Baking is the sort of culinary art where one can’t hide their mistakes under an ocean of sauce. It’s precise, demanding and requires a skilled hand if one is really getting into decorating. The result is that it really has to go wrong a lot.
One netizen posted a thread that went viral, sharing a cake they ordered for a coworker and the mess that arrived. Other folks were quick to start sharing their own cake fails in the comments, so we gathered the best ones here. Get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to add your own thoughts to the comments below.
Fondant, the smooth and clay like covering seen on elaborate decorated cakes, is its own separate nightmare. It tears, it cracks, and it picks up every fingerprint and smudge from the person handling it. Working with fondant requires practice, the right room temperature, and a very specific technique that is genuinely hard to develop without doing it wrong many, many times first.
#22
The image is edible paper; the writing is pure axe-criminal doing his/her day job at the bakery, & Idk wth those blobs are on the right.
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15points
#23
Have you ever wished for pretty-as-a-picture polka dots... only to get gravity-defying cow patties?
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14points
The people whose cake fails you are about to see were not necessarily bad bakers. They were people who underestimated one of the most technically demanding things you can do in a kitchen, which is an extremely relatable and deeply human thing to do.
#25
I was THRILLED when I picked this cake up after having purchased a premade cake & asking the woman at the bakery counter if she could write “Thank you for being a friend” on it. THRILLED!
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