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By Devotedmom - 10/01/2016 09:07 - Belgium - Li?ge

Today, I got up at 5 am to bake a surprise birthday cake for my 16-year-old son. I put the cake on the table and went to call my son. "Surprise!" When I came back 30 seconds later, the cake was all gone and the dog was licking his lips. My son won't even believe I made a cake. FML

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Bad doggo

By babyboomerang - 12/05/2009 11:16 - United States

Today, I spent hours baking a multi-layered, detailed cake from scratch for my mom's birthday. It took two seconds for my dog to devour the cake while I picked up a spoon I dropped on the floor. FML

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Clever boy

By Lisa87 - 21/05/2024 09:00 - United States

Today, I came home to find my dog had learned how to open our fridge. He ate the birthday cake I was saving for a friend's surprise party, and to add insult to injury, he'd also apparently thrown the barely digested cake up all over my bed. FML

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You deserved it 100

By Anonymous - 03/11/2010 17:14 - United States

Today, after 30 minutes of pre-heating the oven to make a special meatloaf for my husband's birthday, I remembered that I had hidden the cake in there. FML

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You deserved it 32 081

Disappearing act

By BrokeAfnow - 02/05/2021 02:01

Today, it was my son’s birthday. I took him out to a eat and wanted to surprise him with a new iPhone. I handed the waitress the iPhone and asked her to bring it out with the cake I brought. The cake comes out, without the iPhone. The waitress said she doesn’t know what I’m talking about. FML

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You deserved it 1 352

Here, have this

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - United States - Crystal Lake

Today, it was my son's fifth birthday. I asked my grandmother, who is a baker, to make a birthday cake for the party. Two hours after the party started, she arrived drunk with a large ham with candles in it. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/10/2013 10:40 - Australia

Today, I finally got to surprise my boyfriend with a birthday cake. I spent four days planning the perfect one. First thing he says? "Erm, you know I'm 32, right?" I got his age wrong. FML

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You deserved it 36 664

By thissucks - 21/02/2011 22:20 - United States

Today, it's my mom's birthday. I woke up at midnight to be the first to tell her happy birthday. When I awoke in the morning, I decided to bake her a cake. Little did I know my whole family was going out to lunch to celebrate. I wasn't invited. FML

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You deserved it 3 422

Competition

By JaneDoe - 04/04/2013 02:51 - United States - Salisbury

Today, it was my friend's birthday, so I baked him a cake complete with his name written on it in homemade frosting. After I gave it to him, his mother berated me for it, saying I should have checked with her first before making a cake for her son. He's 28. FML

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By JadedBaker - 08/07/2012 06:58 - United States

Today, I woke up early and spent hours baking and icing a three-tier cake for my friend's eighteenth birthday, which is this evening. I just found out my mother threw it in the compost bin because she's on a diet and it was "tempting" her. FML

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You deserved it 1 998

Baked

By non-baker - 18/03/2015 02:12 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, I baked a cake for when my mum came home. I did everything I needed to do and put it in the oven, set the timer and went to do some things around the house. When my mum came home, she asked why there was a uncooked cake mix sitting in the oven. I forgot to turn the oven on. FML

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You deserved it 9 037

michaelm1290 23

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:28

The empty mess on the table clearly showing a dog got into the cake seems like legitimate evidence.

SebastianCT 14

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:28

It's the thought that counts :)

Comments

SebastianCT 14

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:28

It's the thought that counts :)

Solano2580 24

Sunday 10 January 2016 19:05

#1 That doesn't apply here when the gesture was meant for someone else who won't believe the OP actually made one.

incoherentrmblr 21

Sunday 10 January 2016 19:53

Did you also wake up earlier the day before to make cinnamon rolls too, only to find they were knocked over and mostly eaten when you came home later that day with your dog sitting happily nearby?...

michaelm1290 23

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:28

The empty mess on the table clearly showing a dog got into the cake seems like legitimate evidence.

Fairyjoshy 13

Monday 11 January 2016 8:53

You have never seen a hungry dog, have you? They will lick things to a polish.

sirdannyboy1 20

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:29

At least you made someone happy, OP.

firefox9778 20

Sunday 10 January 2016 21:38

Not the target audience, but an audience nonetheless. The dog appreciated it, I'm sure OP!

tounces7 27

Tuesday 12 January 2016 5:45

Just like humans, some dogs are super loyal, and some are just assholes.

toastbrot 9

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:29

maybe you could put a candle in the puke that your dog will make?! ;D

LilMissCanadian 22

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:41

That's just disgusting.

gogo44444 28

Sunday 10 January 2016 19:39

Agreed #9

bigbluetardis 21

Sunday 10 January 2016 19:40

There's a button for that #25

sylvienoir 18

Sunday 10 January 2016 20:06

That's funny AND disgusting.

SuckyFMLs 18

Tuesday 12 January 2016 3:16

Everyone needs to chill out he was just joking

ChocolateyBacon 18

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:31

Just show him the box of cake mix/ingredients!

GeorgiaBea 28

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:34

Dogs are notorious eaters... Prolly should have put it up higher.

domolovesyoshi 33

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:54

Put it in the fridge

baby4mommy 27

Monday 11 January 2016 1:43

Ummm how would putting the dog higher up have helped?

rockersxx 6

Monday 11 January 2016 6:49

The cake... I really hope you were kidding

nonsensical 26

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:37

wouldn't there be evidence, like a dirty plate or crumbs? wouldn't the kitchen still smell delicious??! either way I'm sorry for your loss... dogs always get into the good stuff before you even know what's happening!

LadyKayDee 23

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:40

I guess you should have taken the cake to his bedroom to wish him, OP. NOT seeing the cake when you returned must certainly have been a surprise for you. Haha. Happy birthday to your son.

PhoenixChick 26

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:44

Surprise cake for breakfast? Will you be MY mom?

Moskaaa7 26

Sunday 10 January 2016 17:55

Dogs are evil. Never trust them!

confused_wandere 26

Sunday 10 January 2016 23:35

*Cats are evil. Never trust them! Fixed that for you.

Moskaaa7 26

Sunday 10 January 2016 23:54

Haha. Thanks, but I stand by what I said!

TAntobella 14

Monday 11 January 2016 1:39

Moskaaa7 makes false claimes, never trust her!

baby4mommy 27

Monday 11 January 2016 1:50

Had a husky collie mix jump up onto the counter and practically inhale a piping hot made from scratch apple pie just removed from the oven. The filling was too hot to eat and surely hurt and burned the dogs mouth. No way he would have been able to taste it. Lesson learned the hard way . . . by the baker, not by the dog.