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The Bakers of Trump’s Inauguration Cake Will Donate Profits to LGBTQ Rights Group

Buttercream Bakery said the person who ordered the cake came in with a photo of Obama's cake and asked them to replicate it.

Shortly after President Donald Trump's inauguration speech on Friday, some people noted that a portion of it bore an uncanny resemblance to a speech delivered by the Batman villain Bane in the 2012 film  The Dark Knight Rises. But that wasn't where the unsettling similarities of the day ended. By now, you may have heard that later that evening, a large, towering cake that Trump and Vice President Pence cut with a saber at the Our Armed Services Ball left no room for debate—it looked exactly like the cake made for Obama's 2013 Commander in Chief's Ball. Baltimore's Duff Goldman of  Ace of Cakes fame made the original cake for Obama's inauguration, and pointed out the copy on Twitter. It's not a great look to seemingly rip off one of America's most famous bakers, and a social media cake controversy ensued. Read more on MUNCHIES

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