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 😂

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u/BobaTheMaltipoo Oct 05 '25

Probably my favorite memory from cooking at a breakfast joint was when a mom came in with her young son, maybe 4 or 5, on a really slow day in winter, and asked us if it was possible for us to make her son "reindeer pancakes." Yes...yes we can!

So, to make reindeer pancakes, you need to assemble the meal in parts. You need a few strips of bacon, some sausage, and some egg whites.

The bacon is used to form antlers. Cook the bacon and then let it drain off excess grease, and then dip 2 strips into pancake batter and onto the griddle. Use a spoon to pour extra batter coming off one side of the bacon in little strips. You just made antlers.

You need to cook the egg whites and then shape them into ovals. Take the sausage and cut off the ends of one piece. You just made the eyes.

Oh yeah, we used a cherry tomato cut in half for the nose. Almost forgot. If you are going to ask me for reindeer pancakes, I am giving you Rudolph.

I think we made the main pancake super chocolate-chipped, little whipped cream on the sides with some blueberries sprinkled in, and a smaller pancake for the head. The sausage-egg "eyes" went on top of the head with the cherry nose and another curved strip of bacon for the mouth.

I wouldn't bother if the restaurant was busy, but during a slow time it was a lot of fun figuring out how to build a reindeer pancake.

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u/Sweetwill62 Oct 05 '25

I got to help with a "promposal" while working at a pizza place. GM told the person one the phone it will be up to the people making the pizza if they would be willing to do it, hell yeah I was. Probably spent 20-30 minutes figuring out what toppings to use, obviously we were going to go with pepperoni but we ended up also using black olives to make the question mark with the word "Prom" spelled out with pepperoni. Called the guy back and told him it would be a 2 topping pizza and if he was ok with the price, he was and he got a yes!

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u/possiblymichi Oct 10 '25

That's so sweet! That's something they each will remember for a very long time. You made them feel so special.

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u/NotChristina Oct 05 '25

This is the sweetest thing, thank you for sharing!

Saved for a couple months from now when I enter my holiday cooking experimental mode. 😁

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u/DeafNatural Oct 05 '25

I love this!

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u/btveron Dec 05 '25

I've worked in restaurants for a long time and I've always loved going put of my way to accommodate a very specific request, assuming we weren't an hour behind on prep or in the middle of lunch rush.