I spoke with a local baker in September to have this cake for this weekend for my child's birthday. She was recommended on Facebook and her pictures of her work looked good and like the exact style I was looking for. My big asks for the cake were: a sunset gradient, a road on top with a red car, and for the cake to say "Life moves pretty fast, Happy birthday (child's name.) The theme for the party is pseudo based on the movie "Ferris Buellers Day Off" which I told her and she said she had never seen the movie but planned to watch it. I told her if that was too much, that I would be totally okay with simplifying it and/or using those printed frosting type sheets, especially since I knew it was a lot of text. She assured me it was no problem.

I was a little nervous when she sent me an AI photo of her idea, but assumed maybe she just cant draw well or something. I didnt love the AI but brushed it off. We kept in communication, I paid a deposit, thought all was well. She finished the cake last night, Thursday (im supposed to pick up on Saturday) and she sent me a video. Pictures are screenshots from the video, I did cross my child's name out. I'm really disappointed…the sunset gradient doesnt look great, the road that was supposed to be on top is on the side? Which doesnt make sense since the car is on top…and mainly I feel like the text is horribly done. She also spelled my child's name incorrectly, which she did fix when I pointed it out to her but now looks squished.

The cost is $130 total (I paid half in advance for the deposit) which was the price she came up with after discussing details. To clarify, I absolutely would have paid more and did not seek her out because of cheap prices, she did not have prices listed and I was actually surprised it was so affordable. Am I being too picky? Am I wrong to be disappointed? At this point its already made, I paid the deposit, and my kid is going to just smash it anyway but the more I look at the video the more sad I get. I really wanted this to be special and I almost feel like I could have gotten a better cake at the grocery store.

by Peony907

Dining and Cooking