One wedding cake costs £10 from Sainsbury's… the other is from a top bakery - so can YOU tell which is which?
They're both three-tiers, covered in delicious buttercream icing, and decorated beautifully.
However one of these show-stopping cakes is £27 from a luxury bakery, while the other is a homemade creation with a price tag of just £10 - but can you spot the difference?
The more expensive, but equally beautiful creation, is from UK-based bakery chain loved by influencers and foodies alike, Patisserie Valerie.
Meanwhile the other is home made, using three Sainsbury's sponge cakes for a tenner, which is similar to what you could find at a premium vendor.
UK content creator Lyre took to her TikTok account, @theleggofamily, to showcase how she created the stunning delicacy using just Victoria Sponge Cakes from the supermarket.
The mother-of-one who often shares creative money saving hacks on her platform, revealed the cake can be used for any celebration and it's simple to do.
For the thrifty creation, which is decorated with gold cake toppers, Lyre explained that she bought three boxes of Taste the Difference Victoria Sponge Cakes for £2 each from the supermarket using Nectar prices.
She also bought vanilla cream icing, which cost £3, and gold cake toppers from Temu.
The influencer also revealed she previously purchased a cake decorating kit from TikTik shop which helped her with the process, but this wasn't essential.
She described her hack as: 'Budget-friendly and perfect for birthdays or any special occasion.'
In the clip, which racked up more than 280,000 views, Lyre began by getting a cake stand and removing the cakes from their packaging.
She sliced the curved top off each of the cakes so they could neatly be stacked on top of each other.
The savvy mother then put a layer of Vanilla Buttercream-style icing in between each cake to keep them in place and to add extra filling.
She then spread the icing around all of them, creating one large three-tierd structure.
Next, she used an icing scraper to smooth out the icing and a piping tool to decorate the edges.
Many were really impressed with the professional looking creation and rushed to the comments.
One person wrote: 'Does it stay upright without any support? l can't bake at all so might give this a go!'
To which Lyre replied: 'Yes!! Make sure you put it on the fridge after 1st coat of icing for one hour then do 2nd coat of icing then fridge it.'
Another asked: 'So how much were the decorations ? And how long did it take you from start to finish including washing up cleaning after you ,also actually going to buy it all too, people don't think about all that.'
'To make it didn't take me long as well prolly 15-20 mins max!' Lyre said. 'But I put it in the fridge for one hour after first icing then did another icing again.'
Another added: 'Only seeing this now after we paid our deposit for our wedding cake in August.'
A fourth penned: 'Perfect for when you don't have time to bake, also saves time on the washing up.'
Many were really impressed with the professional looking creation and rushed to the comments
One also expressed: 'I think this is great if you can't cook but wanna still do a cake you have the knowledge in crumb coating get the betty Crocker cake mix so easy.'
However for nearly three times the price, but less of the hassle, you could opt for the Ultimate Raspberry Ripple Cake, which is three layers of sponge, raspberry cream and raspberry jam filling with white and pink buttercream from the popular bakery.
It comes after another woman revealed how she transformed four chocolate mud cakes from the supermarket into a spectacular 30-something birthday cake.
The mother-of-two, from Australia, bought the chocolate cakes from Woolworths before decorating them with stunning pink buttercream flowers and hearts.
The incredible tip has been described as 'the best supermarket hack yet' with hundreds of home cooks commenting on the design.
The mother posted photos of the cake transformation on Facebook and said the cake was much larger than she expected once it had been completed.
She bought a 30-something cake topper for the dessert which she paired with a golden palm frond as the key decorations.
The cake was coloured in rose pink, lavender and gold tones, which impressed the others in the group.
'Your cake has left me speechless, just how? What an excellent cake designer,' one woman applauded on the post.
The woman posted a series of pictures, including recipe screenshots, to explain exactly how she managed to decorate the cakes so well.
'Thank you for giving such good instructions, so people like me can attempt a hack like this,' one woman marveled.
Other pretended to be upset with the amazing effort.
'This group has no room for actual talent, go away,' one mum laughed.
The mother used some of the cake in heart-shaped molds and said the cake was 'so moist' she just rolled it up inside without needing to use icing to stick it together.
She also used silicon molds to make tiny chocolate blocks and used different sized chocolate balls covered in pink and purple chocolate to add to the the effect of the tower.
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