You won’t find those in a recipe book! Home bakers reveal their MOST disastrous cakes – including a terrifying cat and some very questionable brown icing
- Amateur bakers shared some of the very worst cakes they’ve come across
- Some were ambitious princess and character bakes that went badly wrong
- Others had problems with spelling or iced words that don’t fit on the cake
Brave home bakers have shared their very worst cakes – and they’re sure to make you feel a little brighter about your next attempt in the kitchen.
Social media users from around the world took to Reddit to offer up photos of the creations, which come complete with drooping icing and dodgy sponge work.
Some of the ambitious bakes were based on characters like Pikachu or Hello Kitty but didn’t look anything like the original, while others suffered from spelling mistakes or squished words.
Here, FEMAIL takes a look at some of the most disastrous kitchen creations…
Cursed kitty: This Reddit user, from an unknown location, shared a cake that looks like a demon version of Hello Kitty, complete with a set of dentures as the mouth
Better luck next time! This US-based Reddit user shared a hilarious photo of a Little Mermaid cake that didn’t quite live up to expectations – and in fact hardly looked human at all
Look at ewe! This sheep cake, from an unknown location, couldn’t be saved by its decorations
What is that? The Reddit user who shared this admitted: ‘I don’t even know what this is’
Looking on the bright side: The American user behind this cake said she was still proud of the white buttercream and meringue ‘blobs’, even though ‘Happy Father’s Day’ didn’t fit
Icing disaster! A British home baker shared this photo of a cake they made in 2010 with the caption: ‘Three tier devils food cake, affectionately dubbed “The Poo Cake” by my friends’
Not a storybook princess: This hilarious cake from an American user failed to hit the mark
Seriously scary! This gooey chocolate creation looks like it was meant to be a hedgehog but has some very alarming teeth. The photo was posted by a Reddit user in the US
Needed a proof reader! This pretty birthday cake was ruined with the spelling error ‘beutiful’
Pikacube: This Pikachu cake from an unknown baker looks very different to the Pokemon