Trump's Team Deliberately Commissioned an Exact Copy of Obama's Second Inauguration Cake, Baker Says

Inauguration Day calls for big speeches, major fashion moments, and of course, an inauguration cake. Four years ago Charm City Cakes owner Duff Goldman, who you may remember from Food Network's Ace of Cakes, was asked to make a cake for one of Barack Obama's inauguration celebrations. It was unlike anything we'd seen before. Until now, that is, because this year's cake for President Donald Trump looked exactly the same—except Goldman wasn't behind it.

Goldman created his beautiful nine-tiered cake back in 2013, which he adorned with the presidential seal, stars, stripes, and other symbols of our country. It really was quite a masterpiece (and we're sure it tasted good, too). But after he caught a glimpse of this year's copycat cake, he took to Twitter to let us in.

Washington’s Buttercream Bakeshop, explained the design they turned out this morning by posting a photo on Instagram attributing the original creator: "@duff_goldman originally created this for Obama's inauguration 4 years ago and this years committee commissioned us to re-create it."

The cake's creator, Tiffany MacIsaac, told the Washington Post that this year's planning committee ordered the cake while she was out of town. “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,'” she said. She explained that her bakery suggested they use the photo as inspiration, but that's not what the client wanted. “They said, ‘Nope, they want this exact cake. It’s perfect.’ And we said, 'Great.'"

And they were right, it is a pretty perfect cake. It's just, you know, exactly the same as Obama's. And honestly, if you're going to copy the last president's cake, at least ask the original cake artist to do it—it's kind of like asking Dior to copy a Valentino dress for the Oscars.

It's reassuring to know, however, that the profits are going to the Human Rights Campaign, according to the bakery's post, "because basic human rights are something every man, woman and child~ straight, gay or the rainbow in between~ deserve!"

Luckily, when it comes to Cakegate, there don't seem to be any hard feelings between the two bakers.

Alas, it's not the first time a Trump has been accused of copying an Obama. Back in July, Melania Trump made a speech that mirrored one of Michelle Obama's speeches with only a few tweaks. You can listen to both speeches side-by-side, below:

And there's been one more case of Obama-related misappropriation to surface in the past couple of days: Twitter detectives uncovered that Trump's new presidential Twitter account used a Getty Image of the crowds at Obama's inauguration for the cover photo. To be fair, Getty Images are out there for anyone to use, but really?

Now if Trump could just copy Obama's feminist views next—but we won't hold our breath.