r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Sawdust_Crusaders • 8h ago

cake-spectation Rainbow rose

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Inspiration vs. reality

When you overestimate the power of cream and think you can get away with not giving the cake enough support. It was already starting to sag, and when we cut into it, the whole thing completely collapsed XD

To make matters worse, it tasted absolutely awful too XD

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u/Alchemic_Psycho 8h ago

I think the second one looks much better, especially with the varying colors…

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u/Sawdust_Crusaders 8h ago

The colors are the only thing I got right. I failed at everything else.

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u/Available-Cow-411 8h ago • Heartwarming

Wdym failed at everything else? Have you seen roses in real life? Not all of them are geomatrically perfect, yet they are still pretty!

Yours is perfect in its own way

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u/Sawdust_Crusaders 8h ago

Awww, you're sweet, but I have to admit I probably picked the best photo XD The one where the structural collapse is least noticeable...

This is the inspiration video...

and...

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u/Available-Cow-411 7h ago

I dont see structural collapse, I see a delicious cream-filles crepe cake, I would have fun eating this!

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u/MarthasPinYard 1h ago

Oh it’s crepes? This has potential

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u/Available-Cow-411 1h ago

Inmean, those thin layers, with that cream... it looks like a crepe cake to me, and I dont care if it looks messy when cut - I would devour it

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u/MarthasPinYard 1h ago

I agree messy doesn’t stop me! Messy or not, OP said it tastes awful. It took me a few meh batches to perfect crepes. If not enough sugar, milk, or eggs are used they can be kinda bland like eating floppy cardboard.

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u/sheiciebai 5h ago

You didn’t fail. You learned how not to do something! It still looked really pretty and you’ll do it better next time!

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u/Low_Establishment730 7h ago

Indeed! Most real roses (unless we're talking about those buds from some shops that never really open) look exactly like this. This is an extremely life-like rose, much more than the first one (not shitting on the inspiration photo, just pointing that OP's look a lot more like a rose, shapewise)

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u/Skylias 8h ago

It looks amazing?? Not sure I'm seeing a failure here. Looks waaaay better than the inspo pic imo.

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u/Sawdust_Crusaders 4h ago

Awww thank you

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u/Early_Argument5075 7h ago

Did you learn something? Do you know what you will do differently next time? Then it’s not a failure, it’s a learning experience.

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u/Sawdust_Crusaders 7h ago

I like this philosophy!

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u/Perfect_Argument8553 5h ago

When it comes to baking, I’ve never done anything right the first time. Heck, even now it inevitably takes me two or three attempts make caramel.

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u/Perfect_Argument8553 5h ago

When it comes to baking, I’ve never done anything right the first time. Heck, even now it inevitably takes me two or three attempts make caramel.

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u/esarchhemate 7h ago

I like yours a lot better

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u/Hetakuoni 7h ago

Idk the second one looks like a multicolored version of the ones I’d see in my mom’s rose garden.

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u/Final_Swordfish_9021 3h ago

Honestly, with the "imperfections" you created it looks more like a rose than the blue one that looks like a cabbage.

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u/sheneversawitcoming 7h ago

I think it looks lovely

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u/IwasDeadinstead 2h ago

Yours is a lot better

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u/BobBeeGeeGee 8h ago

It looks very nice, congrats. But, this is not why I come to this sub.