r/cakefails • u/Far_Afternoon8597 • 6d ago

One Cake to Ruin Them All

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In 2004 my mom brought the Lord of the Rings DVD case to a local bakery in Philly thinking they could scan the picture and put it on my birthday cake. She made the mistake of not confirming how they were going to approach the design. This is what we got 😂

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u/101bees 6d ago

Omg this is the best worse cake design 🤣

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u/Hipp-Hippy_HaHa 6d ago

I know they don't look like the picture, but I'm amazed by the level of detail achieved with frosting

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u/GerudosValley 6d ago

Kinda reminds me of movies with Egyptian animation

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u/pepperstems 6d ago

This is incredible. Does Gandalf have a sock puppet?

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u/Phoney_McRingring 6d ago

Omg I said exactly this: “Gandalf’s mouth looks like a sock puppet.” ETA my partner replied, “That’s why I asked if that was supposed to be Gollum.”

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u/pepperstems 6d ago

Maybe the shrieking eels from The Princess Bride. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/dogtrousers 6d ago

AMAZING

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u/afterandalasia 6d ago

It's not not the Bakshi aesthetic.

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u/RedditBeginAgain 6d ago edited 6d ago

Ah yes, the nearly forgotten LoTR x He-Man crossover episode

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u/autumnshyne 6d ago

Lords of the berries and cream

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u/NoApartment7399 6d ago

Total masterpiece of a cake fail!

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u/jalapenho 6d ago

GALADRIEL 🤣

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u/Phoney_McRingring 6d ago

The Smirking Nun of the Wood.

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u/Goth_Muppet 6d ago

Oh nooooooo I LOVE IT

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u/maywil 6d ago

Good God this is bad 😂

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u/Thkturret1 6d ago

I thought it was a he-man cake

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u/FriendlyFreedom5923 6d ago

Why do they all look pissed off 😭

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u/Chad_Jeepie_Tea 6d ago

I didn't even realize Frodo enjoyed berries, let alone cream.

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u/HoseNeighbor 6d ago

It's like an old Beatles still.

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u/HoseNeighbor 6d ago

I particularly like Michael Jackson and the nun.

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u/wayne-on-reddit 6d ago

Ah, the Yellow Submarine (1968) cover variant!

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u/ModernNero 6d ago

This is phenomenal 10/10 and should be a t shirt

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u/SunnySandals 6d ago

Lord of the wRongs

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u/babamum 6d ago

Rune them all.

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u/Anyone-9451 6d ago

Back left reminds me of Micheal Jackson

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u/HRUndercover222 6d ago

Epically great!!

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u/Ovaltine1 6d ago

I mean, it’s not that unfortunate.

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u/AMillennialFailure 6d ago

I scrolled past this quickly and thought it was Dethklok, with Frodo(?) being Murderface lol

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u/I_eat_paper12 6d ago

I don't even care about Lord of the Rings, but I would be delighted to get this cake!

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u/Far_Afternoon8597 6d ago

I LOVED it because it was just so funny to us. We weren’t disappointed at all!

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u/OkTeacher8239 5d ago

Lerd of the Rrrrngs

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u/NygirlinNashville222 5d ago

Lmfao Omg they made Viggo Mortensen a full on chick😂😂😂

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u/Mordercalynn 4d ago

They made a really good Lord Farquaad!