Bride 'humiliated' after she discovers her wedding cake was made from Pillsbury cake mix

A Chicago bride was near emotion 'humiliated' aft she spent complete $12,000 connected catering for her wedding - only for her guests to beryllium near eating takeout from Pizza Hut astatine nan extremity of nan night. 

Lauren Franken, 36, claims that her wedding barroom was made retired of Pillsbury barroom mix, and astir of nan 'cold' and 'raw' nutrient was served an hr late.

The bride, who sewage joined successful June astatine The Chelsea Sun Inn successful Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania, not only paid $500 for nan cake, but besides for dinner, an unfastened bar, a sushi barroom and late-night pizza. 

But unfortunately, things didn't move retired arsenic planned, leaving astir of her guests eating Pizza Hut aliases Chinese takeout erstwhile nan wedding was said and done. 

Things sewage truthful bad, Franken claimed, that immoderate of her guests moreover had to measurement successful to get things going successful nan kitchen.

'They showed up astatine 3:30pm and nan wedding was astatine 5pm,' Franken said.

'I was amazed that they were not there, making food, baking a barroom aliases anything. Thank God I had nan guests that I did that were capable to propulsion everything together.'

She admitted that nan caterers had 'single handedly ruined nan full day,' and only served capable nutrient for 40 people, which was served an hr late. 

'Food is simply a large portion of a wedding,' she said. 'One of my guests, who flew crossed nan state to beryllium there, had to navigator astatine my wedding.'

The bride had primitively sewage successful interaction pinch nan caterer successful November 2023, and expected that everything would beryllium fresh successful clip for her large day. 

She wanted an 'elegant' and 'naked' three-tier cake, and showed nan caterers plentifulness of pictures of examples she admired.  

The mates had settled connected a barroom with limoncello, cannoli and tiramisu flavors, but said instead, nan barroom tasted of vanilla and 'store-bought buttercream.'

Franken claimed that they only showed up an hr earlier nan wedding, and started making nan barroom astatine 9:30 pm, an hr aft it was expected to beryllium cut. 

'She utilized container frosting and barroom mix…. We saw it successful nan trash. I saw nan frosting and personification other saw nan barroom mix. It was humiliating,' nan 36-year-old said. 

"At that constituent I was truthful shocked astatine everything that I wasn't amazed that they would usage store-bought stuff, she evidently wasn't going to commencement whipping up buttercream astatine 9.30pm.'

She said that they instantly frosted nan cake, too, which near nan frosting pouring each over.

Plus, Franken had requested flowers, which they didn't adhd - successful fact, a impermanent had to put immoderate connected for nan couple.

'It had a immense effect connected nan day,' Franken said.

'I wasn't capable to relax and bask my night. I was worried astir guests not eating, group for illustration my grandma being successful 100 grade upwind pinch nary water.'

However, successful nan end, she admitted that nan acquisition did bring each of nan guests together successful a unusual way.

'At first group were shocked and I deliberation group felt bad but astatine nan extremity of nan nighttime it became benignant of cool that we had specified cool family and friends that were consenting to support america and measurement into a role,' she said. 

'They were location to bask a wedding and each of a sudden, they were cooking and bartending and waitressing and washing dishes and taking retired nan trash,' she continued. 

'It was really bully to spot that we person specified a awesome support system. I deliberation everyone felt bad for america astatine nan extremity of nan night.'

Since nan wedding, Franken has shared a image of nan barroom connected societal media, showing what she wanted versus what she got.

The station sewage complete 450 comments, agreeing pinch Franken that nan barroom was conscionable horrible.

Franken said that nan caterers blocked her connected societal media, and she has since tried taking ineligible action against them, but has not been capable to make interaction pinch them. 

The caterer was approached for remark but grounded to respond.