Woman Receives 'Poo Cake' At Engagement Party

[icyfroth]

A New Zealand woman has received a poo shaped cake with the message "eat s—t" at her engagement party after a disagreement with the cake maker.

Micaela Harris already had a cake for her December engagement party but said her sister was nice enough to organise a second one.

But things didn't quite go to plan for Micaela's sister, who ended up getting into a disagreement with Emma McDonald, the owner of Oh Cakes.

In retaliation, McDonald decided to give the soon-to-be bride a special cake and a piece of her mind.

Underneath what Harris recalled was "magnificent wrapping" sat a turd shaped cake with a flag sticking out of it that read "eat s—t".

The cake was opened in front of more than 100 guests who couldn't believe what they saw.

"It was a weird situation," Harris told Stuff.co.nz, "at the time my sister didn't even know what was going on."

But Harris would not let the cake destroy her party.

"I think it [the disagreement] was taken too far. As a business owner you come across customers you don't like but you have got to take the highs and the lows, got to suck it up."

Oddly enough, cake maker McDonald seems to be relishing in her newfound fame, posting media coverage of her poo cake on her Facebook page.

"Nothing really negative that I've seen apart from a few who didn't read and understand it properly. Seems to be popping up everywhere . . . business opportunities have been thrown my way as well."

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OMG Imagine finding that after you've opened the cake-box!

Oddly it doesn't surprise me the the cake maker has had new business enquiries.

[cherry*135]

The hobby vs business rule is for tax purposes. It doesn't really have anything to do with a customer paying a cake maker (hobbyist or business) to make a cake for them. The customer would expect a suitable cake not an awful one made out of spite by the cake maker.

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@am*3 wrote:

The hobby vs business rule is for tax purposes. It doesn't really have anything to do with a customer paying a cake maker (hobbyist or business) to make a cake for them. The customer would expect a suitable cake not an awful one made out of spite by the cake maker.

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Not necessarily.  The person  who paid for the cake, could not make a complaint to Consumer Affairs.  Why?  Because it was a private, not a business transaction.  (Assuming of course, the person who made the cake, does it as a hobby)

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@j*oono wrote:

Is that corn in the cake?  It's very clever .  I think the cake maker will pick up some business for joke cakes.

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LOL looks like it,  i thought it was very clever too

[nevillesdaughter · Accepted solution]

From my reading of the articles, nobody paid for the poo cake - the cake maker GAVE it to them, thereby nullifying the argument.

Marina.

[cherry*135]

Thank goodness this thread is pic free now.

Doesn't it say the woman complaining won a $50 cake voucher. She already owed the cake maker $20 so the cake maker deducted that and $30 was the balance for the poo cake.

So she didn't pay in cash, but she had a voucher to the value of $50

Sounds like she had dealings with/ or knew the cake maker previously, if she owed her $20 from their last dealing with each other. Could be a bit of **bleep** for tat going on there.