Botched birthday cake comes with pathetic apology: I did my best

When you try your best but you don’t succeed.On Aug.12, TikTok user @k_bug68 shared her experience ordering a custom birthday cake from a Giant Eagle supermarket for a co-worker.The request was simply to write “Happy Birthday Steve” on the cake, and the result elicited laughter around the internet.“The kid behind the counter said ‘I’m sorry, I did my best,'” the user wrote on the video, which has garnered 13 million views and 1.8 million likes.She then revealed the cake, which read “Happy Birthday Steve” off-center in scribbled handwriting, almost like a little kid did it.Even with the child-like icing job, the user made the most of it.“Luckily, this is for an office full of adult children,” she wrote on screen with the pinched fingers emoji to express that it was “chef’s kiss” perfection for the intended audience.In the caption, she explained that the boy behind the counter “looked terrified to hand it to me cause for just about anyone else he’d of ruined a $30 cake.”“Everyone has to learn, but maybe they could have them practice on things that are not cakes,” she added.The video quickly went viral, and users loved it just as much as the woman who bought the cake.“I love this so much.

Five stars, no notes,” a commenter said.“I would actually prefer this, it’s sooo funny,” one person wrote.“It’s perfect.It’s almost ironically comical,” another added.“This is all of our first times being alive bro,” someone said with the crying emoji.“I would be pumped if this was a work cake.

We’d never stop talking about it,” a user shared.“The way I would cry from how adorable that is,” someone admitted.“That is the most Steve cake I’ve ever seen.I showed my husband Steve and he thinks it’s perfect for a fellow Steve.

Happy birthday, Steve,” one person quipped.“If Steve doesn’t like it, we don’t like Steve,” another wrote.One user noted that the kid was probably “left there by himself and go...