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Would you be happy with the finding of this cake for £80

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forfoxsakee · 26/07/2020 11:00

I ordered a graduation cake from a lady who I have used for years and all of the cakes have been beautiful which is why I've returned every time. However I picked up this yesterday and I'm a little disappointed in the size and finish compared to the picture I sent of how I would like it. I've messaged her to tell her I was a little disappointed with it but she hasn't replied so am I being unreasonable? She wasn't in when I picked it up she left it with her teen son to hand over so couldn't really say anything there and then.

Would you be happy with the finding of this cake for £80
Would you be happy with the finding of this cake for £80
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WhattheHhashappened · 26/07/2020 14:49

I can’t see the full cake picture OP!
Can everyone else?

Thisismytimetoshine · 26/07/2020 14:49

I can't see the full cake picture?

WhattheHhashappened · 26/07/2020 14:50

Does MN still have a limit on the number of pictures you can post in a day?

OohKittens · 26/07/2020 14:52

@forfoxsakee the photo isn't showing

warbies92 · 26/07/2020 14:52

@EmmaJR1

The lady I use for cakes is excellent. This is what you get for £80 - hopefully the photo will attach

The one you have pictured is not an £80 cake!

@EmmaJR1 The time that went into your cake is worth much more than £80 - you got a bargain there.
otterbaby · 26/07/2020 14:53

I can see the photo? It looks atrocious. It's still possible to make buttercream look smooth!

Staffy1 · 26/07/2020 14:55

@Forfoxsakee, can't see either the previous cake picture or the full present cake picture.

EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 26/07/2020 14:59

odd comments about the colour; doesn't look that different to the one she was supposed to copy - but that looks as if it might be a bit in shadow?

If you're a regular customer and you know that it's not up to her usual standard, I'd photo & highlight the poor bits and have a conversation with her. It's still taken time and ingredients; worth a bit of a discount for loyalty, but once it's on a table with other stuff, are people really going to be examining it close up for flaws?

Alloverthegrapevine · 26/07/2020 15:01

I've no idea why people play this kind of money for a cake. I understand why a handmade cake needs to to cost so much but I don't know why people want to pay so much for something that's gone in a flash.

As she's usually very good and you know her fairly well, I think I'd be assuming something must have happened, she'snot herself. Perhaps approach from an are you OK angle?

OdaMaeBrown · 26/07/2020 15:02

It is not a professional level cake. It's definitely not worth £80. The full photo looks even worse than the close up - very messily put together. It would have been a good attempt if done by an amateur, because that's what it looks like; an at home bake.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 26/07/2020 15:06

She replied and basically said there is nothing wrong with it and it's buttercream and my previous cakes weren't which is why it looks different and it took three days to ice so wasn't rushed

Considering you said that previous cakes from her have been nice, that's very disappointing - and the obvious lie about 3 days to ice it is just ridiculous

Pity she couldn't have been more professional and just admitted to whatever went wrong, but anyway that's a good customer she'll have lost, and deservedly so

3cats · 26/07/2020 15:07

Two years ago I paid around 100 pounds for a special cake. It was amazing! I still remember it now. I don’t drink or eat meat, so it was a special treat for our family and well worth the money.

yearinyearout · 26/07/2020 15:09

Looks like an amateur finish and definitely not £80 worth.

1forAll74 · 26/07/2020 15:09

Its all a bit of a mess, and not worth the money you paid. Maybe that's why the woman wasn't in when you went to collect.

Thisismytimetoshine · 26/07/2020 15:10

Can you post the full cake picture again, op?

GlamGiraffe · 26/07/2020 15:11

I cant see the photo either

EwwSprouts · 26/07/2020 15:12

I think she's outsourced it. You sent the picture which meant it didn't require imagination just recreation so easy to delegate.

DarkDarkNight · 26/07/2020 15:14

She replied and basically said there is nothing wrong with it and it's buttercream and my previous cakes weren't which is why it looks different

I can’t see the full picture either OP.

That reply is not good. It doesn’t matter if you have had previous cakes from her made in fondant. The picture you sent her was buttercream and it has a smooth finish, any professional cake maker should be able to get a smooth finish with buttercream, it’s a very popular cake style.

Also when you say it wasn’t as big as you thought in what way? A tall cake is two (or more) cakes. Is this just a single layer cake as it’s hard to tell from your original photos? If you paid £80 for a tall cake that’s what you should have got.

I would leave a review with a picture of what you asked for and what you got.

InsertHilariousUserName · 26/07/2020 15:16

@Crumpets111

No I would not be upset because there are far bigger issues to cry over right now than a cake.
Seen this view a lot lately. Why do you bother posting it?

There has always been bigger issues than what a lot of us post on MN. If people only post life and death situations would that be acceptable to you? The site would have shut years ago with your silly attitude

SoloMummy · 26/07/2020 15:18

@forfoxsakee

I ordered a graduation cake from a lady who I have used for years and all of the cakes have been beautiful which is why I've returned every time. However I picked up this yesterday and I'm a little disappointed in the size and finish compared to the picture I sent of how I would like it. I've messaged her to tell her I was a little disappointed with it but she hasn't replied so am I being unreasonable? She wasn't in when I picked it up she left it with her teen son to hand over so couldn't really say anything there and then.
I'd be disappointed, but if wasn't part of her repertoire so to speak, you always risk being met down.
Troubledmummy3 · 26/07/2020 15:19

For £80 I wouldn't be happy...I have a friend who is AMAZING at cake making and decoration and she charges about £50 for friends to cover her ingredients! They are worth more IMO. That cake isn't nice...it's not well finished, it's not an exact copy of the original - it resembles it but not in a good way! The lady who made the cake is being unreasonable...

Devlocopop · 26/07/2020 15:20

Even if she couldn't get the buttercream smooth (worrying what with her being an award winning cake decorator) the buttercream is a lurid shade of pink, not the delicate pink in the photo provided and the 2020 is huge and blotchy colour-wise.

I wouldn't be happy and with her brush off I would definitely leave a review with photos of the cake you wanted and the cake you got. You tried to be nice about it as a repeat customer.

FlamedToACrisp · 26/07/2020 15:25

I made my own wedding cake and the icing took me three days (as an amateur) but I expect the lady did the same as I did: I froze the sponge cake for a couple of days while I made the flowers and waited for them to dry out properly.

KeepingPlain · 26/07/2020 15:36

Really if she couldn't do it to that standard she should have said. Her fault.

InFiveMins · 26/07/2020 15:48

She's a CF. She knows its crap thats why she left it with her son to hand over to you.

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