The Baker Behind Trump's Inauguration Cake Revealed Why She Copied Obama's Cake

The baker behind Trump's inauguration cake revealed why she copied Obama's cake.

The baker behind the controversial cake at Friday’s inaugural ball is finally speaking out. Tiffany MacIsaac, who owns Buttercream Bakeshop in Washington, D.C., confirmed people’s suspicions on Saturday, when she told the Washington Post that her client brought her a photo of Barack Obama’s inauguration cake and asked her to recreate it.

"They came to us a couple of weeks ago, which is pretty last minute, and said, 'We have a photo that we would like to replicate,'" MacIsaac said, adding that she tried to convince the client to use the photo as inspiration rather than directly replicating it. "They said, 'Nope, they want this exact cake. It's perfect.' And we said, great."

The controversy began Friday, when internet watchdogs noticed that Trump’s cake looked remarkably similar to the one Obama had at his 2013 inauguration. Duff Goldman, the Food Network star responsible for Obama’s cake, noticed the similarities between two cakes and tweeted that he had nothing to do with Trump’s cake.

On Sunday, Goldman took to Twitter once again and showed there was no hard feelings between himself and MacIsaac. "Remembering a fantastic cake I made is awesome and the chef that re-created it for @POTUS Trump did a fantastic job. Group hug, y'all,” he wrote.

MacIsaac meanwhile, plans to donate the money she made from the cake to the the Human Rights Campaign. “Best part is all the profits are being donated to @humanrightscampaign, one of our favorite charities who we have loved working with over the years,” she wrote on Instagram. “Because basic human rights are something every man, woman and child~ straight, gay or the rainbow in between~ deserve!”

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