A NEWLY-WED couple were left cringing with embarrassment when their full wedding cake turned out to be made of POLYSTYRENE. Now this is all over the papers today, but we’re convinced the bride and groom knew exactly what they were getting!
Extract from the newspaper:
The Bride Aimee West had paid £270 in advance for a three tier sponge decorated with white and dark chocolate icing and flowers.
But she was stunned when just as she cut into it with groom Tony, her mum declared: “The cake’s a fake.”
Horrified Aimee, 27, sliced through a layer of chocolate icing — then hit a block of white polystyrene underneath.
She said: “It was a terrible shock – I felt so embarrassed in front of all our family and friends.
“It was a lovely occasion and the ceremony was going to be the icing on the cake – only there was no cake.
Compensation
Bank worker Aimee and Tony, 26, had tied the knot in Cyprus a week earlier then flew home for their reception at a plush hotel.
They had pre-ordered the cake from confectioners Creative Cakes in their hometown of Llanelli, West Wales.
But just four hours before the evening reception was due to start Aimee discovered the cake company had forgotten to bake the cake.
Aimee said: “They admitted their mistake and said: ‘Don’t worry, we’ll get you a cake.’
“They turned up that evening and the cake was put on a table for all to see.
“We were just about to cut it when someone discovered the cake people had left four layers of sponge cake in the hotel reception.
“That set alarm bells ringing and when my mother checked the cake she found it was made of polystyrene.”
Aimee and apprentice plumber Tony said the cake cock-up ruined their reception at Ashburnham Hotel in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire.
The pair took Creative Cakes to the small claims court and were awarded £310 compensation.
District Judge Marjorie Taylor told them they could have made even more if they had filmed the cake cutting ceremony and sold it to TV’s You’ve Been Framed!
After the case Aimee said: “We are delighted to have been given our money back.
“We could have asked for compensation for cutting the cake in front of all our guests but we wouldn’t be able to put a figure on that.”
Karen Williams, who runs Creative Cakes from her home in Llanelli, blamed it all on a mix-up.
She said: “By the time Aimee contacted me it was too late to make the proper cake.
“I would never have the time to bake a cake and ice it in that time.
“I explained I would be delivering an artificial cake – they are quite common at weddings these days.
“I offered them a refund so there was no reason to take me to the Small Claims Court.”
She was given three months to repay the couple plus their costs.
This method is used quite a bit, fake tiers, whether it comes down to budget or time, we hear of it a lot. Maybe this couple hadn’t told their guests that their actual cake was waiting outside and this one was just for show. Anyway, the real people that have lost out big time on this are the bakers. A quick search on Google brings up about 10 articles on this story using just the cake makers name.
