Expectation vs Reality, Vol. 27
June 9, 2015 Jamie ordered this zebra-stripe cake in blue and green:
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...but she got this:
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Mmm. Squishy.
(Anyone else seeing under-ripe banana peels?)
I'm still not sure what happened to Deirdre's Nemo cake.
She ordered this:
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...but got... this?
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After much puzzling, I've decided that thing in the middle is a snow globe.
Which only prompts more questions, if you think about it.
And finally, Jody ordered a rainbow cake from this website promising next day delivery:
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Just to be clear, that's the picture on the bakery's own website, so it's not like they were asked to match someone else's work.
(Drum roll, please.)
Aaaaand this is what turned up at Jody's door the next day:
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I have lost the ability to even, you guys.
That's right.
I CAN'T EVEN.
Thanks to Jamie B., Deirdre D., & Jody E. for proving you can't always trust things ordered off the internet. (But I still have high hopes for this at-home lipo kit, so hey, wish me luck!)
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Reader Comments (56)
Necroposting because I saw the same technique on the advertised rainbow cake in a checkout stand magazine. You pipe a row of round plops of frosting around the cake, then gently spread each frosting plop halfway over the one next to it with a butter knife. That is literally all you do. And they couldn't get it!
Also, re the first one: How in the heck does a professional baker not know the difference between frosting and fondant?
I don't know why bakers who do not work in fondant expect buttercream to look the same and accept jobs creating look-alikes where the example is fondant. If you order a cake, ask the baker for examples of their work in fondant before ordering. Buttercream cakes can be lovely, but they won't look like fondant cakes.
Oh! That last one looks practically inedible haha- just found the website- it's in Britain and from a town called Sunderland... My husband is from their neighbouring 'rival' town and would have some hilarious choice words to say about this! Hahahaha
Clearly they coloured the cake batter instead of the icing... When it came to the icing they run out of colouring and thought the customer wouldn't notice?
OMG the last post (googled the website) is a fairly well known service in my city!!! Will have to remember that one for next time I'm told "I can it get it cheaper from .......... {insert said company here}......"
Although abhorrent, no one can expect that photo-quality product for that price. Classic case of "get what you pay for."
Um, yeh, what do you think you are getting for $30? lol