sweet teeth on your hedgehog you know it's going to look bad. I'm sorry for the ones who paid though
LittleMissLotus 4 years ago
To be fair, most of the hedgehog ones and I think the Belle one explicitly stated that they are awful on purpose because they were recreating one specific cake. I'm going to have to agree about some of the other ones, though.
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Rose the Cook 4 years ago
If someone near to you baked you a cake it is the thought that counts. If ordering from a bakery, just because they bake great cakes doesn't mean they can decorate artistically. Only buy from bakers where you have seen their decorating skills before.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I wonder if these people looked at any of the cakes leaving the bakery before they placed their order. Some bakeries have inedible models set up as examples of their work, which may or may not have been assembled by the decorator there. If you're planning to spend a bundle on a cake, look at the cakes going out of the shop before handing over money... often times, you can just peek over the counter and see the finished products, if not, ask to see several finished cakes before ordering your own.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I did not need to see this the day I start the laborious process of Hubby's Haunted House Birthday Cake.... Oh.... boy.
Francis 4 years ago
the worst about this list is, that i upvoted the worst ones, because it should be a list of the worst ones.. it hurt me
Kar Red Roses 4 years ago
ikr … XD it’s like, ugh, that’s —disgustingly— *bad* and you should feel bad. So hey here’s an upvote buddy!
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Kar Red Roses 4 years ago
I loved working in the art studio next door to one of those fancy bakeries (read: NOT the wrecking kind 🍰🎂) this one made exquisite custom cakes for corporate parties and people with money to burn on expensive showers and birthdays etc. They’d throw out huge sacks of perfectly fresh cake leftovers every week, and we’d take it home! It was all their cuttings and shavings from their “custom shaped” cakes they made. Animals, logos and numbers and what-have-you. They’d save a little in their fridge to fill with if they had an emergency (plug a hole in a broken cake), but all the rest went to feed the hungry starving artists next door.
kath morgan 4 years ago
Stop taking photos of professionally decorated cakes that you ripped off their Instagram to cheaper bakers…
Celeste Grant 4 years ago
This shows that people don't use the right kind of icing to get the results they want. Buttercream is never going to look or behave like fondant icing. I think they also ice the cakes warm when they need to be cold too. There is a reason that professional cakes are pricy, and that's because it takes skill and time to make them look good.
Helen Haley 4 years ago
My favorites were the ones that the original used buttercream and couldn't understand why whipped acted differently. I agree they don't seem to understand the differences between fondant, whipped, buttercream, or just because you can decorate a cake doesn't mean you can sculpt figurines. Always look to see if sculpted figurines are part of their portfolio, and know what the heck you're ordering. If the artist asks you multiple times if you're sure, you've chosen wrong and they're trying to get you to get it right.
Load More Replies... Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
A lot of these cakes are either homemade, or homemade by someone else for a fraction of the price of a real baker's cake. No wonder they turn out like this. I'd not accept these failures from a real bakery where you paid a normal price, but if you want to be cheap, you can expect this.
Kita Bradshaw 4 years ago
I make my kids ones and def not a professional. It’s not that hard.
Load More Replies... DuchessDegu 4 years ago
Frosting and fondant are completely different things. Let the damn cake to cool down, stone cold, before decorating. A lot of the cakes in photos are either inedible (for photo shooting purposes) or images been heavily edited. Yes some people can make wonderful, delicious, gorgeous cakes but it'll cost you
MonsterMum 4 years ago
I'm sure at lot of these are deliberate for likes/views. I'm no expert but if you use the right ingredients (sugar paste not buttercream most of the time) you can produce something reasonable. If you put hideous sweet teeth on your hedgehog you know it's going to look bad. I'm sorry for the ones who paid though
LittleMissLotus 4 years ago
To be fair, most of the hedgehog ones and I think the Belle one explicitly stated that they are awful on purpose because they were recreating one specific cake. I'm going to have to agree about some of the other ones, though.
Load More Replies... Rose the Cook 4 years ago
If someone near to you baked you a cake it is the thought that counts. If ordering from a bakery, just because they bake great cakes doesn't mean they can decorate artistically. Only buy from bakers where you have seen their decorating skills before.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I wonder if these people looked at any of the cakes leaving the bakery before they placed their order. Some bakeries have inedible models set up as examples of their work, which may or may not have been assembled by the decorator there. If you're planning to spend a bundle on a cake, look at the cakes going out of the shop before handing over money... often times, you can just peek over the counter and see the finished products, if not, ask to see several finished cakes before ordering your own.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I did not need to see this the day I start the laborious process of Hubby's Haunted House Birthday Cake.... Oh.... boy.
Francis 4 years ago
the worst about this list is, that i upvoted the worst ones, because it should be a list of the worst ones.. it hurt me
Kar Red Roses 4 years ago
ikr … XD it’s like, ugh, that’s —disgustingly— *bad* and you should feel bad. So hey here’s an upvote buddy!
Load More Replies... Kar Red Roses 4 years ago
I loved working in the art studio next door to one of those fancy bakeries (read: NOT the wrecking kind 🍰🎂) this one made exquisite custom cakes for corporate parties and people with money to burn on expensive showers and birthdays etc. They’d throw out huge sacks of perfectly fresh cake leftovers every week, and we’d take it home! It was all their cuttings and shavings from their “custom shaped” cakes they made. Animals, logos and numbers and what-have-you. They’d save a little in their fridge to fill with if they had an emergency (plug a hole in a broken cake), but all the rest went to feed the hungry starving artists next door.
kath morgan 4 years ago
Stop taking photos of professionally decorated cakes that you ripped off their Instagram to cheaper bakers…
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