A Costco customer was left in tears of laughter after a baker took her request for a custom cake a little too literally.
The shopper had asked for half a sheet cake filled with vanilla cheesecake mousse, which serves 48 people, but they wanted to keep the appearance pretty simple, requesting “no writing” and “no designs”.
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Their only ask was “red frosting on the perimeter for top/bottom”.
And to illustrate how they wanted icing to be piped along the corners of the cake, they drew a little diagram to make things even more clear.
Despite their best efforts, the customer’s order still got lost in translation.
Instead of red piping around the edges, they received a plain white cake with their diagram iced on top.
They seemed to see the funny side though – as a picture of the blunder was posted onto Reddit.
In the r/funny forum, a user wrote: “Costco will give you exactly what you know you didn’t need.”
The post garnered more than 109,000 upvotes – and many found the cake fail to be equally as amusing.
One commenter said: “I laughed so hard I nearly woke up my baby.”
Another wrote: “That’s amazing. I would not be upset.”
And a third said: “That's what happens when you expect someone at the bakery to understand ‘perimeter.’”
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Meanwhile, others thought the baker had actually ended up improving on the basic design.
One remarked: “This is a thing of beauty”, while another agreed: “I would eat this”.
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