Expectations Vs Reality: 30 Of The Worst Cake Fails Ever

Food is the fastest way to anyone’s heart, we believe, so it’s only natural that for such special occasions as birthdays and weddings, you might get the temptation of making a festive cake by yourself.

But why do cakes fail? The problem with the internet is that it makes everything look so easy. Take baking, for example. Quickly scroll through Instagram and Pinterest, and you’ll find countless birthday and wedding cakes baked so perfectly that they barely seem real. 

However, they were baked by humans, so if they can do it, why can’t you? It can’t be that difficult…right? In this case, expectations vs. reality are two very different things, and it frequently turns out that you are no Gordon Ramsay and no Jamie Oliver either. 

On the brighter side, though, we are capable of cake wrecks and funny fails. So, cake fails, funny designs happen more often than the creation of a sleek, designer-worthy cake. How to fix cake fails? Usually, there’s no way to fix it, but feel free to use our picture list of funny cakes as a guideline to avoid an epic fail if you try to make one yourself.

#1 Disney Cake Fail

Image source: Hannah Irvine

#2 Hedgehog Cake Fail

Image source: bbc, pokon

#3 Olaf Cake

Image source: periwinklecakes

#4 Expectations vs. Reality

Image source: reddit

#5 Funny Cake Fail

Image source: cakefairytokyo

#6 Elsa Cake Fail

Image source: OfficialBigHead

#7 Total Cake Failure

#8 sNOwhite

#9 Funny Cake Fail

#10 Expectations vs. Reality

Image source: Samantha Paige

#11 Creepy Fail

Image source: Jennifer

#12 Thomas The Train Fail

Image source: imgur

#13 No Way It Was The Same Recipe

#14 Cute Bunny vs. Horrible Bunny

Image source: projectnursery, Ahri_Deschain

#15 Cake Fail

#16 Expectations vs. Reality

Image source: prisoncitycakes, WV_Matsui

#17 Turd-Is Box

Image source: Lasersharkz

#18 Spongebob Squarepants Cake Fail

#19 Birthday Cake Fail

Image source: sarahenrycakes, MK4536

#20 Expectations vs. Reality

Image source: craftfail, sprinklesomefun

#21 Turkey Cake Fail

#22 Sad Minions Cake

#23 Expectations vs. Reality

Image source: OmgItsMeJc83_

#24 Ombre Cake Fail

Image source: Annie

#25 Funny Cake Fail

Image source: wilton

#26 Expectations vs. Reality

Image source: Shameless Baker

#27 Pug Cake Fail

#28 Bad Cake Design

#29 Expectations vs. Reality

Image source: Ashley

#30 Wookiee Cake Fail