man, i was so excited to try the custom birthday cake my boyfriend ordered for me from sweet theory. he was even more excited. the cake was so tall they couldn't close the box, which i held on my lap on our way to the house we rented for the weekend. i even made sure not to peek as not to ruin his sweet surprise.
but alas, when it was finally cake time later that night, my heart sank. it was tall, yes, the writing was flowy and pretty, but other than that it was pretty boring looking - frosted plainly in white frosting with a drizzle of caramel around the top edge. ok, fine, it's what's inside the cake that matters, right? i cut into the cake and was surprised to find three thick layers of dense chocolate cake with chocolate frosting in between. my boyfriend had asked for a salted caramel chocolate cake with layers of caramel inside. there was no caramel inside. the frosting didn't taste like caramel either. and the cake was pretty dry and bland. everyone ate the cake in silence, too polite to say that it wasn't very good. i felt terrible that i couldn't rave about it, tell him how much i loved it, but i can't lie to him. we were all disappointed. if i had bought the cake i would ask for a refund.