Forget all the games – the highlight of every child’s birthday party is the cake! Lovingly designed and extra sweet, of course. The same applies to other occasions: What would a wedding be without a festive cake? But because the cake attracts so much attention, you can fail just as spectacular trying to bake one.
Just take a look at the following examples: Here are 20 people who will not try to bake a cake again anytime soon!
#1 “I tried really hard”
Daughter wanted a homemade “Little Mermaid” cake. I tried really hard. from r/ExpectationVsReality
#2 Dolly Pardon
My aunt tried to make a cake of Dolly Parton for a friend from r/ExpectationVsReality
#3 Belle (almost)
#4 Eyes that follow you in your nightmares
#5 Children’s birthday or bachelorette party?
From a kids party to a bachelorette sorry real quick from r/ExpectationVsReality
#6 Darth Maul gained some weight
My Darth Maul birthday cake ate too much cake from r/ExpectationVsReality
#7 “Tried A Mirror Glaze”
#8 Well then, Merry Christmas
#9 Well, that’s not so bad – right?
I was in rehab for hard drugs at 21, and this is still by far the biggest failure of my life… from r/ExpectationVsReality
#10 Is this a caricature?
#11 A psychedelic dragon
My wife made a dragon cake for her mother’s birthday… from r/ExpectationVsReality
#12 This doesn’t really look tasty
This attempt at a rainbow crepe cake from r/ExpectationVsReality
#13 Elsa in rehab
#14 Just perfect
#15 “There was an attempt by my dad to make my brother a Patrick Star birthday cake”
There was an attempt by my dad to make my brother a Patrick Star birthday cake from r/ExpectationVsReality
#16 …just like this Minnie Mouse
#17 “My sister attempted to make a red velvet Christmas tree cake…”
My sister attempted to make a red velvet Christmas tree cake… from r/ExpectationVsReality
#18 This melted rooster
I way over-estimated my abilities. from r/ExpectationVsReality
#19 What kind of idea is this anyway?
Tried my best to make a roach cake for my 8 yo. from r/ExpectationVsReality
#20 Chewie, what happened to you?
Friends parents tried to re-do a Chewbacca cake they found on the internet for his birthday… from r/ExpectationVsReality
#21 At least something like a cartoon version
Ordered cake on left, received cake on right. from r/ExpectationVsReality
#22 Maybe at the next wedding
Grooms cake disaster, what we wanted vs. what we got from r/ExpectationVsReality
#23 Sad Spidey…
#24 “I tried making Japanese cotton sponge cake…”
I tried making Japanese cotton sponge cake… from r/ExpectationVsReality
#25 This majestic peacock
#26 Snow White – run through the wringer
#27 A galaxy mirror cake
I tried to make my girlfriend a galaxy mirror cake from r/ExpectationVsReality
#28 “Yup. My wedding cake”
#29 Oh yes, happy birthday, Billie…
Ordered the cake on the left, got the one on the right from r/ExpectationVsReality
#30 “The wedding cake we ordered vs the cake we picked up”
The wedding cake we ordered vs the cake we picked up. from r/ExpectationVsReality
Have you ever failed at baking in a similar way? Show us the pictures in the FB comments!