I ordered a plain cake from Costco – but what I got was so far from what I wanted & it totally ruined my birthday
A WOMAN has opened up about how her birthday was completely ruined after her cake order went very wrong.
On the countdown to her milestone celebrations, the lady went to Costco to select which sweet treat she’d like, as well as the all-important design.
However, when she received it back, the shop had got the totally wrong end of the stick with her food order – and she couldn’t believe what she ended up with.
Social media user Cheryl Cruz explained that she wanted a plain cake with a simple but classy red frosting trim around the edge.
To help the shop understand exactly what she meant, they worked together on a quick sketch.
Alongside it, it read: “No writing/ no designs – only request is red frosting on parimeter for top/ bottom.”
But when she went to collect it says later, Cheryl, who can be found on TikTok at @cherylcruz92, realised they’ve been a big mix-up.
In a recent video posted to her profile, Cheryl told her 65.6k followers: “So I requested a plain cake from Costco with only red frosting around the parimeter…”
Cheryl then unveiled what greeted her when she opened the box – and it wasn’t a pretty sight.
Instead of what she’d requested, she got a plain white cake with the design sketch of what she’d ordered printed onto the middle of it.
She added alongside the snap of the cake with a small red rectangle shape drawn onto it in frosting: “costcofail #birthdayruined.”
But it seems that many of her followers saw the funny side, as the video has been liked almost 20k times.
And Cheryl’s not alone in this situation.
Countless other social media users have shared their cake fail stories online in recent months.
One even told how she’d forked out over £200 on what she hoped would be a cake to remember – only for it to work out that way for all of the wrong reasons.
Fellow TikToker Libby Carlson explained that she had her heart set on a four-tier cake and ordered it from a local bakery.
The super-fancy cake she had in mind was supposed to be covered in lashings of tasty ganache and sheets of chocolate.
However, what arrived was a cake where all the layers were crumbling and sliding into one another.
What’s more, the baker has also decided to add rainbow-coloured sprinkles all over, despite them not being included in the brief.
A shocked Libby shared an image of what she’d ordered and what turned up, and then wrote: “Guys I paid $300 for this and the lady just dropped it off, what do I actually do?”
She added: “I need advice right now.”
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