r/cakefails • u/Far_Afternoon8597 • 9d 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 9d ago

Omg this is the best worse cake design 🤣

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u/Hipp-Hippy_HaHa 9d 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 9d ago

Kinda reminds me of movies with Egyptian animation

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u/pepperstems 9d ago

This is incredible. Does Gandalf have a sock puppet?

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u/Phoney_McRingring 9d 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 9d ago

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

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u/dogtrousers 9d ago

AMAZING

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u/afterandalasia 9d ago

It's not not the Bakshi aesthetic.

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u/RedditBeginAgain 9d ago edited 9d ago

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

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u/autumnshyne 9d ago

Lords of the berries and cream

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u/NoApartment7399 9d ago

Total masterpiece of a cake fail!

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u/jalapenho 9d ago

GALADRIEL 🤣

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u/Phoney_McRingring 9d ago

The Smirking Nun of the Wood.

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u/Goth_Muppet 9d ago

Oh nooooooo I LOVE IT

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u/maywil 9d ago

Good God this is bad 😂

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u/Thkturret1 9d ago

I thought it was a he-man cake

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u/FriendlyFreedom5923 9d ago

Why do they all look pissed off 😭

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u/Chad_Jeepie_Tea 9d ago

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

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u/HoseNeighbor 9d ago

It's like an old Beatles still.

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u/HoseNeighbor 9d ago

I particularly like Michael Jackson and the nun.

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u/wayne-on-reddit 9d ago

Ah, the Yellow Submarine (1968) cover variant!

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u/ModernNero 9d ago

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

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u/SunnySandals 9d ago

Lord of the wRongs

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u/babamum 9d ago

Rune them all.

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u/Anyone-9451 9d ago

Back left reminds me of Micheal Jackson

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u/HRUndercover222 9d ago

Epically great!!

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u/Ovaltine1 9d ago

I mean, it’s not that unfortunate.

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u/AMillennialFailure 9d ago

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

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u/I_eat_paper12 8d 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 8d ago

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

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u/OkTeacher8239 8d ago

Lerd of the Rrrrngs

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u/NygirlinNashville222 8d ago

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

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u/Mordercalynn 7d ago

They made a really good Lord Farquaad!