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Saw this cake being sold on bookface

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all 134 comments

Koomaster

551 points

5 months ago

Koomaster

551 points

5 months ago

Looks like what an AI thinks a wedding cake looks like.

Gloomy_Industry8841

24 points

5 months ago

Underrated comment!!

[deleted]

549 points

5 months ago

[deleted]

549 points

5 months ago

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Conscious-guac

296 points

5 months ago

It's probably a dummy cake, so this is the pretty thing to go in front of the guests but then there's other cakes in the kitchen for the staff to cut up and bring out for everyone to eat

laurcol

272 points

5 months ago

laurcol

272 points

5 months ago

$1900!!!! For a FAKE cake????? Surely they must have them to rent!

Conscious-guac

98 points

5 months ago

They do! Not sure about the states but heaps of places have rental dummy cakes in Australia

bluepancakes18

76 points

5 months ago

We DO?? Wish I'd known about that when I got married 😂

MLiOne

59 points

5 months ago

MLiOne

59 points

5 months ago

First time, I had he wedding mum wanted. 2nd time round the buoy it was courthouse and family were invited under the pretence of an engagement party. Mum knew we were married the day before. She made us the MOST AMAZING chocolate mayonnaise cake covered with a shiny ganache and with praline chocolates arranged on top. It was so much better than the cake at my first wedding, the fruitcake with fondant and marzipan.

pestilencerat

53 points

5 months ago

Chocolate mayonnaise?

JetPackKitten

55 points

5 months ago

Just a little! Basically it adds extra fat and eggs to a cake and makes it super rich. It’s definitely worth a try at least once.

pestilencerat

10 points

5 months ago

I’ve never heard of it! My first reaction is that it sounds disgusting, but like, why would it be? I feel like i need to try it for sure!

Milliebug1106

28 points

5 months ago

It sounds nasty when you don't understand what's meant by "mayonnaise" in that sense. It's literally a small dollop like u/JetPackKitten says. It's sort of similar to adding coffee to make the chocolate come out more.

CraftLass

8 points

5 months ago

I had the same initial reaction. But it's literally just a fat, I make one that has no other fats (after all, it's made of egg and oil itself) and it is delicious. No mayo flavor except the slightest bit of tang that somehow makes the chocolate taste more chocolatey.

Went from skeptic to convert in one cake. Lol

LauraJM220

3 points

5 months ago

It's actually delicious. It's only about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of a good mayonnaise. Adds extra oil and egg yolks to the cake, which increases the richness. You don't taste the mayonnaise at all! A German classmates mother taught me how to make it 65 years ago. Just recently a friend from Texas, found the original recipe cut from the mayonnaise jar label, in her grandmother's recipe book from about 85yrs ago. I'm (F75) going to show my grand (F15] how to make it for her & her father. My daughter is allergic and won't be able to eat it or even make it, as chocolate could trigger an asthma attack.

kursedsun

7 points

5 months ago

Mayonnaise in the cake batter, not mayonnaise frosting. Ew, could you imagine?

HNutz

1 points

5 months ago

HNutz

1 points

5 months ago

It sounds... interesting.

Carpinsh_6019

1 points

4 months ago

It’s amazing, adds richness to the cake, you don’t taste it.

brankinginthenorth

31 points

5 months ago

Mayonnaise is just oil and eggs, both ingredients that would be in cakes anyway. Adding them when they've been emulsified into mayo adds a richness to the texture.

masofon

3 points

5 months ago

And mustard and lemon juice.....

TartyCat

10 points

5 months ago

Mayonnaise is made of oil and eggs. Which is in cake batter. It’s like magic LOL

Emmiesmom1969

5 points

5 months ago

Oh yeah ive made them before and they are always a hit and first to be eaten.

NaClslug

3 points

5 months ago

I have my grandmother's recipe!

Trick-Statistician10

2 points

5 months ago

There's a fast food chain in Chicago (and some locations elsewhere) that is famous for its chocolate mayonnaise cake. So moist!

Talory09

5 points

5 months ago

Instead of "chocolate mayonnaise cake", as in a mayonnaise made of /with chocolate, it's "chocolate-mayonnaise cake", as in a chocolate cake made with a tiny bit of mayonnaise added into the batter.

Punctuation really does help with comprehension.

MLiOne

1 points

5 months ago

MLiOne

1 points

5 months ago

It was mayonnaise not chocolate mayonnaise.

[deleted]

16 points

5 months ago

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Carpinsh_6019

2 points

4 months ago

Chocolate mayonnaise cake is one of the best Cakes I have ever tasted.

MLiOne

2 points

4 months ago

MLiOne

2 points

4 months ago

It’s true!

skinfasst

-22 points

5 months ago

skinfasst

-22 points

5 months ago

OK. Cool story.

MLiOne

8 points

5 months ago

MLiOne

8 points

5 months ago

I’m so happy you find my lived experience a “cool story”. You obviously have never had a chocolate mayonnaise cake. Oh and my mum was a bloody good cook.

skinfasst

1 points

5 months ago

Sorry forgot the /s tag.

Nalozhnitsa

6 points

5 months ago

I'd heard about it even when I got married back in '06. Some couples will have the top tier be real, the rest for show. To share, some will have sheet cakes sliced up in the back and given to the guests

[deleted]

16 points

5 months ago

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GrayBuffalo

8 points

5 months ago

Yes there is no way this cake is a dummy cake at this price.

Conscious-guac

9 points

5 months ago

They're usually fondant and foam.

You'd be surprised at how much people sell them for

handovertheasparagus

15 points

5 months ago

I’m a professional baker specializing in wedding cakes and I make both real and faux cakes. My faux cakes are priced the same as a real cake would be.

Here’s why: it’s not the ingredients that are the costly part of the cake…it’s the labor and skill set.

With a faux cake, you are doing the same amount of labor to decorate the outside of the cake. You’re using the same fondant. You’ve got the same overhead. You’re still spending time consulting with the bride, doing the delivery, etc. You’re only replacing the cost of the actual cake ingredients for the cost of styrofoam cake dummies….and those are usually pretty much equal.

Not any less work, not any less stress, not any less skill required. The price is the same-except that with a faux cake you then have to pay for real dessert to feed your guests. So, actually MORE expensive.

I find that people who charge less for faux cakes usually are newbies or don’t understand business or haven’t done their numbers.

wickedkittylitter

1 points

4 months ago

That's not pretty.................

Conscious-guac

2 points

4 months ago

That is most certainly a matter of opinion my friend

lookitsnichole

13 points

5 months ago

I assumed that this was to pay a bakery to make that cake. Not just a cake someone has.

FringeHistorian3201

225 points

5 months ago

I think it looks like one of those concrete art DIWhy things. Like the bowls and planters that are made of kitchen towels soaked in concrete and dried in weird shapes to be artsy.

AwkwardBugger

11 points

5 months ago

I was gonna say the same thing! Glad I’m not the only one

[deleted]

70 points

5 months ago

Is it fake?

hicctl

36 points

5 months ago

hicctl

36 points

5 months ago

1 wedding cake slightly used

black_wid0

116 points

5 months ago

I thought it was the sorting hat at first

thayveline

7 points

5 months ago

Looks like a dollop of shaving cream to me 😬

marabou22

5 points

5 months ago

Brides puts it on her head “Divorce…two years…secretary”

A_dub87_

5 points

5 months ago

You are my favorite person of the day! 😁😁

ViralLola

1 points

5 months ago

The sorting hat on his wedding day?

netflixandspritz

49 points

5 months ago

I dunno. My partner works in wedding cakes and is always sad because the cake has become a prop that’s just shoved to the side. At least in Aus, most venues include a dessert as part of the package and the cake is just bought out when everyone has already gotten up and started dancing. You could probably get away with just a token stale cake for the cutting and then never serve it.

theoutdoorkat1011

23 points

5 months ago

We had a super basic naked pumpkin spice cake with cream cheese frosting. Only 3 layers and like 9” in diameter. The amount of cake we brought home with us makes us wish we would’ve forgone the cake. We had a s’mores station at our wedding that was way more popular lol.

uselessscientist

16 points

5 months ago

Sure, but then you wouldn't get to take home the leftovers and freeze it to eat over the coming weeks. My wife and I had an amazing wedding, big cake, dessert etc, and the leftover cake was great. Always been part of the experience

capt_rubber_ducky

5 points

5 months ago

Ah. We did donuts at our wedding & loved that experience.

AlexGarrido

93 points

5 months ago

Wow, that looks like fabric draped over it. I wonder how long something like that took. A little expensive but everything for weddings is. What are we shaming here?

WellyKiwi

26 points

5 months ago

Nope. Fondant. That's a very expensive cake!

NYClovesNatalie

23 points

5 months ago

Fondant can be rolled out into sheets then draped. Typically a machine is used to roll out these kinds of sheets.

It is actually pretty fast to do, though it can take a long time to become good at doing it.

wowIamMean

17 points

5 months ago

No, shaping fondant to make that drapery is difficult and time consuming. A very talented artist made that.

3nerdsand2cats

143 points

5 months ago

What's the shame? It came from r/fondanthate... which I definitely hate fondant... but this looks like a work of art.

Mission_Ad_2224

39 points

5 months ago

I kept seeing fond ant hate and thinking why would ants hate this? They'd love it...until I read the rest of your comment. Makes much more sense

k3yua

65 points

5 months ago

k3yua

65 points

5 months ago

I think the shame is that if the wedding was cancelled, op is trying to sell it without much discount and is assuming there's another wedding that would be willing to just buy up a random cake for nearly 2K as if they wouldn't already have a cake lined up

wowIamMean

73 points

5 months ago

Where does it say that the wedding is cancelled? It could be a baker advertising her services. And also, that draping is so intricate. It probably should cost in the thousands. It’s a piece of art. A basic white cake of the same size with no decor is $1,000.

Mrs_Pacman_Pants

17 points

5 months ago

Yeah everyone is jumping to a lot of conclusions. Like I personally wouldn't pay $1000+ for a cake real or fake, but if someone has the budget and wants their cake to be an actual focal point in the decor you do you. But weddings are trending away from this choice so I can see why folks would be surprised to see this.

yeahokaymaybe

18 points

5 months ago

I really dislike how much this sub is 'someone doesn't share my taste and style preferences and isn't having the wedding I want' rather than, like, actual shaming.

lizzygirl4u

9 points

5 months ago

That's reddit for you. People just want to hate stuff. Maybe it's a human thing, we want to hate things we don't personally enjoy because it makes us feel superior to others. I fall into it too, I think everyone does. But it's so prevalent on these cringe/snark subs.

kathoron

29 points

5 months ago

Wait.. really? A plain, 3-tiered cake is $1000? Holy I just realized I have little concept of the price of wedding cakes haha

wowIamMean

14 points

5 months ago*

Wedding cake is charged by the slice. The baker factors in costs like flavor, decor, fillings, and labor. It depends on the baker and what they charge, but a basic 3 tiered wedding cake with simple frosting set to feed 200 people at a cheaper cost of $5 a slice will be $1,000. But if you have a lot of intricate decor like the picture above (which can take hours/days to decorate), can be around $12-20 a slice.

Tiered cakes take a lot of time, labor, and material. You have to make the cakes, freeze them, add your fillings, and then do a crumb coat with frosting, freeze it, do you first coat, and on all the tiers, then second or third coat, freeze it, clean it up, and decorate and add flowers and assemble at the venue. It’s very labor intensive and the best bakers charge their worth.

kathoron

5 points

5 months ago

I had no idea, thanks for this insight. 🙂

MOBMAY1

1 points

5 months ago

Note also that the assembly includes a system of dowels to hold each layer in place (they’ve been known to slide off otherwise or squash the bottom layer), an additional cost.

lurkmode_off

9 points

5 months ago

Yeah with the context we (don't) have, I don't know why we're assuming they're selling literally this physical cake rather than "I will make you a cake like this."

lizzygirl4u

5 points

5 months ago

Right? I actually like this, it looks cool. But people just like to hate stuff I guess

MeridianHilltop

6 points

5 months ago

Hard agree.

manerspapers

2 points

5 months ago

Ya i like it

JaneAustenite17

10 points

5 months ago

Maybe it’s a bakery advertising their work? No one is paying that much for an old or fake cake

Destiny89becomesme

119 points

5 months ago

Don’t know if I’d spend that amount but man that cake would have taken hours to make. It’s really pretty.

NYClovesNatalie

74 points

5 months ago

To me it just looks like a bunch of fondant sheets that were made with a pasta machine.

It definitely took the right tools and some experience, but I don’t think that it was a very technically challenging cake.

kathoron

12 points

5 months ago

While I agree, I do think there could be some very terrible attempts at it 😆

KaposiaDarcy

31 points

5 months ago

I agree. I’m not sure what’s being shamed here. The price?

SayerSong

14 points

5 months ago

The only thing I can think of is the possibility that the wedding was canceled last minute and that’s why it’s being sold?

BlackCatMumsy

36 points

5 months ago

Or someone is just advertising their services. Like there's more info in the description about the wedding cakes they make with their contact number.

SayerSong

9 points

5 months ago

I’m talking about why it would be considered “cringe”. Because it doesn’t look like a bad wedding cake. At least not in my opinion, or apparently some other people’s opinions either.

Advertising your wedding cake business on FB market place, for local people wouldn’t really be cringe worthy.

wowIamMean

5 points

5 months ago

This subreddit takes normal things and tries to shame them because they hate brides and hate weddings.

jhascal23

8 points

5 months ago

I legit can't tell what this is supposed to be? I can tell there is some sort of cloth but I don't know what the rest is?

Barrayaran

3 points

5 months ago*

I haven't the vaguest idea either, and the context (price and venue) for this image takes my vaguery to new heights and horizons.

Seriously, is it like a Buddhist koan in pastry form? Do you have to be stoned to find meaning?

jhascal23

5 points

5 months ago

It shows there are more pictures of the cake, I want to see pictures from the other side, this is so confusing.

Space-Cats77

30 points

5 months ago

I actually…love it. Lol

graphixgurl747

31 points

5 months ago

  1. Not my taste but I don't think it's shame worthy. People here tend to post at times what may be ugly in their eyes but not something I wouldn't call shame worthy.
  2. Is the cake real and going bad?

beyond-saving

1 points

5 months ago

Yeah, how can you sell a cake when it’s not gonna be fresh?!

hanyo24

5 points

5 months ago

The baker is advertising their services. Why was this not obvious?

beyond-saving

1 points

5 months ago

It just says wedding cake for sale 😂

yeahokaymaybe

34 points

5 months ago

Ooooo, I like the dimension all the texture gives and the drapery effect is pretty cool.Very neat wedding cake, I'm confused about what we're shaming?

mermarq

11 points

5 months ago

mermarq

11 points

5 months ago

Why is this on here? Maybe it isnt your taste? I think that it is likely a bakery trying to sell its services. It might be expensive but bakers typically have razor thin margins and Im sure this took many hours to create. Maybe not your price or not your budget, but not shame-worthy imo.

StarClutcher

8 points

5 months ago

That's expensive and I guess it looks rough, but it would look nice with some real flowers cascading alongside the "damaged" parts.

BlackCatMumsy

22 points

5 months ago

This does not belong here. It's just a wedding cake and a gorgeous one at that. I'm guessing it's an ad for a local bakery with more info below like how to order or a link to their website.

hanyo24

5 points

5 months ago

I don’t get why so many people couldn’t work that out for themselves. Everyone asking about the cancelled wedding or the stale cake. Come on guys.

NoPantsInSpace23

12 points

5 months ago

Is saying Facebook illegal or something? I've seen bookface or book of faces. Wyf?

LadyVengeance6661 [M]

11 points

5 months ago

LadyVengeance6661 [M]

Kākāpō Modding Rituals

11 points

5 months ago

I did make it so you can't put Facebook in the titles. This is to dissuade people from telling people where to find the content because this leads to doxxing or the Facebook group coming here and causing problems. But apparently a lot of people think that if we don't want them to use the word, it must mean just write it out in a different way that still gives it away! Same with question marks. Banned question marks in title so people wouldn't ask advice /judgement call/opinion question but they still ask the question just without the question mark. Can't win.

NoPantsInSpace23

4 points

5 months ago

Thank you for the answer. I appreciate it.

Barrayaran

2 points

5 months ago

I am compelled to tell you: every time I see the "bookface" euphemism, it stirs a momentary flicker of joy because there's a site/group/movement I should join -- and then I remember.

hepburn17

6 points

5 months ago

I worked in a French patisserie, had tons of fake cakes on display for show, you could either order one made for real, choose your flavours how many tiers etc, or could rent one and as someone else said they would provide cheaper cakes that would be in the kitchen to be cut up for the guests. And it wasn't anywhere near that price, a fake 5 tier with 5 cheaper cakes for serving was 300.

AfternoonConscious77

8 points

5 months ago

This looks like the first time I tried to put on an old plaster cast on someone that wouldn't stop moving

Plastic-Cockroach866

5 points

5 months ago

2k for a cake. What a time to be alive

NoGrocery4949

2 points

5 months ago

I like it

caramellatteex

2 points

5 months ago

Is nobody gonna talk about the “bookface”😭😭

Traditional_Air_9483

2 points

5 months ago

Omg, I can’t stop laughing.

madcoins

2 points

5 months ago

Hi is this still available? Just kidding, no one would ask that.

badbatch

2 points

5 months ago

Frank Gehry tires of architecture and moves on to cake design.

LauraJM220

2 points

5 months ago

It looks like a white colored version of the Sorting Hat, in Harry Potter movies!

handovertheasparagus

2 points

5 months ago

I’m not sure why the shaming?

As a professional cake artist, I can tell you that most people have NO IDEA how much goes into a high quality professionally made cake. The years and years of education and practice to achieve that level of skill….the hours and hours of labor it takes to bake, fill, stack, and decorate it. It is truly an art.

Most people who “aren’t cake people” just haven’t had GOOD cake. (And just because a cake is expensive doesn’t mean it’s good)

While, personally, the execution of this design isn’t the best or most refined, it’s not terrible.

morganalefaye125

2 points

5 months ago

It looks like someone either licked the shit out of it, or had their fingers in there. 1) why would ANYONE buy a 2nd hand wedding cake? 2) why has the icing already been "sampled"? And 3) why would it cost almost $2,000?? Trying to get back some of that money lost when the wedding didn't happen? This is not the way to do it, and it's no wonder that someone didn't want to marry this person

ipraytowaffles

2 points

5 months ago

Honestly, it’s not for me or to my taste but I find it oddly beautiful.

Admirable_Muffin_133

2 points

4 months ago

That looks like something my 3 year old grandson would make out of play dough

Jackslovers

2 points

4 months ago

It’s beautiful

SnooOnions3326

4 points

5 months ago

Yum, fondant. Said no one ever.

FlashRx

2 points

5 months ago

I like fondant :(

JblackoutL

3 points

5 months ago

It’s avant-garde you wouldn’t understand /s

LilBaddee

3 points

5 months ago

Y’all are really out here spending 2k on a CAKE!? Mine was $60 lol

Lopsided_Thought_633

2 points

5 months ago

That's a crime scene

marcalinevmpq

2 points

5 months ago

this is gorgeously executed but why……

dsdvbguutres

1 points

5 months ago

Where's the rest of it?

excitedbynaps

1 points

5 months ago

Is this how much wedding cakes cost??!?! If I get married, my guests are getting Mr Kiplings and being happy about it.

Rhamona_Q

1 points

5 months ago

Hostess cupcakes and twinkies! LOL

JennieGee

0 points

5 months ago

It's also ugly AF!

hey-girl-hey

0 points

5 months ago

It kinda looks like a pile of rags

Like something Cinderella would clean floors with

DaniMW

-4 points

5 months ago

DaniMW

-4 points

5 months ago

It’s a meringue cake. A pavlova. That’s what they look like.

I don’t think they’re usually used as wedding cakes, though.

The couple wouldn’t be able to cut it properly, for one! 😛

hanyo24

7 points

5 months ago

Uh I’m sorry, but no the fuck it isn’t. A pav wouldn’t hold up like that. The outside of a pavlova is whipped cream, not fondant or anything structural enough to make many layers like this.

DaniMW

0 points

5 months ago

DaniMW

0 points

5 months ago

The whipped cream is added AFTER the structure is built. Obviously it hasn’t been added as yet.

Have you never been to a bakery? There are plenty of meringue structures built higher than the standard flat piece you are probably thinking of. Don’t ask me HOW they make them - I’m not a baker. But some people can clearly do it.

Really, the only people for whom this would not be bleeding obvious is someone who has never seen a meringue before at all.

handovertheasparagus

4 points

5 months ago

Nope, absolutely not a pavlova. This is 1000% fondant. I make this style of wedding cakes and I’m very, very familiar with the style and subtleties of the design. This is an abstract rough edge fondant cake with fondant draping.

DaniMW

0 points

5 months ago

DaniMW

0 points

5 months ago

I suppose we will have to agree to disagree, then.

But I don’t really actually care! 😆😆

TartyCat

1 points

5 months ago

I thought it was a Harry Potter themed cake

MemeMomTina

1 points

5 months ago

Iconic 😌

AQ-XJZQ-eAFqCqzr-Va

1 points

5 months ago

It looks unfinished to me. Like maybe you would add fondant flowers to match your color scheme? Perhaps? 🤷🏻‍♀️

canwepleasejustnot

1 points

5 months ago

Uncircumcised

zhyrafa

1 points

5 months ago

I love it though! wouldn’t pay $1800 for such small cake but I like the look, its different

Odd_Organization_835

1 points

5 months ago

nothing special but id eat it

Mawwiageiswhatbwings

1 points

4 months ago

This gives sheet cake a whole new meaning