- Erin Hughes ordered the Marilyn Monroe cake for her sister-in-law’s 30th
- A woman on Facebook had advertised her services as a professional baker
- When the cake arrived Erin said her five-year-old daughter could’ve done better
- They had to quickly dash to their local supermarket to pay £20 for a new cake
A customer was left furious after forking out £45 for a disastrous Marilyn Monroe cake – and claims her five-year-old daughter could have done a better job.
Erin Hughes, from Glasgow, had ordered the cake from a ‘professional baker’ on Facebook for her sister-in-law Amanda’s 30th Birthday.
But she was left ‘speechless’ when she saw the woeful attempt at icing the actress’ face.
The 26-year-old and her mother-in-law Lynn were so disappointed with the final product that they had to make a last-minute dash to the supermarket to buy a replacement for the birthday gathering.
Erin Hughes, 26, from Glasgow ordered a Marilyn Monroe-themed cake (pictured) for her sister-in-law, Amanda’s 30th Birthday – but was left ‘speechless’ at the outcome
The 26-year-old and her mother-in-law were so disappointed with the final product (pictured) that they had to make a last-minute dash to the supermarket to buy a replacement
Ms Hughes said: ‘My mother-in-law ordered the cake for my sister-in-law’s 30th birthday. She had FaceTimed me to show me the cake and I was speechless.
‘I had baked a few cakes myself for family members but knew myself I wouldn’t be able to make a Marilyn Monroe cake. So I decided it would be best to go with a “professional baker”.
‘But when my mother-in-law showed me the cake she said my daughter, who was five at the time, could have done a better job.’
Ms Hughes said they were ‘really disappointed’ – but also saw the funny side.
Erin Hughes (pictured) believes her five-year-old daughter could have done a better job
She said: ‘I had put a picture of the cake on Facebook for a laugh and asked my Facebook friends to guess who, none of them could guess!’
Ms Hughes’s mother-in-law Lynn paid £45 for the cake but they ended up buying a second cake, costing another £20.
Ms Hughes said: ‘We were all going out for a family meal and had to run out and buy another cake to take to the restaurant with us because the Marilyn cake had turned out so badly.
‘None of us even ate the Marilyn Monroe cake, it got sliced up and my father-in-law took it into work and gave it out to all the workmen.
‘We were all going out for a family meal and had to run out and buy another cake to take to the restaurant with us because the Marilyn cake had turned out so badly.’
‘My sister-in-law did eventually get to see the cake, she couldn’t believe it.’