Cakes gone wrong

It's National Cake Day in a few days' time, so to celebrate this week's blog post is on the theme of cakes. And when you're buying a cake for someone, perhaps for their birthday or some other special occasion, what could be better than getting a personalised message written on the top of the cake!

Well, as the following examples demonstrate, if you do decide to buy a personalised cake, make sure you give the bakery very precise instructions for the message, otherwise you could end up with a cake gone wrong like some of the following examples...

1) Blind girl blond girl

This first cake was ordered by a Scottish lady who asked for a birthday cake with 'a wee blond girl on top'. Unfortunately, autocorrect changed 'blond' to 'blind'...

This was the original tweet:

"My mum ordered a cake for my sister's birthday and asked for a blond girl on top but it autocorrected to blind girl and we got this."

2) Mark with the sea

I think they meant Marc.

Bonus point if you can explain what a 'brithday' is?

3) Congratulations!

Customer: "I'd like to order a cake, please."
Baker: "Okay, and what message would you like us to write on top?"
Customer: "Just write congratulations as small as possible."

"Congratulations as small as possible."

This is one example which highlights the importance of correct grammar. It can mean the difference between:

"Congratulations," as small as possible.

And...

"Congratulations as small as possible."

4) Halloween gone wrong

Here's another cake where the baker literally dictated what the customer said to them...

"Goats(?), goblins and booze."

As this cake was for Halloween, I'm guessing they meant ghosts, not goats.

5) Blue flowers

Now remember to put blue flowers on it. You got that? Blue flowers...

"Happy birthday Adam with blue flowers."

You could say they got two for the price of one!

6) Celebrate the happy occasion!

Finally, this last message was written exactly as they wanted it written, but nevertheless it does seem a rather unusual occasion to celebrate with a cake...

"Sorry you got stabbed."

Enjoy your happy day!

I usually list a few related posts at the bottom of each blog post, but as I haven't featured any previous blog posts about cakes, here are instead some random food related blog posts:
Is a KitKat a chocolate bar or a biscuit?
A question for fans of the Great British Bake Off
Fawlty Tea Rooms

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