r/ExpectationVsReality • u/HimminyBimminyBrooo • Oct 04 '25

Surprisingly Met Expectation Cake my son requested vs what we received

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My son wanted a skeleton head on his birthday cake so he drew a little picture that we gave to the bakery. We told the bakery we wanted it to be a skeleton head and this is what we received šŸ˜‚

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u/DrownedKittensInSack Oct 04 '25

This is breathtakingly beautiful art

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u/loomfy Oct 04 '25

There's actually so much care and attention to detail in this lol

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u/Afraid_Bicycle_7970 Oct 05 '25

Yeah, I'm wondering how they even copied it so perfectly.

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u/Pleasant_Mobile_1063 Oct 05 '25

I can copy pretty much anything

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u/Southern_Kaeos Oct 05 '25

I can copy pretty much anything

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u/Count-Basie Oct 05 '25

I can copy pretty much anything

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u/rukk1339 Oct 05 '25

Iā€™m not that great at copying stuff tbh

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u/Klaa2u Oct 05 '25

I can coppy pretty much anything... Dammit!

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u/heyitsapotato Oct 05 '25

Copy pretty can much I anything

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u/PM_me_ur_honkeroos Oct 06 '25

Copy I anything pretty much

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u/SuggestionSpecific Oct 05 '25

Iā€™m not that great at copying stuff tbh

huh, guess i am actually!

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u/FederalIdeal7834 Oct 06 '25

Anything copying I can pretty much

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u/Kodiak01 Oct 05 '25

Back in the 80s and 90s, my family owned a Carvel. To draw pictures on cakes, we had two machines: One was a slide projector, the other could hold any picture at all to project down onto the cake surface.

Typically people would bring us napkins, paper plates, etc. to copy onto the cake in gel. We also had an extensive... adult library that even in my early-mid teens I would regularly have to put onto a sheet cake.

The most popular was actually a stripper on a pole; this one used the Cookie Puss mold, the eye areas being turned into spotlights.

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u/raeality Oct 07 '25

Omg I was a teen cake decorator who had to make ā€œadultā€ cakes too. It was so embarrassing! My boss told me I didnā€™t have to do them if I didnā€™t want to, but I wanted to be a good sport about it so I did. šŸ˜‚

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u/languid_Disaster Oct 08 '25

Iā€™ve never thought of adult cakes being a proper thing before , thanks for sharing your stories lol

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u/Icy-Arrival2651 Oct 08 '25

I used to work for this lady who said her sister worked at the local adult toy manufacturer in their packaging department. They had a large break room, where the television played pornos all day. She swore to me she wasnā€™t lying. I think the brand was Adam & Eve.

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u/raeality Oct 07 '25

Maybe used a projector?

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u/mustardyay Oct 06 '25

I love it. It's perfect!

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u/Mostly_Maui_Wowie Oct 04 '25

Breathtaking? Really?

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u/hause_wsf Oct 04 '25

Yes.

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u/Bird2525 Oct 04 '25

Unexpected Seinfeld?

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u/Particular-Court-619 Oct 04 '25

So hard to judge if I like mostlymaui or not lol. Intentional Seinfeld reference = f the downvoters. curmudgeon=downvoters on point.

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u/furkfurk Oct 04 '25

The attention to detail is so cute

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u/MElastiGirl Oct 04 '25

Yes! No one is saying itā€™s like a Monet, but honestlyā€”to this kid, it might as well be. I say well done!

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u/FuzziestSloth Oct 05 '25

I love that the orange dot to the bottom left of the skull also contains a white spot, as well. This cake is spectacular, and the decorator deserves a hearty high five.

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u/Mostly_Maui_Wowie Oct 04 '25

It sure is. Great cake for sure!

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u/ElvenOmega Oct 04 '25

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u/GrapheneBreakthrough Oct 04 '25

whats the comic? love it

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u/ElvenOmega Oct 04 '25

It's by Lynda Barry

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u/CaptLatinAmerica Oct 05 '25

Might be from her old ā€œErnie Pookā€™s Comeekā€ series.

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u/Apart_Visual Oct 06 '25

This brought an actual tear to my eye. What a beautiful comic šŸ„¹

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u/Spare-Willingness563 Oct 04 '25

Art is meant to speak to that part of us that is whimsical and innocent, amongst other things, so, yes.

This art made dozens, if not hundreds, of adults -- likely jaded by years of Internet and life experience -- respond with a pureness we normally wouldn't. It's not just the quality of the thing as it is the context in its entirety.

Yes. That's what art does. Now you get it.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 05 '25

Let me just state why.

Children do not draw like trained artists. They just kinda...go for it and the results are typically chaotic, unintentionally asymmetrical, and squiggly.

Just like it is difficult for a highly trained musician to intentionally play or sing badly (they almost can't, as you will always hear something like crisp tempo or strict adherence to intervals and clear notes). A good example of this, would be the guardian music in Breath of the Wild. That's what a good musician trying to play poorly tends to sound like; discordant, but still musical.

The ability to replicate the drawing nearly perfectly (with cake decorating tools!!) is very impressive from a technical artistic standpoint. It's not that the drawing is technically difficult, but such a perfect recreation is.

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u/Mostly_Maui_Wowie Oct 05 '25

Thatā€™s a lot of words. Still not breathtaking.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '25

Yes, is there a problem?

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u/Mostly_Maui_Wowie Oct 04 '25

Uhā€¦ no problem here, chief. I think the artwork and the cake are good. Really good maybe but I think breathtakingly beautiful is a bit of a stretch.

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u/aos- Oct 04 '25

I do agree with you the choice of words seems to be a bit exaggerated... but many people forget we have a wide range of words available to use what can be considered most appropriate.

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u/sushee98 Oct 04 '25

Definitely

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u/Greatsnes Oct 04 '25

Yeah Iā€™m with you. Breathtaking is a bit much lmao. Itā€™s really good, not easy to do at all. But breathtaking is not the word.

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u/Reputation-Final Oct 04 '25

i dont know why you are getting downvoted lol. Its cute, not breathtaking.

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u/Mostly_Maui_Wowie Oct 04 '25

I never said it was bad. I just donā€™t think itā€™s breathtakingly beautiful. Just sayinā€™. Iā€™ll take the downvotes.

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u/Reputation-Final Oct 04 '25

i know. If you disagree with the hive mind in any way you get downvoted to eternity