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AIBU to be disappointed in this cake…

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Notwhatiimagined · 15/10/2021 14:54

I picked up dds cake today and it was not what I expected.

Would you be happy with this cake? I’ve attached two pics below, one was the pic I sent to the cake maker of what I wanted (a family dog) and the other picture is of the cake.

Also his head is made of Rice Krispies as apparently heads are hard to do. I wasn’t aware that it wouldn’t be all sponge.

It’s from a proper cake shop, not someone who does it as a hobby.

What do you all think?

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Obimumkinobi · 15/10/2021 20:47

It's very poor and I would have been disappointed too. I make novelty cakes and it is possible to do so much better. This just looks like a generic supermarket cake of a dog. Getting a likeness in a cake is so much harder that dribbling icing over the top or shoving loads of cheap novelty sweets on a sponge cake.

dmudbur · 15/10/2021 20:53

I would be disappointed with it personally.

ThreeLocusts · 15/10/2021 20:55

For 110 GBP I can see why you might have wanted less formulaic face components. But I have no idea how cakes are priced.

WiddlinDiddlin · 15/10/2021 20:56

There are some seriously clueless folk here..

'Just some ricekrispies'.. you don't just open a box of rice krispies and out pops a dogs head! You have to melt the marshmallow, mix it, stick it together, sculpt and carve it into a dogs head shape.

'Just buttercream' - do you know how tricky piping buttercream properly actually is? Watch Bake Off, it is NOT easy.

OP - you were quoted £350 for a realistic cake. You chose to go with the cheaper option and as a result, you got the cheaper option.

It is a very good cake, it is well worth the money you paid for it. The fact it isn't the cake you hoped to get is entirely your problem!

SleepingStandingUp · 15/10/2021 21:06

@Yuppie20

Yeah I'm kinda with you tbh, I'd be annoyed if I paid 110 for it. 50 maybe 🤔 it's nice but not like the picture, you could of told them what type of dog and that's it

If we say £20 in ingredients, which is low compared to what people reckon, that's £30 for the labour - that's less than 4 hours for the shopping, prepping, mixing, cooking and decorating not to mention any liason and research. Get a grip

SunShinesBrightly · 15/10/2021 21:06

It is a very good cake
It really isn’t ‘very good’!

TwinsandTrifle · 15/10/2021 21:06

I have done really big parties for the DC. One of them turned 6 and we had a superhero party.

The cake was very good. With a hand sculpted edible Iron Man. Fed 40. Plus 20 handmade Hulk and Iron Man cupcakes. The whole lot was £90. We've had huge dinosaurs, three tier chemistry cakes, replica board games, varying in price. Essentially if I'm paying for you as a professional cake maker, I want to be impressed, not just saving the time of how long it would have taken me, and presented with something amateur.

I'd be pretty pissed off with the dog at £110. Less on the money side, as if you'd got what you expected, I think the money is about right. You got a much lower standard.

These are the iron man lot, (the other cakes mentioned were even better, but I can't be arsed to scroll and find them)

Chalk it up to experience OP. And don't use her again, obvs.

CovidDoesNotExistDuh · 15/10/2021 21:07

It's a bit naff, looks like the baker tried and a realistic cake for what you paid? No chance at all. I think this baker should have turned down the job though, the result is hobbyist looking.

GummyBearWhere · 15/10/2021 21:08

It doesn’t look like a professional made it, I could do better. It’s great for a home baker, but not a professional.

shallIswim · 15/10/2021 21:08

I mean you wouldn't want it to resemble the dig too closely would you?! That would be macabre.
£110 is a very standard price for a bespoke cake.

Bellyups · 15/10/2021 21:09

It’s good.

NigellaSeed · 15/10/2021 21:12

I agree with PP that the "N" in Devon is upside down. Turn it round OP!

nokidshere · 15/10/2021 21:20

£30 on one cakes worth of flour eggs and butter and icing? What, really?

Carved cakes need more cake. So cakes, buttercream, ganache, it all adds up. Then depending on the decorations, fondant, sugar paste, chocolate...

This thread is why I do my cakes for presents only. I tell people I will try and do what they want but I'm a hobby baker and not always able to consistently be good. As soon as you start charging for them it's a lot of pressure to get right and the expectations are much greater.

I made this cake as a gift for a friend recently, it cost me almost 55 quid in ingredients and took me over a week to make. The same cake was selling online for over £350.

Siriisatwat · 15/10/2021 21:24

@nokidshere

£30 on one cakes worth of flour eggs and butter and icing? What, really?

Carved cakes need more cake. So cakes, buttercream, ganache, it all adds up. Then depending on the decorations, fondant, sugar paste, chocolate...

I made this cake as a gift for a friend recently, it cost me almost 55 quid in ingredients and took me over a week to make. The same cake was selling online for over £350.

That is absolutely amazing!

nokidshere · 15/10/2021 21:29

@Siriisatwat That is absolutely amazing

Thank you. The point is that there's a lot wrong with it (that I can see as the baker) so if I had charged £350 for it the recipient would have been disappointed with it. But because I keep it as a hobby they also think it's amazing lol

Hawkins001 · 15/10/2021 21:33

@Notwhatiimagined

I think I was expecting it to look more like the dog.

It was £110, north west area

did the company have photos of previous dog cakes they made ? if you want the style of nec birimingham style cake competitions your looking at a few $$$ and time too.

Bootikin · 15/10/2021 21:36

Jesus Christ, the money you’ve spent on shite for kids birthdays is frightful. Are you the Kardashians of t’North or something? Tons of money and conspicuous consumption, hideously entitled children and no taste. Dearie me.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 15/10/2021 21:37

The little sticky out tongue.

FlatteredFool · 15/10/2021 21:43

£110 for some sponge, Rice Krispies and a fuck ton of piped frosting! It's cute and fun but not professional looking at all. Paying £110 for a child's birthday cake says you have more money than sense. I used to have a cake baking business as a sideline. No way I'd have charged anything like that. I hope it tastes as good as you'd hope for that much money and that your Dd has a nice birthday. Please put the N the correct way up 🤦‍♀️

ivfbabymomma1 · 15/10/2021 21:45

I was gonna say I love it till you said the price

CiaoForDiNiaoSaur · 15/10/2021 21:45

I want cake now.

Gin4thewin4 · 15/10/2021 21:46

Maybe in my side of the UK cakes are a lot cheaper because I have never heard of anyone spending over 45 quid for a cake.

cravingmilkshake · 15/10/2021 21:46

I think that is amazing

FlatteredFool · 15/10/2021 21:52

Oooh I like the Asda Dexter the Cat cake! He's cute. Full of artificial this and that and tastes yuck to anyone who cares (ie not kids at a party) but for £12 he's a bargain and a cute bargain at that. Cake gets mushed into the carpet or napkins, taken home in party bags to be discovered weeks later having turned into a brick.

Whstdoyouthink · 15/10/2021 22:00

What…your cutting up your dog for your DD birthday!!!!! Why would your dog be a cake

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