r/ExpectationVsReality • u/pinksapphiredream • 4d ago

cake-spectation - Positive! Armadillo Grooms Cake

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Inspired by Steel Magnolias and absolutely blown away by the cake!

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u/LizardSlayer 4d ago

It looks amazing, and disgusting 😂

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u/DryMouthKitty 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/fXJyMfUdqVCMPAnPJM

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u/Shebrow 3d ago

This gif is my entire personality

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u/budgiesarethebest 2d ago

Please tell me what I have to type in to find this Gif. I love her so much!

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u/DryMouthKitty 2d ago

“Well maybe”

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u/budgiesarethebest 2d ago

Yaaay thank you so much!

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u/pastel_boba_tea 1d ago

Brittany Broski!

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u/bisploosh 3d ago

Right? I love red velvet cake, and that thing looks like a work of art.

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u/DragonScrivner 3d ago

Yes, it’s hideous and fantastic

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u/Available-Cow-411 3d ago

The original looks like raw chicken. Yours look much better! That scaly skin looks so real

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u/KTKittentoes 3d ago

Raw turkey. I am more grossed out by the raw turkiness of it all.

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u/chantillylace9 3d ago

Raw turkey with a very unfortunate looking creature bursting out of them

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u/toodleroo 3d ago

I prefer my armadillos well-done.

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u/Similar_Shoulder_698 3d ago

Gray icing?! I can't even begin to think how you make gray icing.

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u/Cananbaum 3d ago

Aww, thanks Ouiser. Nothin' like a good piece of ass!

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u/Mueryk 3d ago

Best line of the entire movie and that IS sayin something.

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u/elkoubi 3d ago

Nah, it's "Here! Hit this! Hit Ouiser!"

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u/SaavikSaid 3d ago

Are you high??

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u/TooFakeToFunction 3d ago

Hit her M'Lynn! Half a chinquapin county would give their right arm to take a whack at ouiser! We could sell t-shirts! "I slapped ouiser Boudreaux"

I actually do have a shirt that says that, it's one of my favs 😂

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u/ivylass 3d ago

I'd rather have 30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.

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u/melonbug74 3d ago

My daughters school did this movie for one of their plays, it was so good. I have a shirt that says Blush and Bashful, she has one that says I Slapped Ouiser Boudreaux!!

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u/elkoubi 3d ago

It was a play first, and the screenplay was written by the same author.

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u/Jane__Delawney 3d ago

Ahhaha, that scene was amazing

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u/Morella122 3d ago

god i cry just thinking about this scene

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u/perfect-time40 3d ago

Meh, my fave is: “It’s like two pigs fighting under a blanket.”

Movie is full of gems!

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u/SilverMitten 3d ago

Mine is, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.”

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u/anonymousetoo 3d ago

"He's a real gentleman. I bet he takes the dishes out of the sink before he pees in it."

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u/dustn2021 3d ago

"This is football. All the people wanna hear about are touchdowns and injuries. They don't give a damn 'bout that grape shit."

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u/camcaine2575 3d ago

No, I was just screaming at my husband. I can do that at any time.

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u/littlelauralollylegs 2d ago

My favourite is "Ouiser, you sound almost chipper. What happened today - you run over a small child or something?" 😂

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u/pusheen-_and_groot 3d ago

I’m pleasant, damn it!

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u/Reese9951 3d ago

I’m not crazy, M’lynn… I’ve just been in a very bad mood for 40 years

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u/Whitw816 3d ago

It took far too long scrolling to see this quote

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u/RefrigeratorNo1160 3d ago

"Try the grey stuff, it's delicious!"

  • A goddamn candle

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u/Setctrls4heartofsun 3d ago

In my experience, its easy-- try to make purple and just fuck it up badly. 

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u/AiReine 3d ago

Yeah my daughter requested I make “lavender” meringue cookies recently. Fuck me, they were straight up grey.

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u/ACleverDoggo 3d ago

"Is there anything you can't do?" "Snakes. I don't have the counter space."

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u/TomorrowzHero 3d ago

Jonathan, don’t you decorate your sister’s car with condoms…it’s TACKY!

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u/LoneSoarvivor 3d ago

I passed out five times but i got the job done.

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u/Fist_of_Gork 3d ago

Pale white with a splash of sky blue and a tiny airbrushing of black in the recesses.

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u/VonKess 3d ago

It’s a quote from Steel Magnolias. I hate when people downvote and don’t explain… (note I upvoted you to help you out - that’s a classic old movie if you haven’t seen it!)

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u/Fist_of_Gork 3d ago

I know, my attempt at humor is to ignore the reference or context and give a straight answer.

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u/VonKess 3d ago

Haha got it!

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u/CatsPlusTats 3d ago

Lumiere told me that the grey stuff is delicious.

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u/acloudcuckoolander 3d ago

White icing mixed with black, probably

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u/LadybugGirltheFirst 3d ago

It’s from the movie Steel Magnolias.

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u/Suitable_Pianist_103 1d ago

People are gonna be hackin into this poor animal that looks like it’s bleedin to death

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u/Kittiemeow8 3d ago

“Grey icing. I don’t even want to know how you make grey icing”
https://giphy.com/gifs/ow6RiQ5pMw7QI

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u/Chance-Night3198 3d ago

This line hits different at 48 than it did when I was 11 watching this at slumber parties.

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u/flightyfairy818 3d ago

You ain't lying 😂 middle -age rage is real as hell, 😂

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u/Bob-Bhlabla-esq 3d ago

Amen, internet friend.

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u/Final_Film_959 4d ago

I thought I was seeing gore at first 😭

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u/No-Departure-3047 3d ago

I thought it was one of those redneck things where they take raw meat from one animal and make it look like another animal before they BBQ it or whatever.

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u/ChefJayTay 3d ago

Nothing redneck about it. It's been a thing for a VERY long time (not to defend rednecks or anything). Animals were often made to look still alive for royalty, and would feature things like foods stuffed and sewn back into animals to be carved table-side. Imitating a fresh kill for the royal.
edit: spelling

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u/No-Departure-3047 3d ago

That's not what I'm talking about though.

I'm talking about taking something like bacon rashers and arranging it to look like a horse.

Your info was very cool though, thank you.

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u/delbocavistawest 3d ago

It’s still redneck! The armadillo grooms cake is the origin of the red velvet cake. It’s a southern US thing

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u/heavyLevy5 3d ago

My colors are blush and bashful

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u/rainy_daze_3 3d ago

Your colors are pink and pink.

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u/CombatCrayon25 3d ago

The sanctuary looks like it’s been hosed down in Pepto-Bismol!

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u/releasethecrackwhore 3d ago

My colors are blush and bashful mama

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u/LadybugGirltheFirst 3d ago

Pink is my signature color.

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u/K1ttehKait 3d ago

I played Shelby in the stage version of Steel, and got two paint swatches of the same color as props for the sight gag. People died when they realized they were the same even though "they are two shades of pink, and one is much deeper than the other!"

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u/LadybugGirltheFirst 3d ago

That’s funny!

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u/slowasaspeedingsloth 3d ago

Okay, I admit it. I'm a 54 year old woman who has never seen Steel Magnolias. Is that first picture abomination actually from the movie??

But the second picture is super cute!

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u/onlythehappiests 3d ago

It is, and it was meant to be an abomination. You should watch it!

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u/Fear_The_Rabbit 3d ago

She actually called it "a bleeding Armadillo cake." made for the groom.

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt 3d ago

Please watch! In memory of Dolly!

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u/MaximusHomerdrive 3d ago

I'm 55 and I need to know how it's possible that you've never seen it. Way back when, they played that movie basically around the clock 24/7. Of the 15 channels you got, one was always playing it. I must have seen it about 25 times just because the options were so limited.

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u/slowasaspeedingsloth 2d ago

I honesty have no idea. I was 17 when it came out, so not my thing then, but I have no idea how it escaped me all the years since.

I've also never seen Fried Green Tomatoes!

I'm such a failure...

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u/Sunshine030209 2d ago

Well that settles it, you're coming to my house and we're having a marathon of my favorite "strong women who kick ass" movies. I'll make some tasty snacks, and we'll watch Steel Magnolias, Fried Green Tomatoes, 9 to 5, and Boys on the Side. This weekend work for you?

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u/slowasaspeedingsloth 2d ago

Wooo! I could sure use a girl's nite! I'm there!

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u/bigpurplebang 2d ago

this has gotten very ‘Thelma & Louise” upinchere

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u/CDBoomGun 3d ago

I've seen Steel Magnolias at least 5 times, and if you asked me what it was about I couldn't tell you, but it's sweet.

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u/Arthurshappey9 3d ago

Sweet is not necessarily how I would describe it! An excellent film but also devastating

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u/Luke-I-am-ur-mother 3d ago

SHELBY, DRINK YOUR JUICE! 🍊 😭

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u/GraphicDesignMonkey 3d ago

It's one of my favourite 'Sunfay afternoon' cosy films.

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u/Illuminaughty____ 3d ago

Gurl, you need to watch you some hey dey Sally Field.

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u/somuchtosay1 3d ago

It’s my favorite movie. The cast is phenomenal and the script is witty and fun. I absolutely love Dolly and feel like her personality shines in this movie. I have rewatched it repeatedly but now just turn it off before it gets sad so I can enjoy the good parts without dragging myself through the rough parts. It’s definitely worth watching!

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u/Present-Perception77 3d ago

Oh you must!!! From a 52 yr old woman..

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u/slowasaspeedingsloth 3d ago

Well, you all convinced me. But I'll wait til I'm emotionally ready!

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u/LuccaAce 3d ago

Good idea! I sob like a baby every time, but it's so beautiful

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u/krybaebee 4d ago

Bleedin' armadillah grooms cake!

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u/aspophilia 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3eO1VA81HctdS

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u/Ohboycats 3d ago

“It’s like two angry hawgs fightin’ under a blanket”

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u/ongoing_apocalypse 3d ago

If you dont have anything nice to say- come sit by me

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u/Bob-Bhlabla-esq 3d ago

I love that line, and every one of those actresses in that movie. Such a classic 👌

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u/jennytuffnuts 3d ago

Did you know that phrase was on an embroidered pillow (iirc) that Alice Roosevelt had?

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u/Ok_Evening2804 3d ago

I think in the movie it's just "2 pigs". That line runs through my head every time I look in the mirror.

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u/Realistic-Ad-1023 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/QC8HEf4nRNdR8QM4bG

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u/bvonboom 3d ago

You know I love you more than my luggage

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u/Super_Ad6823 3d ago

The scene where they are on the bench and Quisor knocks Clairee off was not part of the original script 😊 Olympia improvised and Shirley went right along with it 😊

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u/SheBrokeHerCoccyx 3d ago

… get your roots done.

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u/Super_Ad6823 3d ago

🤣 Quisor can never stay mad at me...she worship's the quicksand I walk on 🤣

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u/PugGrumbles 4d ago

"Nothin' like a good piece of ass!"

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u/Flamingo83 4d ago

🤣

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u/houseofa1000slutz 3d ago

Absolutely the best part of the movie!

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u/Realistic-Ad-1023 3d ago

“It's repulsive. It's got gray icing. I can't even begin to think how you'd make gray icing!"

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u/JaxandMia 3d ago

No, I can do anything. Except snakes. I don’t have the counter space.

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u/ACleverDoggo 3d ago

Easy there, Aunt Fern

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u/Cananbaum 3d ago

It looks like an autopsy….

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u/Time-Papaya-9574 3d ago

I’m hearing all of these quotes in their voices😂

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u/sonnybonoslanai 3d ago

Ah from Steele Magnolias?! This is so cute!!!

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u/ButterscotchAware402 3d ago

I wanted to have one made for my parents' 50th anniversary party this summer but my idea got shot down.

Great job! "Nothin' like a good piece of ass."

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u/Juls1016 3d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/oX9smWbDrnXJZEy5A3

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt 3d ago

Just rewatched last weekend with 9-to-5 as an amuse-bouche.

The Kleenex went rapidly!

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u/coolsilentebeans 3d ago

Jackson’d be envious.

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u/ACleverDoggo 3d ago

The comment gods have a sense of humor.

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u/tinkertink2010 3d ago

I always wanted a piece of it when I watched it! 😂

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u/Ephemeral_Orchid 3d ago

I could never chop up this cake... it's an absolutely beautiful cake, but I would feel weird eating it.

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u/BoysenberryKind5599 3d ago

People are gonna be hacking into this poor animal that looks like it's bleeding to death!

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u/mostly_lurking1040 3d ago

The second one is jaw-dropping.

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u/MattVsMatt-Xbox 3d ago

Need to see the inside

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u/pinksapphiredream 3d ago

Red velvet cake. I felt terrible as I hacked into it but it was incredibly delicious.

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u/Pug_867-5309 3d ago

NOOOOOO!!!! YOU CUT THAT BEAUTIFUL CAKE?????

Well, of course you did. But thanks for sharing it with us first. Truly amazing!

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u/JD_tubeguy 3d ago

The cake is amazing and so realistic wow wasn't expecting that!

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u/ickychicken 3d ago

omggggg

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u/katwoman1134 3d ago

Here’s mine!

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u/mgntc0114 3d ago

I don't know whether to be impressed or horrified.

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u/darksideofthemoon131 3d ago

Please tell me the wedding colors are blush and bashful...

Edit- Whenever I need a good cry, this movie comes on. That end scene...it guts me.

And, I love your cake. Much more appetizing

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u/stillpeacefulcalm 3d ago

That's so gross but so perfect!

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u/Aunty-Sociale 3d ago

Can I have a piece from the back end? I love a good piece of ass.

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u/IDontKnowWhoToBee 3d ago

I love when Tom Skerritt tells her "nothing like a good piece of ass"

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u/noyesnoyes2022 3d ago

“I love a good piece of ass”

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u/lia-delrey 3d ago

Sort of leaves you speechless, doesn't it.

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u/jamesmarlegs 3d ago

One of the few cases where the reality turned out better than the expectation!!

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u/ChicharonItchy 3d ago

What’s your counter space situation?

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u/No_Dragonfly_1894 3d ago

She can't do snakes, I bet...

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u/isonotlikethat 3d ago

Amazingly done! I hate them both.

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u/ThenBike8868 4d ago

Wow hahaha, nice job!

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u/eddiedorn 3d ago

My grandma used to make these kinds of grooms cakes when I was younger. I loved her creativity.

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u/roqueandrolle 3d ago

The ✨ glow up ✨

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u/NatureDew11037 3d ago

STEEL MAGNOLIAS MENTIONED!!!

The cake looks unsettingly good. 🤣

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u/ACleverDoggo 3d ago

Are you a Mark, Rick, or Steve?

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u/RexedLaminae 3d ago

I’ll take a piece of the ass.

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u/bloomdecay 3d ago

So authentic-looking I'd be afraid of getting leprosy from it.

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u/Independent-Comb9463 3d ago

Ain’t nothing like a good piece of ass.

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u/SheBrokeHerCoccyx 3d ago

That looks like an autopsy. 🚬

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u/klaw14 3d ago

"Nuthin like a good piece of ass!"

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u/GraphicDesignMonkey 3d ago

"Where does someone even find GREY icing?!"

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u/specialized6681 2d ago

Amazing and horrifying!

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u/sallyhectare 3d ago

Oh, just like M'Lynn, your baker didn't know how to make gray icing.

Such a good cake!

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u/BubbzinLou 3d ago

I love desserts with an artistic touch. I'd kill to get a piece of it!

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u/IncorrectPony 3d ago

If armadillos carry leprosy, what do armadillo cakes carry?

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u/ljross87 3d ago

Gotta love Steel Magnolias

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u/Illuminaughty____ 3d ago

What, no money shot? :)

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u/TecTazz 3d ago

That is horrific. Why.

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u/_virtuoutslymade 2d ago

It’s a reference from the movie Steel Magnolias

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u/Killin-some-thyme 2d ago

I love the reception scene. “Looks like two pigs fightin’ under a blanket!”

I have a houseplant named Shelby. Full name “Shelby drink your juice”.

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u/NenyaAdfiel 3d ago

Omg this is incredible!!

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u/Thick_Maximum7808 3d ago

That is brilliant!!

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u/blight2150 3d ago

F-ing cool cake! I love that its red inside!

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u/TangerineMindless639 3d ago

Get tested for leprosy after consuming. 😊

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u/LadyIslay 3d ago

We had a penguin.

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u/niceabear 3d ago

Omg yes! I just rewatched Steel magnolias two days ago!

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u/Cricket08328 3d ago

Omg I love the cake you got! I need to rewatch Steel Magnolias.

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u/angry_banana_eater 3d ago

That looks so disgusting... so, can I have a slice, please? No, make that 3 slices. Thanks.

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u/Embarrassed_Age8554 3d ago

O my darling Armadillo, let me tell you of my love

Listen to my armadillo roundelay,

Be my fellow on my pillow, underneath this weeping willow,

Be my darling Armadillo all the day.

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u/PsychoFaerie 3d ago

Awesome and amazing!

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u/miss-missing-mission 3d ago

I thought I was looking at a cut up animal with that first image wth

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u/adudeguyman 3d ago

It should have a tire tread mark to be more realistic of the ones I see on the road

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u/squirrely-badger 3d ago

Is it mint frosting? (If you get the reference)

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u/joyjolie 2d ago

i thought the first pic was a raw chicken being butchered hahaha

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u/ProfPacific 2d ago

It's incredible! It's so much better than the one in the movie

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u/throw223344555 3d ago

I don’t love this 😢

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt 3d ago

It’s a joke/nostalgia. See: Steel Magnolias (1989)

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u/anonymousetoo 3d ago

That looks like an autopsy.

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u/Timely-Profile1865 3d ago

That is awesome, well done

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u/Loud-Finger-5619 3d ago

This is sublime. Bravo !!

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u/Magic_phil 3d ago

Crunchy on the outside, smooth on the inside!

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u/Katarra 3d ago

An incredible rendition! It's little face is so cute!

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u/PhoenixAquarium 3d ago

Reality is better

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

I need to see it cut to have an opinion

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u/kleptoanthem 3d ago

This is demented

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u/Dazeyy619 3d ago

This is so cute. I love armadillos. I have a tattoo of one. I would proudly display this as a cake at my wedding

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u/Radiant_Mother6976 3d ago

I've always thought that cake looked so good! But I love red velvet. Your's looks even better.

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u/Serenity-V 3d ago

That is amazing.

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u/dundunndon 3d ago

good god

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u/MissCurvyCute 3d ago

Super cool

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u/RustledForeskin 3d ago

Your's looks much nicer LOL. The first one... looks like baby flesh?

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u/hahagato 3d ago

Its too good!