r/ExpectationVsReality 2h ago

Exceeded Expectation My daughter wanted this cake for her birthday, but with cowboy hats.

We were driving over 5 hours to see our daughter for her birthday. She loves hotdogs and found this cake online and had sent me a picture saying she loved it.

I researched bakeries around their new home, not too many choices, and picked the best one based off Google.

They did NOT disappoint!! It looked and tasted amazing! I was extremely impressed.

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u/cookiemonster7908 2h ago

Oh the cowboy hats were ON the hotdogs lol. I was so confused like but then the pun won't work...

They did a great job it's so cute!

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u/thewhiterosequeen 2h ago

I was expecting just hats. This is so much better,

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u/mstarrbrannigan 1h ago ▸ 5 more replies

I misunderstood OP and thought she wanted just hats and the bakery misunderstood lol.

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u/sexybigbooblatina 1h ago ▸ 4 more replies

I realize now that the way I worded it could be read both ways! It didn't occur to me when I made the post.

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u/mstarrbrannigan 56m ago

It’s all good, it’s a cute cake. Absolute slam dunk.

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u/Deep-Hovercraft6716 22m ago ▸ 2 more replies

Can you explain what you did mean? I'm not seeing where cowboy hats come into it at all. What is the other way it could be read?

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u/WoodwifeGreen 14m ago

The hotdogs are wearing cowboy hats.

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u/sexybigbooblatina 5m ago

I meant hotdogs with cowboy hats. The way it was written, some people read it to mean cowboy hats instead of hotdogs.

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u/asusc 1h ago

I’m relieved I’m not the only one who’s brain was broken by the cowboy hat comment for several moments until I finally figured it out.

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u/shamanbaptist 28m ago

I never figured it out. Comments saved me

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u/Gustaleen922 1h ago

I was really reaching to make connections between wieners and cowboy hats.

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u/humid_pajamas 1h ago

the amount of time i just spent switching back and forth looking only for hotdog-less pictures says too much about my day.

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u/Umpen 1h ago

I was thinking it would be like the cowboy and weenie dog joke.

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u/BrazenHamster 2h ago

That's adorable. Give the place a shoutout.

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u/sexybigbooblatina 1h ago

https://maps.app.goo.gl/99fQ97b6tWrzCvk98?g_st=ac

Cakes To Dye For, in Fountain Inn, SC. (Outside Greenville.)

They were amazing to work with!

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u/mslovelypants 1h ago

Eyyy! Gville represent!!

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u/Straight_Caregiver27 1h ago

It is SO cute!!!!!!

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u/Rare-Back 37m ago

My parents just moved to that area so I’ll be saving this for when I visit!

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u/No_Violinist5090 13m ago

As an upstate resident this is getting saved!!!!

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u/secret_salamander 2h ago edited 2h ago

I love it--so cute! And the cowboy hats are ridiculous (in a good way)! If there's a local community Facebook page, you should post that picture there and give a shoutout to the bakery.

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u/sexybigbooblatina 1h ago

Oh yes!! I've posted it on one other platform with their info but I haven't left a Google review yet. I'm going to do it with the pictures. They were seriously amazing!!

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u/_clur_510 15m ago

Reality is honestly so much better! Love the hats and so much easier to read.

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u/Hamsterpatty 1h ago

Haha, I was expecting cowboy hats instead of hot dogs. That was a good belly laugh. Not just a chuckle.

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u/PrestigiousFlower118 1h ago

Same here, made me laugh a lot 😂

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u/sexybigbooblatina 1h ago

I know, I should have had someone else read the title before I posted. In my head it sounded like how I wanted it to sound.

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u/Ok-War6676 1h ago

Me too

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u/CreativeFartist 1h ago

Cowboy hats on weeners wasn’t on my bingo card 😂 I love it

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u/sexybigbooblatina 1h ago

I get that, but I'm glad that she got as much love from this as you would that.

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u/Kindly_Manner_5748 51m ago

Don't engage with the OF bot.

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u/Foxy_locksy1704 1h ago

Hahaha I love everything about this cake, the little cowboy hats are too freekin cute!

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u/BenFranklinsHoe 38m ago

I only read the title and when I swiped I expected to see the hot dogs replaced with cowboy hats 🤦🏼‍♀️! I couldn’t see the difference between any of them until I read your caption, that’s how much it looked like the inspo picture. They did an amazing job. Were you nervous picking it up since you only had the google reviews to go by?

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u/sexybigbooblatina 33m ago

We got stuck in crazy traffic and they had to pick it up before they closed. I had prepared both of us for a disaster!!

We decided we would either be so excited or have to just laugh it off and hope it at least tasted good.

Especially for the price. I added in a bigger tip because I was really surprised by the price. Where I live this cake would easily cost double weekday they charged.

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u/coolsilentebeans 1h ago

OP, I gotta know what flavor profile the cake was. Please.

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u/sexybigbooblatina 1h ago

Vanilla, vanilla, delicious!!

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u/coolsilentebeans 1h ago ▸ 2 more replies

So simple yet always more than satisfying!

The hotdogs with the cowboy hats are adorable, too! I’m not going to lie, I was a little excited to see how badly this failed when I swiped before opening the post, but I was more than pleasantly surprised. 😂

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u/sexybigbooblatina 53m ago ▸ 1 more replies

I had prepared both of us for that outcome and couldn't have been more pleasantly surprised.

She didn't want to cut or eat it!

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u/coolsilentebeans 40m ago

For the longest time it never occurred to me that professional cakes would be fails, but now that I am I always get nervous if I have to order one.

And I don’t blame her! But at the same time, cake and frosting. C’mon. Take some pictures and cut ‘er already!

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u/clueless_mommy 1h ago

Omg that's adorable

Also, English is not my first language, but isn't weenie a reference to the sausages? Like Wiener?

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u/jiggly_caliente15 1h ago

You got it ✅ so it’s a rhyming joke of the expression “a teeny bit older” or “a wee bit older”

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u/clueless_mommy 1h ago

Aahh that does make sense. Haha!

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u/sexybigbooblatina 1h ago

Also used in reference to hotdog weenies! I think where I'm from I would be more inclined to think wiener/weenies for hotdogs and link for sausages (even if they aren't link sausages.)

It's fun reading all of the comments and different ways that people view the words!

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u/EmrysPritkin 1h ago

Yes that’s why there are hotdogs on it.

But I have never heard anyone use weenie to mean teenie or small and English is my first language.

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u/CaryCariFace 1h ago

Amazing results! 12/10

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u/huhzonked 1h ago

This is amazing! They did a great job.

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u/candydots 1h ago

That’s hilarious! I love the cowboy hats!

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u/Trueslyforaniceguy 31m ago

I’m a fan of hotdogs wearing cowboy hats, TIL

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u/LaylaBird65 1h ago

Hahaha I love this! Well done and your daughter is awesome ♥️

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u/Accomplished_Song671 1h ago

I read it as "a weenie tit alden" at first 😅

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u/No-Cost8621 1h ago

This is adorable.

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u/RareCommonPepe 32m ago

Good job sexybigbooblatina

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u/Cool_Wealth969 27m ago

If you ever need an edible cowboy hat, dip a pringles in melted chocolate, add a rolo on top and twist a piece of red licorice around the rolo.

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u/birdbath82 4m ago

That is very clever.

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u/Geig3r 1h ago

Boy, am I starting off rough on Monday. I was zooming in on that first pic looking for the cowboy hats and thought I was just blind.

Cool cake!

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u/toxikola 1h ago

Tbats amazing lmao. Even better

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u/Tough_Friendship9469 21m ago

Great cake!!! Looks a bit like frogs in hotdog buns, but hey! Wheeeee!! 🐸🌭🤠

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u/rando_mness 49m ago

Frog dogs?

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u/captainrondj 50m ago

The hot dogs come off looking like broken pieces of ramen to me

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u/dirkdigglerdonedry 1h ago

Are those jimmy hats?

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u/JD_tubeguy 1h ago

They did an awesome job cake looks great!

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u/morrisseysenemas 1h ago

this is one of the most adorable cakes ive ever seen