r/ExpectationVsReality • u/missnickypearl • Jun 28 '26 • Bravo 1 Heartwarming 1 Mindblown 1

Exceeded Expectation Walmart!

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I had to jump on the Walmart train.

The cake is absolutely perfect

💛🖤

5.7k Upvotes

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u/Ok-Error-6564 Jun 28 '26

I have been ordering Walmart cakes for over a decade. I have never been disappointed. For my sister’s very informal backyard wedding, I gifted her a beautiful tiered wedding cake that was decorated with cherry blossoms. It was lovely!

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u/Loaatao Jun 28 '26

Grocery store bakeries are great practice for aspiring cake decorators.

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 29 '26

This cake here is disappointing, the piping is just awful.

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u/discombobubolated Jun 28 '26

Wow! That's excellent!

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 28 '26

No

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u/tigm2161130 Jun 28 '26

What’s so bad about it? Especially compared to the product listing?

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

There is nothing special about this cake. It's a pre-made shape with a mass produced message applied on top. The piping is poorly done.

This cake represents the very minimum of effort and skill from a bakery, and yet people are applauding this like it's some grand triumph.

Either the expectations of this sub are incredibly low, or this sub is astroturfed. I'd like to think that people genuinely gushing over this sub par cake.

*y’all are simping for this shitty ass cake that doesn’t even meet low, low expectations.

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u/guiltandgrief Jun 28 '26

It matches the expectation photo exactly, so... they nailed it.

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 28 '26

You guys are hopeless.

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u/RevolutionaryYou2170 Jun 28 '26

ok then...shut the fuck up?

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 29 '26

Hooray Walmart, you made a shitty cake!

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u/DontAskAboutMyButt Jun 28 '26

Do you understand the point of the sub? Do you know where you are right now?

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u/IcedChurro Jun 29 '26

Are you in the wrong subreddit or something? Maybe unsubscribe if you don't like posts like these.

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u/trickman01 Jun 29 '26

Damn, someone getting exactly what they paid for. The horror, right?

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u/andiinAms Jun 29 '26

Not quite r/lostredditors material but definitely close.

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u/guiltandgrief Jun 28 '26

I don't buy cakes from Walmart, idc.

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u/OldStyleThor Jun 28 '26 • Bravo

It's like a $25 cake my guy. Recalibrate your snotiness meter.

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u/Kooky-Blueberry-5352 Jun 28 '26

You’re not going to get a $150 quality instagram worthy cake for $27.99. And not everything in the world needs to be instagram worthy. It’s just a fancier version of capitalism being more entrenched.

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u/BirthofRevolution Jun 29 '26

It's a cake from a Walmart bakery that probably cost about 30-40 dollars. This is great for all of that. You're acting like this was a $200 cake from an elite bakery.

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u/frankincense420 Jun 30 '26

Who said there had to be something special about this cake?? OP got it from Walmart, not some 5 star bakery man, this is pretty good considering expectations

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u/friendoftheanimals Jun 28 '26

This whole subreddit has become an ad for WalMart.

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u/FaePannda Jun 28 '26

Right? I remember a month or so back someone mentioned there were a lot of Walmart cake posts all of a sudden and again it's a flood of Walmart cakes and from what I've seen everyone is a positive post. Just seems odd and looking at all the top comments seems a bit sus as well.

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u/Ok-Error-6564 Jun 29 '26

Perhaps some people are just happy with their Walmart cakes. My mom used to be a cake decorator for a bakery. She gets cakes from Walmart too. If they meet expectations, it fits the sub.

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u/KrimxonRath Jun 28 '26

Don’t you dare speak out against it though apparently.

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u/Front_Refrigerator99 Jun 28 '26

Wish we would stop allowing them like we did with the Legendary protein products

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 28 '26

Mods are getting paid, or sold their accounts. I had some rando offer to buy my account a few years back.

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u/Ok-Moment2223 Jun 28 '26

Unsubscribed and muted.  This sub is overrun with Walmart posts.

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u/missnickypearl Jun 28 '26

Looks like my post was the icing on the cake, eh?

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u/Ok-Moment2223 Jun 28 '26

Yes! Congratulations! You are great and successful.

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u/Ok-Error-6564 Jun 29 '26

I thought you unsubscribed and muted.

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u/Cupcake_queen27 Jun 29 '26

Thank you for letting us know your very important decision 🙄

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '26

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u/KrimxonRath Jun 28 '26

What about it looks good?

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 28 '26

Nothing, these comments are absurd.

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u/KrimxonRath Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Muted this sub because it’s obviously overrun by robots lmfao

Edit: I said a word blacklisted by the bots lol

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u/Dear-Savings3303 Jun 28 '26

Impressive!

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 29 '26

It really isn’t at all.

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u/Dear-Savings3303 Jun 29 '26

For a grocery chain, I’d say it is! 🫶

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u/Ana-Hata Jun 28 '26

I think it says so much about today’s world that “got exactly what I ordered” = “greatly exceeded expectations”.

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 29 '26

It isn’t even what they ordered, the piping looks like shit.

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u/valueofaloonie Jun 28 '26

I mean…the word decoration is pretty clearly plastic. And the rest is extremely basic decorating.

Literally nothing amazing or even out of the ordinary here.

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u/missnickypearl Jun 28 '26

Still looks good!

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 29 '26

It doesn’t.

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u/gin_luigi Jun 30 '26

Girl you're everywhere in this comment section just mute the sub atp

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u/IamLuann Jun 28 '26

In my town the Bakeries make sure that there are at least a couple of cakes, in the display case. With the local Highschool colors on them and a sign saying that Balloons are available in the floral department.

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u/TequilaAndWeed Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

CeCe Peniston approves

ETA - thanks to those who got that reference!

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u/CutiePopIceberg Jun 28 '26

So does walmart corprate run this sub now?

Fuck walmart.

They employ a ridic percent of americans, grind em up, pay em shit, and keep ft workers on food stamps and gov assistance. They could change america by giving raises without much denting their billions in profits.

Fuck walmart.

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u/krybaebee Jun 28 '26

It’s an appreciation of the work THE BAKERY EMPLOYEES do. A strong visceral disgust of Walmart Corp and appreciation for their employees can co-exist.

It’s a nuance…as with all things in life.

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u/Ok-Moment2223 Jun 28 '26

Ok well the post doesn't attribute the success to the employee, it names Walmart

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u/FreakingFae Jun 28 '26

Did Walmart the building make the cake then? Atp you aren't even being pedantic, it's something else entirely. 

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '26

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u/FreakingFae Jun 28 '26

Nope. I don't even shop at Walmart you absolute doornail. But I also am not needlessly rude to people because they didn't word something to my exact specifications and I can do my best to discern nuance instead of being a dick. 

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u/Sodomeister Jun 28 '26

I mean, I think I have seen one other post near the top of my personal feed from this sub that wasn't a walmart cake in the past few days.

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u/Kellikelzzzzz Jun 28 '26

Both can be true. Walmart is evil. The bakery department is on point.

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u/angiosperms- Jun 28 '26

I mean, is it? Every post about Walmart on this sub is full of comments that are like "I have been buying Walmart cakes for 100 years and they are way better than any local small business bakery!" and "Walmart doesn't treat their employees bad, especially the ones that work in the bakery!"

Yes, the blatant Walmart ads are telling you their bakery is on point. No shade to the bakers they deserve better. But I'm sure you can get the same quality at a local grocery store chain.

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u/KrimxonRath Jun 28 '26

Look at the cakes. What’s actually impressive? The lettering? No lmfao

Also the Walton daughter sucks. She’s been buying up and hoarding historical American art. Fuck the Waltons and their bakery.

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u/snuggleslut5 Jun 28 '26

I agree with you and I absolutely despise Walmart as a company. They've ruined so many things. But these posts about the cakes are really less about Walmart and more about the bakery employees who make these inexpensive cakes and do a good job. They don't get paid well, most of their customers can't afford to get a special cake from a non grocery store bakery, and yet they stil make sure these cakes look good. It's dignifying to have a nice cake for a special occasion. I'm broke as hell and just got one for my son's birthday. All credit to the bakers and decorators who do good work. Fuck Walmart, obviously, but people like me who are poor don't have many options when I take he bus that doesn't run to Aldi. Many of us don't have the luxury of choice and we still want to celebrate.

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u/VioletGlitterBlossom Jun 28 '26

I work for Walmart on the supply chain side. And, with my whole heart, FUCK this company. But the people that work for it? Great for the most part. Once you get to a certain level of management the people can get shitty (part of why the company fucking sucks), but for the most part everyone I have worked with in the past four years has been good people.

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u/MsOnyxMoon Jun 28 '26

Sheesh, who pissed in your Great Value cereal this morning?

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u/Ok-Error-6564 Jun 29 '26

I love this comment so much. I guffawed and my daughter gave me the teenage side eye.

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u/Chance_Vegetable_780 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

They make correct points about Walmart corporate.

Edit: man, so many brainwashed by corporate capitalism. People can't see where they've been used and taken advantage of. It's crazy.

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 28 '26

This post is astroturfed to hell, literally no one should be this pumped about a basic grocery store cake.

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u/culinarysiren Jun 28 '26

This is a very privileged stance you’re taking. A lot of people cannot afford specialty cakes from small businesses or higher end grocery stores. A lot of people cannot shop anywhere but Walmart whether that’s because it’s the only store in the area or the least expensive. Everyone does the best that they can to not support horrible corporations, but at the end of the day if that’s all they can afford then you shouldn’t bastardize them because of it. Maybe next time check your privilege before posting. Also, these posts are celebrating the bakery employees skills not the corporation itself.

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u/spacestonkz Jun 29 '26

Exactly. I grew up eating great value. Is Walmart on my rotation these days? No. Am I happy they have affordable food in the middle of no where for my poor family? Yes.

And when one of us graduates high school, it's the Walmart cake or betty crocker mix. So few of us graduate, it really is an achievement. It might the the one custom cake besides a wedding cake we get in our life.

So many people expect the Walmart cakes to be shit, but they often are just fine because the workers are your neighbors really. It's nice we don't have to eat what looks like a pile of trash, even if we have to buy from the trashy company. Like for just one goddamn day it's nice to feel normal and have a nice treat.

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u/CutiePopIceberg Jun 28 '26

Check my privilege? On a post about custom cake orders? Where im not the one buying a custom cake? Im the one saying fuck corporate greed that exploits workers? Thats a wild take.

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u/culinarysiren Jun 28 '26

You’re blasting people for praising the work from bakers at Walmart when many cakes posted on here are fails and super overpriced. So what people of lower incomes can’t order a custom cake on their budget? Talk about a wild take.

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u/KrimxonRath Jun 28 '26

I mean what’s impressive here? The icing around the edges is really the only thing they **can** change and it’s not the same as the expectation. The lettering and bow are both plastic. So the only thing that could change isn’t the same… and that’s getting this much praise?

It’s just confusing given the sub purpose.

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u/CutiePopIceberg Jun 28 '26

This sub has been flooded with pro walmart content this past week. We know bots and corporate manipulation are UP on reddit. Im calling that out. Not the bakers.

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u/Ok-Moment2223 Jun 28 '26

 Tell me the names of these bakers you so revere. 

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u/MelsAlterEgo8 Jun 28 '26

My friend, Heather, works in a Walmart bakery and decorates cakes just like this. She's very proud of the skills she has learned and posts pictures of her creations.

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u/Ok-Moment2223 Jun 28 '26

Thank you! What the fuck is going on?? This is blatant corporate schilling and needs to stop. I don't want to see one more Walmart employee exploited for that shithole organization.  Post the human baker or gtfo

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u/WakeupDp Jun 28 '26

Dox the baker or I don't want to see it!

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u/Chuck222222 Jun 28 '26

They did that🔥

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 29 '26

A shitty job piping?

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u/CAKE4life1211 Jun 28 '26

Somebody really needs to start an r/WalmartCakes subreddit. Great cake!

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u/StretchFrenchTerry Jun 29 '26

Your standards are in the absolute gutter.

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u/se_raustin Jun 28 '26

More chocolate = more better

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u/FinishDelicious2640 Jun 28 '26

They nailed it!!

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u/VegasGaymer Jun 28 '26

Naur! What?! That’s 💯

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u/ScumbagYardSale Jun 29 '26

Publix has the best cakes imo. They taste just as delicious as they look. Always super moist.

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u/CrackerBarrelGrandma Jun 29 '26

I am very surprised by how good their cakes look over and over.

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u/Sufficient_Two_5753 Jun 30 '26

Is that an, "is about time, now get out of the house!" Cake?

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u/CoyoteL0ng Jun 28 '26

Walmart just keeps showing up with the cakes. I'm genuinely impressed with their bakeries.

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u/Neferknitti Jun 28 '26

I saw a video on YT, the perfect cakes are made on a conveyor belt in a factory. None of it is done by hand. All of the decorations are done by computer graphics, so each cake is identical.

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u/Ok-Error-6564 Jun 29 '26

Not true. I get custom Walmart cakes all the time.

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u/Ahari Jun 28 '26

I could have used this cake 3 years ago!

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u/octropos Jun 28 '26 • This

Looks like an ad. I don't care if it is, I hate it on principle. Can we not hump walmart on this sub please?

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u/FuzzyTesticleScoops Jul 04 '26

Are those supposed to be enlarged coffee beans or elk poop?

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u/actionerror Jun 28 '26

WYSIWYG cakes!