Mariah Carey fan is stunned to get birthday cake with Marie Curie’s face on by mistake after bakery mix-up
- The US pop princess was confused with the Nobel Prize-winning Polish physicist
- Carey had an album called E=MC² but she and the physicist are polar opposites
- The blunder has gone viral and has been shared an eye-watering 40,000 times
- MailOnline compares the lives of chart-topping hitmaker with the science pioneer
A Mariah Carey fan who requested a birthday cake emblazoned with the pop princess’ face was instead presented with one featuring Marie Curie.
The hilarious baking blunder confused the All I Want For Christmas Is You hitmaker with the Nobel Prize-winning Polish physicist.
Although the US singer recorded a number one album called E=MC², she and the science pioneer are practically polar opposites.
Yet the similarity of their names caused enough confusion to see the baffled birthday girl tuck in to the face of an elderly and solemn-looking Curie, rather than her Grammy-winning idol.
A Mariah Carey fan who requested a birthday cake emblazoned with the pop princess’ face was instead presented with one featuring Marie Curie
Although the US singer recorded a number one album called E=MC², she and the science pioneer are practically polar opposites.
The mix-up went viral on social media when recipient Siobhan’s cousin tweeted a picture of the cake.
Novelist Harriet Alida Lye wrote: ‘My cousin in England told her colleagues she wanted a Mariah Carey birthday cake.
‘They misunderstood, and is the cake they made her instead. It’s Marie Curie, looking very festive.’
Social media reacted in spectacular fashion and the post has retweeted an eye-watering 40,000 times.
The hilarious baking blunder confused the All I Want For Christmas Is You hitmaker with the Nobel Prize-winning Polish physicist (pictured)
Social media reacted in spectacular fashion and the post has retweeted an eye-watering 40,000 times
Some users suggested that the cake had actually been improved with the picture of such an influential and accomplished scientist.
One said: ‘Frankly I don’t think they misheard her at all. This is so much better than Mariah Carey…’
And others joked that the mixture might be radioactive because of Curie’s work with nuclear decay.
‘You might get superpowers,’ someone tweeted.
Users joked that the mixture might be radioactive because of Curie’s work with nuclear decay