Recipe for disaster! Hilarious photos show cakes that are the stuff of nightmares, including a frightening replica of Jacinda Ardern and a sad-looking Yoda
- This Bored Panda picture gallery shows epic cake fails from people’s kitchens
- Includes a hilarious cake of Danny DeVito and another of Jacinda Ardern
- Also includes a slice with the word ‘die’ on it – gifted from a mother-in-law
- One also features a graduation cake with a ‘cat’ as oppose a ‘cap’ drawn on
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Decorated cakes are usually something to look forward too – typically at a birthday or special occasion.
But whether they are made by a professional baker or a loving friend or family member, sometimes they can go more than wrong.
In a hilarious online gallery, Bored Panda reveals some of the most epic cake fails from across the world – often contrasting them with what they should look like.
From a monstrous unicorn cake, to a cuddly Mogwai that looks more like a Gremlin, here are some of the best.

She is an inspiration to many around the world, yet in cake form New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is not quite so appealing

Any guesses who this is meant to be? One Reddit user, from the US, shared this shocking Danny DeVito cake

We all know what baby Yoda is supposed to look like, yet something clearly got lost in translation. This Yoda, created by a US baker, doesn’t look good. Maybe a nap he needs

This ice-cream cake ordered for Valentine’s Day was supposed to say ‘I Love You’ but some of the letters fell off during transit. Maybe this is an endearment rapper style.

This cake was ordered for an American graduation – and was meant to have a ‘cap’ on. But presumably the baker misheard and iced a cat on her head instead
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Die: Someone posted a photo of this slice of cake, joking that it had just been served to them by their mother in law

The baker was meant to make a flaming campfire for her friend, but the more she looked at it the more it resembled a flaming pile of poo

This cake looks more like a Gremlin than Gizmo, the cute Mogwai gremlin that it was meant to be for a 16th birthday

A 3D Pikachu cake was always going to be ambitious – but this one looks very sad and deflated indeed

This cake for a one-year-old was meant to show a bright-eyed and enthusiastic astronaut. Instead it featured this more terrified looking one

It’s not clear why this delicately drawn Mr Man is seeping apparent blood all over the base of the cake

Belle from Beauty and the Beast is clearly a beautiful character – but not so much when she’s in cake form

Every wedding needs a cake: But this bride and groom (on the right) don’t look so happy to be getting married

When the person was asked by the baker what they wanted written on top of their cake, they said… nothing

As far as cake-fails go, this Chewbacca isn’t too bad – even if he looks more like a brown version of Animal from The Muppets