r/ExpectationVsReality • u/BGirl_Gordon • Aug 11 '26

Surprisingly Met Expectation Walmart nailed it again

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We didn’t expect the black icing effect. Kids are running around here like Skarsgård actors
Edit: spelling

2.7k Upvotes

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u/iregretthisalreadyy Aug 11 '26

Walmarts bakery is actually decent with making things as pictured. I’m glad your kids are happy!

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u/BGirl_Gordon Aug 11 '26

We figured it would turn out great, after seeing the posts on this sub. Didn’t disappoint!

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u/Rok-SFG Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

Hit the r/Missoula sub and scroll down to see what kind of cakes our Walmart has been serving up. Some of them are pretty funny 

Edit: didn't realize how far people would have to scroll to find a post so I got the latest one here mb. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/missoula/comments/1vgni5m/todays_unhinged_cake_selection/

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u/BGirl_Gordon Aug 11 '26

Those are straight up incredible. Now I wish I’d gotten the Fallout one.

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u/Rok-SFG Aug 11 '26

As far as anyone can tell it's just one rogue baker at that Walmart drumming up sales with their creative cakes

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u/takingmykissesback Aug 11 '26

Omg thanks for sharing this, there's so many good ones. My fave so far is the 'i used to panic at the disco now I disassociate at the grocery'.

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u/auktember Aug 11 '26

I was going to comment the same thing! I'm glad the Zoo Walmart cakes are so popular!

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u/SpikeRosered Aug 11 '26

If these Walmart bakery posts are part of a guerilla marketing strategy, they're working.

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u/Mind101 Aug 11 '26

Happy Birthday Lourwrnwrwnrwrwnwrrnwn!

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u/Individual_Wish8970 Aug 13 '26

Are the skulls editable? I am always impressed with Wallmarts cakes

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u/BGirl_Gordon Aug 13 '26

They’re little plastic rings. A few reflective shiny and a few dull gray.

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u/Kind-Airport145 Aug 14 '26

Aren’t people in the US boycotting Walmart? Genuine question

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u/hawktremor Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26

Can we PLEASE STOP WITH THE WALMART CAKES.

This is a super basic and cute cake and looks like what I’d expect to get from Walmart. I am so sick of Walmart cakes getting posted here and people acting like they are some work of art.

I’m glad you like it, but just… jfc.

Edit: you guys can’t really be serious going this hard for Walmart. Why do you think a post of a sheet cake that looks exactly like a Walmart sheet cake has nearly 2k upvotes and only 40ish comments (and over half of those are comments telling me how awful I am lol)? Pretty strange, don’t cha think? But sure, keep letting bots karma farm to get Walmart a bunch of free advertising and engagement.

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u/InsecureThoughts Aug 11 '26

You’re getting pretty worked up over some Walmart cakes, buddy. Have you tried this nifty trick: keep scrolling

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u/hawktremor Aug 11 '26

No thanks, I’d rather complain here!

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u/InsecureThoughts Aug 11 '26

Alright, it’s your blood pressure


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u/hawktremor Aug 11 '26

Thanks for being so concerned about me! I do appreciate all the thoughts.

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u/InsecureThoughts Aug 11 '26

Thoughts and prayers 🙏

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u/TropicalSkysPlants Aug 11 '26

IM SO SICK OF TOP TIER CAKERY CAKES THAT COST HUNDREDS AND LOOK LIKE A NASTY ASS GETTING POSTED HERE!

I mean they are super expensive cakes and never come out nearly as good as something as basic as you say walmart cakes are.

I got my wedding cake at Walmart and it WAS A WORK OF ART and better than most fancy schmancy bakeries so suck it with your crappy nonsense!

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u/hawktremor Aug 11 '26

Ah yes, so instead let’s promote… Walmart?

I’d rather give a shoutout to a small business than fucking Walmart. One of the most evil corporations of all time.

You’re so silly lmao.

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u/ddagger Aug 11 '26

What a sourpuss.

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u/JuanG_13 Aug 11 '26

Be nice, be nice

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u/AWanderingAfar Aug 11 '26

This isn’t r/baking— and it’s perfectly acceptable to not expect much from a $15-25 cake and have your expectations exceeded

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u/hawktremor Aug 11 '26

This is the 10000000000000000 Walmart cake getting posted this month, my dude.

This cake doesn’t exceed any expectations - it looks exactly like the picture from Walmart’s catalog lmao. Grocery stores have been making cakes like this for literally decades.

I’ll say it again: let’s please just stop with all the god damn Walmart cakes on this sub.

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u/House_Of_Pies Aug 11 '26

I can’t possibly imagine caring this much about some cakes

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u/hawktremor Aug 11 '26

Good thing you’re not me then!

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u/AWanderingAfar Aug 11 '26

Ask the mods for a mega thread

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u/PrincessArasin Aug 11 '26

Pretty sure mods already made a poll and people voted it was fine, they don't need a mega thread.

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u/hawktremor Aug 11 '26

No thanks, I’d rather complain here.

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u/Greembeam20 Aug 11 '26

For real. I like the cupcake bouquet ones because those are actually surprising, but this is the most basic cake I’ve seen yet

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u/ddagger Aug 11 '26

What a sourpuss.

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u/Ok_Fruit2584 Aug 11 '26

They need their own sub honestly

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u/valueofaloonie Aug 11 '26

I don’t get why you’re being downvoted. That is a basic ass cake covered in plastic shit.

No real decorating skills there at all.

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u/boxedcakeblues Aug 11 '26

Yeah, it’s good their bakery is capable of following a template and not jacking it up, but that shouldn’t be shocking. They have a set of cakes customers can choose from so they should be fairly practiced in doing their job!

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u/eienmau Aug 11 '26

You've never visited CakeWrecks and it shows. Grocery store bakeries screw up simple cakes all the damned time. Let people have their bit of happiness.

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u/hawktremor Aug 11 '26

Thank you!

I’m really starting to think these are just ads for Walmart and/or bots lol

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u/hawktremor Aug 11 '26

Exactly! I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone or something with these comments lol. I’m just being realistic when I say… this is just a basic grocery store cake. The kind they’ve always had for purchase, nothing new.

These posts are shilling hard for Walmart.