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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?

AIBU to be disappointed in this cake…
AIBU to be disappointed in this cake…
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Rainbowsew · 15/10/2021 15:37

Actually for £110 I'd be disappointed too.

RussianSpy101 · 15/10/2021 15:37

Good price for a cake and it looks like the one in the photo to me

billy1966 · 15/10/2021 15:38

Cute, but a £110😳. Not a chance.

PinkWaferBiscuit · 15/10/2021 15:38

Personally a cute version is much less traumatic for everyone.

Agreed. Honestly I doubt your 9 year old would want to cut or eat it if it looked more realistic.

PicturesOfLily · 15/10/2021 15:39

I think it’s cute and would happily serve it up at a 9yo birthday. However, I have made my dd’s cakes so far (but couldn’t do anything as good as that) so it does seem expensive. I hope it tastes nice!

TableFlowerss · 15/10/2021 15:39

@Aquamarine1029

It's adorable. What on earth did you want? A cake that looks like a taxidermied dog?
😂😂🤣 just about spat my tea out!!
Rainbowsew · 15/10/2021 15:39

For a professional shop I mean and not a hobby baker and I'm well aware that artisan cakes are expensive

IARTNS · 15/10/2021 15:39

It's not fantastic but it's far better than I could make, and I probably have high expectations as I watched a lot of Extreme Cake Makers Grin

If I'd got that as a 9* year old I would have loved it.

*If I got it now I'd be happy too Grin

bettertimesarecomingnow · 15/10/2021 15:40

Sorry I think it's rubbish- it's not even iced it's buttercream piped on. The head isn't anything like a real dog and for £110 it's a joke.

I used to make cakes and I would have done one more like the pic pineapple posted and for about £75

GoldChick · 15/10/2021 15:40

It's amazing.

Lulu2021 · 15/10/2021 15:40

@girlmom21

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.

Agree with all of this

cowskeepingmeupatnight · 15/10/2021 15:41

I don’t think the price is unreasonable because bespoke cakes take time. The style is a bit meh though - honestly I think it’s a bit garish, sorry OP.

PurpleFlower1983 · 15/10/2021 15:41

It’s cute but £110?! Wow! That’s crazy!

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PinkWaferBiscuit · 15/10/2021 15:42

I used to make cakes and I would have done one more like the pic pineapple posted and for about £75

Seriously? I find that very hard to believe. It would take you days to make and sculpt that cake. After buying ingredients and if you charged even minimum wage per hour you'd be losing money to only charge £75.

NotSorry · 15/10/2021 15:43

I thought that this was a reverse, but I'm guessing from OP's responses it's not. I think the cake is lovely OP YABU.

The one that the PP posted is creepy.

Tal45 · 15/10/2021 15:43

To be honest as a 9 year old I'd have been mortified that you spent £110 on a cake that mostly other people were going to eat and not on toys for me.

WombatChocolate · 15/10/2021 15:43

Cakes are expensive to make and someone’s labour is also expensive. Then there are the overheads of the shop too.

You knew the cake would be £110 when you signed up for it and knew you’d get….a cake. And you did….you got a cake that looks like your dog. It isn’t an exact replica because it’s ….a cake!

Perhaps you’re now cross that you chose to spend £110 on a cake.
Presumably you looked at some pics of their previous work first (and if not why not) and were happy wit the kid of thing they do and happy to fork out £110. You got what you paid for.

I wouldn’t pay £110 for a cake, but I appreciate such a price could be entirely normal for a personalised product and that’s what I might need to pay if Inreally wanted one. If I wanted it for less Inwiukd shop around, and understand that I would always end up with a cake and. It a replica dog.

Are you one of those people OP who like to splurge big and talk about the price and how disappointed you are with everything? Is it a way of showing how high your standards and expectations are? That’s what this sounds like to me.

A 9 year old will be thrilled with this (unless you tell them how disappointed you are and ave taught them to have a disappointed attitude towards lots of things).

Move on. You forked out over £100 for a cake for a small child. Your choice. You got a cake. They will eat it and it will be gone. Don’t buy another but go to MandS or somewhere standard if you want to pay less, or accept it might never look like the real dog!

PinkWaferBiscuit · 15/10/2021 15:44

@groundhogdaycherry

I made this cake I'm heartbroken
If you made it then honestly don't be heartbroken. Most of us agree that it's a good cake and we'll worth the money.

It's just a pity some people don't value the skillset of baking and think everything should be as cheap as the mass produced cakes you can pick up with your weekly shop.

SunshineCake1 · 15/10/2021 15:44

I think they've done an amazing job. Expecting too much and tbh if you can't do it yourself then you don't understand the difficulty. Or maybe you should since you can't..

GoldChick · 15/10/2021 15:44

@Notwhatiimagined

I think the dog above from pineapple is abit more what I was expecting.
I don't like that one, it doesn't look cakey enough. Did you see samples before you ordered?
nokidshere · 15/10/2021 15:45

I agree that it depends what you were basing your expectations on. Did you look at other cakes the baker had done? Did she promise you something different?

I'm laughing though at the expectations of price. I'm a hobby baker and I only make cakes for family and close friends. The cost of the ingredients and my time would be way more than £100 if I charged for them. I spent a week doing a baby yoda cake recently as a present, if I had charged it would have been nearer to £200.

DementedPanda · 15/10/2021 15:45

£110?! I'd not be happy with nearly half the cake being made of rice crispies. Apart from that it's cute.

ProudAlly · 15/10/2021 15:45

£110?

I'm in the wrong job. I can and have done a lot better than that in the days when I was making kids birthday cakes

JohnGetHomeNow · 15/10/2021 15:45

I think the lasting trauma comes from putting candles on the dog's body and then hacking into it with a knife. Thank goodness it doesn't it doesn't look exactly like your dog.

We once had a family party where a lovely family member had our previous year's group photo on it. It was vicious cutting into people with a sharp knife.