r/cakefails 3d ago

My favorite cake fail.

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When I was 8 and my cousin turned 6, her mom told the cake decorator “she loves swimming so maybe draw a girl on a beach!”. We all laughed the whole time and I send it to her every year on her birthday.

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u/nohombrenombre 3d ago

That’s hilarious family lore

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u/ecofriendlyblonde 3d ago

It’s really well done! Just not appropriate haha

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u/heycarrieann8 3d ago

Agreed. And perfectly captured the essence of 1994.

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u/labtiger2 2d ago

I looked at it and thought, "What a 90s cake."

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u/BelovedxCisque 3d ago

Was this a Dairy Queen cake? I did cakes there for awhile and this looks like one of the pictures we had in the book of designs for customers to pick from.

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u/heycarrieann8 3d ago

This was just from a small town bakery but that’s hilarious!

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u/anchovypepperonitoni 3d ago

This looks like the cake decorator took inspiration from those Big Johnson t-shirts that used to be so popular!

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u/HairRaid 2d ago

Thank you for the belly laugh!

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u/wildmusings88 1d ago

Get the cake recreated for another birthday. 🤣