'I'll just write on it myself, how hard could it be?': 35+ Deliciously disastrous cake decorating attempts

Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor

May 17, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

So you agreed to bring a cake to a party, and now the pressure is on! Maybe you agreed to bake a cake for your Mom's birthday party. Now it's the morning of the party and you're sweating as you hastily assemble a cake for her. It doesn't have to just impress Mom, it's also got to impress the other 20 or 30 guests. You didn't want to shell out tons of money for a cake when you could do it just fine yourself, but now you're standing in the kitchen and realizing… maybe the bakery workers should've handled this one!

Even the bakery creators do a bad job sometimes, though, and these people caught some hilarious pictures of them. Have a look at some of the craziest cake mistakes on the internet!

Next, read about the employees whose bad life choices led them to get fired: "[He] kept calling the shop manager a clown to his face."

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Congxtoxtion everyone!

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It's a shame the lettering turned out so funky, because the cake itself looks scrumptious.
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Yo!

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When you make a cake for your favorite lawn care specialist

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Thomas looks so angry!

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"Under Neat"?

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So many questions about what happened here

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One of the funniest cakes of all time, in my opinion

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The look in those eyes is indescribable

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They were not qualified to create this design, so they just gave up

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Happy Bold Birthday?

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Let me know if you know what it says, because I have no clue.
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'I'll just write on it myself, how hard could it be?': 35+ Deliciously disastrous cake decorating attempts

Congxtoxtion everyone!

Yo!

When you make a cake for your favorite lawn care specialist

Thomas looks so angry!

"Under Neat"?

So many questions about what happened here

One of the funniest cakes of all time, in my opinion

The look in those eyes is indescribable

They were not qualified to create this design, so they just gave up

Happy Bold Birthday?

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