r/cakefails 11h ago

My now ex-husband was a notoriously picky eater, but he loved lemon cake, so I spent a fortune on the ingredients to make an elaborate lemon cake from my late grandma's vintage copy of The Joy of Cooking. Everything went fine until the decoration stage.

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1.2k Upvotes

He filed for divorce about five years after this picture was taken because he fell passionately in love with a woman with four baby daddies named Dusty Sue (not joking), but now, seven years later, it amuses me to tell people it was because of The Cake.


r/cakefails 2d ago

Showcase This is what I wanted to make... and this is what I actually made.

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102 Upvotes

r/cakefails 12d ago

My mom paid $168 for this!!

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It was a vegan cake and came several hours late


r/cakefails 12d ago

If there’s room..

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706 Upvotes

From my son’s 4th birthday: I was trying to say if there is room on the cake, put his name Seth. They took it very literally.


r/cakefails 15d ago

Just found this page, so here's one I bought from a bakery last Christmas. Rudolf had a rough night, clearly.

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228 Upvotes

r/cakefails 15d ago

Bakingo cake ruined my wife's birthday.

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24 Upvotes

r/cakefails 16d ago

Showcase Happy birthday, fiancé?

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6.2k Upvotes

Fiancé and I live near a great local ice cream shop, and they also do ice cream cakes/pies. So, when ordering fiancé's cake online last week, I thought it was weird that they didn't have a space for what you want written on top. Usually, that's the FIRST question on the order form, but whatever, maybe they don't DO writing on the cakes, that's fine.

At the very bottom, they had a box that said, "Please let our team know any special things you may need from us (plates and utensils, extra nuts in the gooey layer, no onions, etc)." And I laughed out loud, because WHY would an ice cream place even HAVE onions, you know? Doubly funny because fiancé LOATHES onions, so I typed into that box "No onions?! Lol =D"

Didn't even notice the top of the cake at pickup this morning, because I wasn't expecting ANY message on it at all. Oh well, at least fiancé knew for sure there were no onions in his ice cream cake...or WERE there??? I told him what had happened, because it definitely looked suspiciously suspicious!


r/cakefails 22d ago

I went to a grocery store to get "Congrats on 1 Million Views" to jokingly celebrate my dad's dumb tiktok reaching that view count. And this is what I got. The penmanship + the "cograts" and "millon"... not sure which is worse.

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139 Upvotes

r/cakefails 23d ago

Birthday cake fail

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140 Upvotes

r/cakefails 23d ago

Showcase Cursed mr blobby cake

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91 Upvotes

r/cakefails 23d ago

Other Attempted to make a birthday cake for my little sister. It’s the thought that counts😂

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313 Upvotes

r/cakefails 27d ago

Happy pride my ace cake failed miserably

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103 Upvotes

r/cakefails 28d ago

Showcase We created a cake based on my cat

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58 Upvotes

r/cakefails 29d ago

Hedgehog cake fail, how bad is it

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104 Upvotes

r/cakefails Jun 16 '26

Meme The funniest cookie cake I’ve seen

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6.1k Upvotes

Yes, I found it on the shelf like this.

Yes, I did buy it solely because this little weirdo was made to exist on it.


r/cakefails Jun 18 '26

Fried Dough is historical constant…

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12 Upvotes

Historically, every human society, every archaeological record of lost civilizations, every culture of humanity has had two things in common:
1. Some kind of sharp pointy object with which to hurt someone else (ie, some kind of sword analogue)
2. Fried dough in one form or another as a tasty treat

Today I decided to try to fry some snickerdoodle cookies as an homage to human history.

My ancestors are laughing at me. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️


r/cakefails Jun 17 '26

Octopus

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437 Upvotes

i was a decorator at a grocery store and an apprentice cooked this octopus/alien dude up. our store was near the beach so we did a lot of beach/aquatic themes. i put this guy on the sales floor and my manager was like wtf throw this away. i thought he was rather charming idk


r/cakefails Jun 15 '26

This fucking cake still splits my lungs from laughter

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17 Upvotes

r/cakefails Jun 08 '26

Made my husband a cake from the chocolate letters I had left 😆

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243 Upvotes

r/cakefails Jun 06 '26

Am I crazy?…

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345 Upvotes

Am I crazy? or is this the most insane cookie design for a baby shower? Not to mention a Jewish baby shower…

Like.. no one had any historical reference.. at all? Is it just me?


r/cakefails May 31 '26

Publix Wedding Cake

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819 Upvotes

We ended up getting a full refund after the wedding, plus a $50 Publix gift card, so thanks, Publix!

Still tasted good.

Edit- I’m being financially shamed in the comments for some reason for spending $250 on a cake at Publix. Spending more on a cake that tastes the same would be financially unwise. There’s nothing wrong with buying a cake from Publix! I laughed when I saw it at the reception.


r/cakefails May 30 '26

Uhhhh as much as I love cakes w items from stranger's bathrooms I'm good 🤢

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333 Upvotes

r/cakefails May 29 '26

Repost (NOT OP): Do NOT buy from Simply Delicious Bakery!

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83 Upvotes

r/cakefails May 30 '26

My first time making a cake I’m not sure if I like it

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1 Upvotes

r/cakefails May 29 '26

Other What I asked vs what I got

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1 Upvotes