The ugliest birthday cake you've ever seen

[SemiCharmedQuark]

My mom turned 51 recently. She's a big Mickey fan and for her birthday we decided to get her a Mickey cake. We ordered it from a bakery in Chicago. I told them I wanted a cake in the shape of Mickey's head, like this cake-a cake I found on the internet:




They said "No problem".


So we got to pick the cake up from the bakery on her birthday and *this* is what we get:




WTF is this supposed to be?!

[amitten]

1. Wow. Is that a candle on the right ear, or half a lemon?

Either would be equally possible/strange IMHO.

The best part is the tongue, which is just wrong in every way possible.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. It's a margarita candle!

A margarita candle on a Mickey Mouse cake!

[valerief]

2. The tongue action is a little lascivious to give your mom. nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

3. Between that, his frosting beard and his wide eyes he looks like a dirty old man

It's a good thing it's his head only. I imagine his body would be shaped like a loosely tied trench coat.

[WCGreen]

5. Damn, that looks like something I saw in my last acid trip....

I think I should probably demand royalties...

[EastTennesseeDem]

6. It looks like he swallowed a yin yang

[cwydro]

31. LOL!

:rofl:

[GirlinContempt]

7. they probably have to be careful

not to make it look too much like Mickey Mouse. Disney HUNTS for people to sue for infringement. They`re you-know-whats about it. If you want it to really look like mickey, you have to find a place that has a license from Disney to allow them to do that. You would be amazed at some of the people they`ve gone after, really... Mickey Mouse is a BIG lawsuit maker for them, too. One of the biggest I believe.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

8. If that was the case, they should have said "We can't do that cake". But they didn't.

Instead they said that it would be no problem and they let me blow my money on it (and it wasn't cheap). Then they gave this POS to me when I didn't have time to buy another cake from somewhere else.

[GirlinContempt]

11. I don`t disagree with you on that.

Who knows, maybe they thought it wouldn`t matter or something. I have no idea, but they should have said something. My family has a costume business and whenever anyone wants a licensed character, unless we actually have the item (and we only have a couple) we tend to be very clear with them that we can do something that looks SIMILAR to whatever, but is not actually that costume. I know of a shop that was shut down, actually by Disney, for making their own 7 dwarves, snow white, mickey mouse, minnie, etc. They were morons anyway, but thats off topic. I`m just agreeing by saying we`re up front and they should have been too.

What did you say to them?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

14. Disney can be total bears about that.

My mom works for a company that licenses a Disney character and they are really uptight about specifications etc.

When I saw the cake, I was honestly dumbstruck. I didn't know what to say. It was a nice older lady that brought it out and I wasn't about to yell at her.

[GirlinContempt]

27. Yeah

I would still complain, no need to yell, but just tell them that you're a little upset they didn't inform you of it ahead of time, and explain your disappointment. Maybe it's too late for you, but they might take heed and help save some other persons cake dreams

[EastTennesseeDem]

9. That's a good point, but they should have told SCQ that

instead of saying "No problem".

[SemiCharmedQuark]

10. Exactly.

If they couldn't do it for legal reasons, that would be completely fine. I'd get a cake from somewhere else or I'd get a different design. But they said it would be no problem. And by the time I found out what a pile of crap it was, it was too late to get another cake and my money was gone.

[GirlinContempt]

12. I agree.

I was just sayin`. :)

[kentauros]

13. Maybe it's Chibi Mickey!

:P

Chibi - "short person" or "small child"
And being anime, why you get the weird eyes...


Okay, it's just so bad, it's good :D

[SemiCharmedQuark]

15. Well...the memories and nightmare are priceless,, that's for sure.

My mom had a good laugh about it. I also sent it in to Cake Wrecks. Fingers crossed it gets on!

[kentauros]

16. I don't think there should be a problem with it getting on Cake Wrecks!

Cursing the... uh, crossing the fingers here, too :D

[texanwitch]

17. Just call it Dirty Old Mouse Mickey.

Your Mom sounds like a good sport.

[Phentex]

22. LOL!

Some times there's nothing to do but laugh.

[Broken_Hero]

18. Well, thats one hell of a bday cake

it sorta/kinda looks like Mickey after an ounce of shrooms, a liter of vodka, and a line of speed....

[kentauros]

19. !!

:rofl:

[texanwitch]

20. Mickey is on something.

:rofl:

[Skittles]

21. how did it taste?

[myrna minx]

23. Please consider submitting this masterpiece to Cake Wrecks.

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

This is a truly baffling cake.

[Cass]

39. I just killed an hour on that site.

What a hoot! Thanks for the link.

[myrna minx]

41. Oh, I've waster a LOT of time there.

Another favorite of mine is:

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/

:hi:

[hobbit709]

24. Looks more like Felix the cat than Mickey.

[Red State Rebel]

25. This needs to be on Cake Wrecks!!

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

They have some hillarious ones!

[Capn Sunshine]

29. I agree!

beware:that site can suck up a LOT of your time
The Steampunk cakes are actually quite cool

[Red State Rebel]

35. I just spent an hour cruising and laughing..best blog evar!

[SemiCharmedQuark]

37. I sent it in to cake wrecks. I hope it gets accepted.

May it live in infamy!

[deucemagnet]

26. Careful...

...I think they made you a kudzu monkey!

[XemaSab]

28. I like how the eyes are pointing in different directions

It's roadkill Mickey.

It's not his tongue, it's his internal organs.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

38. ROFLOL...

[mike_c]

30. help wanted, cake decorator, no experience necessary, will train....

No talent necessary either, apparently. Not much technical skill resulted from the training, as well. That is one hideous cake!

[Deep13]

32. could be worse

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/05/cake-that-started-it-all.html

[Roon]

33. I don't know why

but this makes me sad for some reason. The poor bakers at least tried. :-(

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. That's too shittily be done to be a "copyright" avoidance design. Cake decorator just plain SUCKS.

That's the problem.

Shouldn't have accepted it.

The fucker didn't even try.

Looks more like a cat than a mouse. Someone upthread said it looks like Felix the Cat - I'd accept that comparison.

Seriously, that's a cake decorator who has no artistic skills, no right to be called a cake decorator, and shouldn't get paid for work of such fucking low, lazy, half-ass, pathetic customer-insulting quality.

[Call Me Wesley]

36. I understand that his mom had some fun seeing it,

even it was badly made, and the 'Yes, we can!' was quite the exaggeration. Funny enough, the original cake displayed is mass-produced in - gasp! - India. ;)

But not everyone can be as good as this cake artist here (German link, just check the 'Galerie.') http://www.zuckerkunst.com/

[Cass]

40. Why in the world would they put a margarita candle on the ear??

Or was that added later by you guys at home (I hope)?

[ipfilter]

42. That is one pervy looking mickey.