- By Charlotte Andrews & Noor Qurashi
- BBC News
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Anna Railton stated it was troublesome to chop the cake
A pair was left howling after they obtained a cake duplicate of their beloved pet canine that was “too life like” to eat.
Anna Railton and Chris Smowton, from Oxfordshire, ordered the edible model of their whippet Arthur as a joint birthday deal with.
But when the life-sized delicacy arrived, the pair described it as “uncanny”.
The icing-clad pooch was plated as much as visitors at their celebration.
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Arthur the whippet was unbothered by the cake
The lifelike dessert was handcrafted by designers at The Cake Shop within the Oxford Covered Market.
Ms Railton, a councillor for Oxford City Council, branded it “deranged”.
She stated: “They’re too good within the Covered Market, too life like.
“I do love a bizarre cake and I’ve ordered from them earlier than – however I believe perhaps I went a bit far this time.”
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The birthday deal with was made by The Cake Shop within the Oxford Covered Market
The cake was precisely the identical dimension as Arthur, their eight-year-old gray and white whippet, who didn’t appear fazed by its arrival.
“I do not suppose Arthur registered it, thank goodness,” she stated.
The couple, whose birthdays are two days aside, threw a celebration the place they have been compelled serve the cake to their shocked visitors.
“The worst bit was the cake-cutting,” Ms Railton stated, including: “I used to be simply pondering ‘what have I executed?'”
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Partygoers tucked into the cake, regardless of its similarity to the couple’s much-loved hound
