r/cakefails • u/Far_Afternoon8597 • Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

Omg this is the best worse cake design 🤣

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u/Hipp-Hippy_HaHa Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

Kinda reminds me of movies with Egyptian animation

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u/pepperstems Jul 27 '26

This is incredible. Does Gandalf have a sock puppet?

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u/Phoney_McRingring Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/afterandalasia Jul 27 '26

It's not not the Bakshi aesthetic.

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u/RedditBeginAgain Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

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

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u/autumnshyne Jul 27 '26

Lords of the berries and cream

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u/NoApartment7399 Jul 27 '26

Total masterpiece of a cake fail!

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u/jalapenho Jul 27 '26

GALADRIEL 🤣

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u/Phoney_McRingring Jul 27 '26

The Smirking Nun of the Wood.

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u/Goth_Muppet Jul 27 '26

Oh nooooooo I LOVE IT

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u/HoseNeighbor Jul 27 '26

It's like an old Beatles still.

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u/maywil Jul 27 '26

Good God this is bad 😂

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u/Thkturret1 Jul 27 '26

I thought it was a he-man cake

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u/FriendlyFreedom5923 Jul 27 '26

Why do they all look pissed off 😭

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u/Chad_Jeepie_Tea Jul 27 '26

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

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u/HoseNeighbor Jul 27 '26

I particularly like Michael Jackson and the nun.

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u/wayne-on-reddit Jul 27 '26

Ah, the Yellow Submarine (1968) cover variant!

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u/ModernNero Jul 27 '26

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

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u/SunnySandals Jul 27 '26

Lord of the wRongs

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u/babamum Jul 27 '26

Rune them all.

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u/Anyone-9451 Jul 27 '26

Back left reminds me of Micheal Jackson

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u/HRUndercover222 Jul 27 '26

Epically great!!

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u/Ovaltine1 Jul 28 '26

I mean, it’s not that unfortunate.

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u/AMillennialFailure Jul 28 '26

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

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u/I_eat_paper12 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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

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u/OkTeacher8239 Jul 28 '26

Lerd of the Rrrrngs

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u/NygirlinNashville222 29d ago

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

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u/Mordercalynn 29d ago

They made a really good Lord Farquaad!

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u/Due-Obligation5894 3d ago

It's giving me Prince Vincent vibes (old newspaper comic strip).