A debate has been raging on TikTok over Walmart’s vintage-style heart-shaped cakes, the retailer’s take on the photogenic, Victorian-inspired piped pastries, which have long been popular on ...

Now, an unlikely new Walmart product has people up in arms — fancy cakes. A LOT of people, apparently. The cakes instantly sparked outrage on TikTok among professional bakers, who feel that ...

The video also claimed that Walmart’s ingredients are of lesser quality, the cakes were “shipped to them from some warehouse” and its workers won’t provide the same attention to detail ...

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Bakers across social media are criticising Walmart for mass-producing vintage heart cakes at a fraction of the cost of homemade versions, claiming it undercuts their businesses and devalues their ...