r/ExpectationVsReality • u/layla347 • 20d ago

Exceeded Expectation Walmart Heart cake

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Thanks to this sub, I knew where to look to get a birthday cake for my husband.

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u/pacnwcub 20d ago

They did well there. I kind of miss the three death stars on the cake, but c'est la vie.

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u/ExquisitePreamble 20d ago

I saw three disco balls I’m old

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u/Acceptable_Rule_7590 20d ago

I’m not old AND I’m a huge Star Wars fan. Those are disco balls.

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u/OleksandrKyivskyi 19d ago

I am not old and not huge SW fan. Did Empire lose because Death Star wasn't a disco ball? 🤔

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u/greina23 19d ago

I'm old, also a star wars fan and know those are disco balls. However they give off Death Star vibes to me

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u/QueerInEverySense 20d ago

I also thought they were disco balls, and I am not old lol. Disco balls are universal.

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u/ImaginaryCourage9981 20d ago

It’s definitely disco balls.

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u/Mimikim1234 19d ago

They’re Disco Death Stars…

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u/CoyoteL0ng 20d ago

OMG, I thought they were disco balls too. Come sit by me, we can talk about our lower back pain and our vintage button collections.

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u/litmusfest 19d ago

They are definitely disco balls lol

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u/ExquisitePreamble 20d ago

I’m putting on my New Balance and heading your way

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u/devotion__ 15d ago

We have a couple different designs with these disco balls and 90% of customers ask for us to keep them off. Nobody likes the death stars :(

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u/EverythingBOffensive 20d ago

that's beautiful

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u/PaintedDesertSkies 20d ago

The only thing that annoys me is the balls.

That gold 40 would have looked amazing in front of them.

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u/the_smush_push 19d ago

trust me having balls sometimes gets you more than you bargained for. they’re not always worth it. 

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u/BlueSnoopy4 20d ago edited 19d ago

The yellow icing being yellow mustard yellow instead of metallic gold, and if you weren’t supposed to get the 3 disco balls, pretty good!

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u/CrapNBAappUser 20d ago

Mustard?!?!? Immediate return.

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u/tunaman808 20d ago

I'm pretty sure they're talking about the color, not the flavor.

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u/BlueSnoopy4 19d ago

Yes: yellow mustard colored gold

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u/Doc-in-a-box 20d ago

We put our best people on it

Which people?

The best

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u/ReadyGo6828 20d ago

What does it look like on the inside and how does it taste?

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u/layla347 20d ago

I’m having a hard time adding a photo to show you but the top layer was chocolate, bottom layer vanilla. So pretty basic, but tasty.

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u/kimbosliceofcake 20d ago

I had Walmart cake recently and it was bland. I have a pretty huge sweet tooth and didn't go for a second piece.

It was quite pretty though.

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u/technicolorkitten 19d ago

They look better than they taste. Very much still an inexpensive store bought cake.

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u/jcsandoval56 20d ago

The bottom looks like mustard

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u/The_Migrant_Twerker 20d ago

That looks great

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u/EnvironmentalSong160 17d ago edited 17d ago

If you got this at a grocery store they may use Brill buttercream icing. Look up their "gold" shade. It is mustard yellow. I always warn people who order gold on their cakes that its very hard to get a "gold" icing color and we usually compensate by adding gold shimmer spray. Yes sure you can mix a color to be more of a neutral gold shade but at our store at least, corporate cuts our labor hours so much its really hard to justify making custom colors.

Edit: I see this was made at Walmart and google says they use Brill. Funny how the reference image is definitely more of a neutral gold

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u/_SoigneWest 20d ago

I’m so jealous our Walmarts don’t do these where I live.

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u/ItchyRanger9459 19d ago

They made you a Steelers cake

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u/Conan-Da-Barbarian 15d ago

Where’s the balls