Donald Trump's Inauguration Cake Was Plagiarized...
Donald Trump's Inauguration Cake Was Plagiarized...
BUT the bakery that made it was asked to recreate it. What they did next, though, was even more surprising. Read the weird story of Trump's inaugural fake bake here:
BUT the bakery that made it was asked to recreate it. What they did next, though, was even more surprising. Read the weird story of Trump's inaugural fake bake here:
Inaugural balls are grand affairs with memorable clothing, decorations, and sometimes even memorable cakes. Barack Obama's second inaugural cake was so memorable, in fact, that Donald Trump's staff requested a replica of it for his inauguration. They didn't ask the cake's original designer, Duff Goldman, but that didn't stop the celebrity baker from noticing that they had a beautiful replica of the cake he made for Obama...
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In response, the bakery from which the replica was commissioned, Buttercream Bakeshop, posted a response on Instagram that, shockingly, credited Goldman and gave another surprising piece of information, as well...
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According to Buttercream Bakeshop, the proceeds they received for making the replica cake are all being donated to the Human Rights Campaign, a nonprofit organization that works to promote LGBT equality. The bakery writes in their post:
...Basic human rights are something every man, woman and child~ straight, gay or the rainbow in between~ deserve!
Buttercream Bakeshop
Instagram, January 21, 2017
Once the truth was out about the cake, Goldman graciously accepted Buttercream's praise on social media with this post:
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So, now, what we want to know is...
Do you think it should be legal to copy someone else's cake design?
Do you think it should be legal to copy someone else's cake design?
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