Posted on Nov 19, 2021

15 Cake Decorators Who Tried Their Best And 15 Who Came In First

If at first you don't succeed...pay someone else to do it.

Farrah Penn

BuzzFeed Staff Writer

1. This decorator definitely made more of a Durnold Dock than a Donald Duck:

Piercing, soulless black eyes, a blood-red deformed bill that seems to melt into a grotesque, sickly pale yellow "duck" face

But this Donald Duck cake is a true work of art:

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2. This decorator ALMOST nailed it:

Cake was supposed to look like a white PlayStation console and just looks like a misshapen white blob with weird little round things stuck on top

But this cake creator truly knocked it out of the park:

Cake that looks just like a white PlayStation console

3. This cake decorator made a solid attempt at a cute Pikachu:

A ghostly, ghastly looking Pikachu made with mustard-yellow strips

But this cake decorator has everyone screaming, "GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!"

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4. This cake decorator could have used a bit of coaching:

Rabbit face that looks very stringy and has pink gloopy ears

But this decorator's cake is truly deserving of a gold medal:

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5. This cake decorator made a cake doodle that doesn't quite resemble He-Man:

bad doodle cake of he-man

But this cake decorator created a FLAWLESS cartoon cake of this SpongeBob scene:

intricate spongebob cake

6. This cake decorator perhaps tried a little too hard to capture the puzzled expression on Rapunzel's face:

rapunzel tangled cake looking confused

But THIS baker worked ALL of the tiers into a masterpiece:

3-tier gorgeous rapunzel cake with long fondant hair

7. This cake decorator really needed spell-check:

a superbowl cake spelled super bowel

But this cake decorator perfected the art of the sport:

stunning pink cake with football fondant

8. This baker's hedgehog cake ended up looking like the stuff of nightmares:

scary hedgehog cake

But this baker's hedgehog cakes are the most delicately adorable things I've ever seen:

cute hedgehog cakes with fluffy frosting

9. This cake creator's castle is looking a little...stiff:

penis castle cake with princesses

But THIS cake decorator's castle cake is where I hope to one day have my wedding:

layered and intricate wedding cake with detailed flowers

10. This cake decorator tried their best to make a realistic Elmo:

scary elmo cake

But this cake creator pretty much nailed it:

cute elmo cake

11. This cake decorator's Yoda is absolutely, positively holding a LIGHTSABER and nothing more — why do you ask?

Yoga holding lightsaber that looks like a dick

But this baker's intricate detail of THIS Yoda cake is truly mind-blowing:

Very detailed and realistic yoga cake

12. This cake decorator didn't quite understand the assignment:

poorly drawn mermaid

But this baker positively nailed it:

layered adorable mermaid ariel cake

13. This cake creator made an attempt at a Mickey cake:

scary mickey cake

But this cake decorator's Mickey fondant cake is almost lifelike:

fondant mickey cake that looks cute

14. This cake creator's Toy Story cake certainly does tell a story:

Woody from Toy Story looking like he took a long dump of frosting

But this cake decorator's Toy Story cake really brings the film to life:

gorgeous toy story cake

15. And finally, this baker's unicorn cake looks a little suspicious:

suspicious-looking unicorn cake

But THIS baker's cake truly makes me believe in magic:

stunning fondant unicorn cake

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