While most of us can probably scratch together a decent dish or two, baking is a whole ‘nother ball game. There is no touch and go, no feeling, just cold, heartless measurements and temperatures that have to be achieved. Naturally, things tend to go wrong all the time.
We’ve gathered the worst cake-baking and decorating fails people thought had to be shared online. From decoration “art” that might inspire horror, to cakes so poorly baked they don’t even hold together, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and be sure to share your own cake fails in the comments section below.
#1 Every Time My Wife Or I Look At This Cake I Made, We Immediately Cry Laughing
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#2 My Daughter Requested One Of Our Cats As Her Birthday Cake. It’s The First Birthday Cake I’ve Ever Made For Her (Cat Included For Comparison)
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#3 I Made Cake Toppers For My Wedding And Forgot To Check The Oven’s Temperature Before Putting My Fiancée In
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#4 So, There Is Going To Be A Cake Competition Fundraiser At My Little Sister’s School, And She Made This
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#5 I Tried To Make A Cat Cake
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#6 That’s Brilliant
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#7 Spider-Man Saving His Own Cake
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#8 The Cake Decorator Was Told To Spell “Marc” With A “C”
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#9 An Attempt Was Made
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#10 My Friend Made A Danny DeVito Cake For Her Friend. It’s Worse In Person
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#11 My 17-Year-Old Wanted An Owl Birthday Cake And Sent A Photo Of Her Favorite Design. My Dad (81-Year-Old) Decided He’d Make It
I have no idea why, as he’s a retired power station design engineer. He unveiled his cake (2nd photo) with a flourish, and I laughed so hard, tea shot out my nose.
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#12 I See Your Ugly Hedgehog Cake And Raise You My Hedgehog Cake
My sister made this for my birthday and brought this bad boy into a restaurant for a grand reveal. It was quite the spectacle, and the servers stopped to get pictures of this beautiful boy.
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#13 I Tried To Make A Baby Yoda Cake For My Boyfriend’s Birthday, But I Didn’t Have Enough Cake For The Ears, So He Didn’t Have Any. Then My Friend Edited A Photo Of My Cake
Update: I left the cake on the side while I showered, and my cat licked all the icing off.
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#14 See Those Eggs? They Are Supposed To Be In The Pies. I Made Two Hot Oily Chocolate Garbage Circles
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#15 Easter Cake My Friend’s Mom Made. Those Eyes Rub Me The Wrong Way
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#16 We Sent This Cake Photo (Left) To A Cake Shop, And This Is What We Got (Right)
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#17 This Was Way Cuter When I Pictured It In My Head
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#18 “It’s Going To Look Just Like That!”, It Didn’t Look Just Like That
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#19 Your Daughter Will Go Far
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#20 A Betty Crocker Attempt Was Made. I Tried To Make My Mom A Hedgehog Cake For Her Birthday. For Context, I’m 34 She Was Turning 62. Tasted Great
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#21 I Made A He-Man Cake Today. Let The Hubby Decorate. Likeness Is Uncanny
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#22 The Cake My Wife Ordered From Walmart. She Called Me Upset And Said She Wanted To Take It Back. I Told Her Nahh It Can’t Be That Bad
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#23 I Told The Child That This Was The Last Time I Would Mix Anything With Food Coloring. I’m Not A Baker And I Don’t Create Any Masterpieces
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#24 He Had One Job – To Write “Happy Birthday”
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#25 The More I Look At This, The Better It Gets
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#26 I Tried To Make My Long-Distance Friend A Cake To Celebrate His Birthday. There Were Not A Lot Of Supplies. It’s Really Bad
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#27 Happy Easter From The Cohen Family
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#28 My Wedding Cake. Yes, We Paid For This
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#29 I Made A Cake For My Friend. It’s Pretty Obvious But Just To Make Sure It’s Sonic
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#30 This Is Just Too Funny
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#31 Tried Making A Frog Cake For My Boyfriend, I Think He’s Going To Leave Me
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#32 It’s My Spouse’s Birthday, So Here’s A Throwback To The Time He Said He Wanted An R2-D2 Cake (His Mom Still Had The Cake Pan From His Childhood) And I Made This Monstrosity
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#33 The Cake My Girlfriend Baked Me
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#34 I Tried To Make A Unicorn Cake Once And It Turned Out To Look Like Godzilla. It Was An Angry Unicorn
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#35 If My Writing Career Fails, I Can Always Fall Back On Cake Baking. It’s Such A Relief To Have A Backup Plan
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#36 May I Offer You A Frog?
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#37 My Horrifying First Attempt At Using Fondant For A “Phantom Of The Opera” Birthday Cake. It Was A Big Hit
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#38 Wedding Cake. What I Asked For vs. What I Got, Publix Edition
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#39 I Made A Shrek Cake
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#40 Asked My Mom For A Hulk Cake. Nailed It
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#41 My First Duck Cake
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#42 It’s Seen Some Stuff
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#43 Best Eat That Cake, Before It Eats You
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#44 My Dad Tried To Bake A Cake For My Mom’s Birthday. Tried
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#45 What’s This
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#46 Shrimp Cake
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#47 It’s My Daughter’s Birthday And I’ve Made Her A Cake. It’s Been Cooling Down In The Fridge. Let Me Just Check On It Real Quick
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#48 Cake I Made For My Boyfriend’s Birthday
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#49 When Whole Foods Tried To Make A Little Mermaid Cake
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#50 First Time Baking A Cake For Wife’s Birthday. YouTube Shows Make It Look So Easy
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