My Stepsister Demanded a Custom Cake from My Grandma – Then Tried to Return It Half-Eaten for a Refund

We baked the layers that night and came in before sunrise to finish. The bottom tier was rich dark chocolate with salted caramel buttercream, and the top tier was delicate vanilla bean with a fresh raspberry compote.

We tinted the meringue blush pink, then airbrushed it with an ombré that faded into deep night blue.

I painted Orion’s constellation across the side in edible gold. Kayla had once declared on Instagram that Orion was “her cosmic soulmate.”

We added sugar stars, dusted everything in shimmer, and topped it with a mirrored gold Plexi sign: KAYLA • 27.

When she came to pick it up, Kayla actually shrieked. “OH.

MY. GOD. I’m going to cry.

This is the sexiest cake I’ve ever seen.”

She posed with it like it was an award, kissed Grandma’s cheek, and left with her friends, gushing about her “aesthetic.”

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