AIBU to be disappointed in this cake…

[Notwhatiimagined]

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?

It looks like a home baker effort rather than a professional cake maker IMO, I think it's the piping.

I had a Winnie the Pooh made in a similar style to this by a colleague (who was a keen cake maker) for my DS's birthday when he was young, that was £20 but a number of years ago, probably more like £40-50 now. A long way off £110!

@catzfur

I would expect it to look more like this cake unless I’d asked for a cartoon version which I would class yours as.

I prefer the cake in the OP tbh

[quote loopylindi]@Henio £25 for ingredients. Mixing, cooking, shaping, modelling - so that's all labour costs and fuel. Then there's the profit margin. Get real.

I made wedding cakes with realistic modelled flowers on and would take over 150hrs to make - so since I wasn't prepared to work for peanuts I only did commissions for folk who appreciated that[/quote]
Think you got me mixed up with who I replying too, I used to do it for a living so I know how expensive they need to be

People who think £110 for that cake is too much are mad. Unless you’d seen previous examples of the baker’s work that were more lifelike (and would have cost considerably more than £110) then yes, YABU.

I make cakes as a bit of a hobby and all I can say is that's really quite good and yes it is totally normal to use rice crispies and marshmallow mix for modelling difficult parts. The sponge is usually just the main "body" of a cake.

To me it's a good representation of a dog, just not your dog.

I like catzfur image as well.

www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/baking-mum-wows-dog-lovers-21743793

These cakes are amazing works of art and cost a lot more than£110.

I think it's sweet, he has a nice expression. I use rice crispy squares for shaping when baking, they are much more malleable than cake and you can get a great shape.

I think if they were planning a cartoon version they should've managed your expectations.

I do think £110 is steep for a cake - I'd have expected around £60.

The quality is something I'd expect from a hobby baker, not a professional.

OP - what did you actually ask for? What other work have you seen of this company? Did you not discuss expectations?

@Whaddado

People who think £110 for that cake is too much are mad. Unless you’d seen previous examples of the baker’s work that were more lifelike (and would have cost considerably more than £110) then yes, YABU.

I don't think it's too much for the cake, I just wouldn't personally spend that much on a young childs birthday cake but each to their own

@TellySavalashairbrush

TBH I don't think it's the best. Can I ask how much did you pay for it? I think anymore than £25 and I would have been disappointed.

£25?? That's ridiculously cheap. Think of all the time and effort that has gone into it, plus the price of the ingredients. People need to earn a living ffs

I’d be disappointed, because I’d expect it to look more like the actual dog. In itself, it’s not a bad cake, but it’s not what I’d be expecting after sending a photo of the actual dog.

@Twinkle19

I would of expected it to be all proper icing not just butter cream piped on. Proper icing would of looked more realistic and for the price thats what u should of got.

Yes, that would be my view - proper icing seems more professional. For someone who is baking as a hobby (like my colleague I mentioned) the piped buttercream is fine, but then you're charging hobby prices!

It's lovely. I think most 9 year olds would love a cake like that. How real did you expect it to be?

Did you see photos of previous dog cakes that they had done? I wouldn't have committed over 100quid without having some idea of what to expect.

It’s a cute cake.

The picture of your dog is irrelevant - what would be more useful would be pictures of other cakes by the baker. If he/she was promising a totally realistic cake sculpture I see why you’re annoyed. But if the cake you got is similar to other cakes they’ve made, you can’t really complain.

I think its cute.

However, I can't yet get past spending £110 on a 9 year olds birthday cake!!

I think it's fun, but not £110 levels of fun. :)

I think it’s really good!

Honestly op the baker has done you a favour, a friend of mines husband got her a cake like her dog and it was very realistic, th cutting of it was actually a bit unpleasant and no one really wanted to eat it. It cost about three times whay you paid though

Personally a cute version is much less traumatic for everyone.

It's lovely

hahahahaaaa I love it ... its a ruddy cake 🤣😂

I LOVE your dog too... beautiful 🌸

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