by Erin
Last night I attended the birthday party of one of my oldest and dearest friends, Courtney V. It was her 26th birthday, and I wanted to do something special for her. Since back in the day, I remember Court loved cookie cakes (you know, the ones made with yummy soft chocolate chip cookies, and lots of brown and white icing?), so I thought I would order her one for the party as a surprise. I didn't have time to go to Great American Cookies all the way in Columbia, so I went to The Great Cookie (located across the street from the law school in the hospital) instead. Their cookies are pretty tasty, so I figured a giant one would be just as delicious!
I called in the morning, and I ordered a large (16-in) round cake that said "Happy Birthday Courtney!" in purple and white letters. Here's what I got:
Oh. My. Goodness. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?? Worst cake EVER! I mean, yes, it's funny - hilarious, even - but please! I am still in shock over how hideously this cake turned out.
Let's talk about all the problems with this cake: it's a small cake (12-in) (not 16-in, like I ordered), it's heart-shaped (not round, like I ordered), "birthday" is on two lines, as is "Courtney," or should I say "Courney" since her name is SPELLED WRONG! Could there be more things wrong with it? Thankfully, there were no problems with the taste - it was delicious.
Clearly, I will never be going to The Great Cookie again. If I need a cookie cake, I should just do it myself! Harumph!
Happy cookie cake fiasco,
EP
The great coookie. huh
ReplyDeleteit's good to know though that even the great BCD sisters sometimes order a cake.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it just boggles the mind at how various organizations people just don't give a rat's ass about doing even the simplest thing like take an order, correctly.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty appalling. There's no justification for that cookie being delivered. None at all. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand...cookies...mmmmmmm
I seriously can't believe they let it out the door like that. Too funny!
ReplyDeleteI went to their web site to make up a cookie-gram and by golly, Happy Birthday Courtney fits on a 16 inch round!!! I hate when people have no pride in their work...
ReplyDeleteI went to their web site to make up a cookie-gram and by golly, Happy Birthday Courtney fits on a 16 inch round!!! I hate when people have no pride in their work...
ReplyDeleteThat kind of workmanship is ridiculous...but it really is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteAt least it's memorable.
EP- did you ever submit this to Cake Wrecks??
ReplyDeleteYes! I guess it wasn't wreck-tastic enough...boop!
ReplyDeletei was reading down the list of tags (because what else should i be doing during finals??), and i came across "fiascos (1)." i wondered, what single fiasco was so memorable that it stands alone on this blog of great triumphs? and then i saw the cookie/cake/debacle.
ReplyDeletethank you for providing me with a giant chuckle that found its way out of my mouth and into the ears of everyone on the 2nd floor of thurgood marshall law library :D