A woman has shared 'revolting' photos of a mould-infested cake that left her and her family gagging.
The horrified mum made the nasty surprise after cutting into the pink and red cake which was decorated with roses iced on the top.
Instead of finding moist sponge inside, the woman was greeted with the sight of a grim green coloured filling.
“That green stuff you can see is mould, the inside of the cake was completely green. Apparently it was a vanilla sponge cake,” she wrote on Facebook .
She explained the cake had been purchased by her husband from Michel's Patisserie in Picton, Australia, on Friday afternoon.
It was refrigerated 20 minutes after being purchased.
However, when it came time to serve the cake on Sunday night, she said it left people “gagging”.
“I nearly gagged when I placed it on my plate and dust came from it," she explained.
Social media users were equally horrified
The post quickly went viral, attracting hundreds of comments online.
This is absolutely revolting!” one person responded.
“Thats disgusting, that cake would have to be at least a few months old to look that bad,” another person said.
The customer said she was quite concerned as before cutting into the cake, her 11-month-old daughter had eaten some of the icing off the cake.
Many people suggested she contact the owner of the store to report it immediately.
The woman said after contacting the owner of the store, she was offered a refund but felt that she needed to take the matter higher.
“I contact the retail food group in which the GM of Michels contacted me and offered a refund and a $50 voucher her for their store,” she wrote.
Michel's Patisserie told Yahoo News Australia that after conducting an internal review, they found this was a “one-off isolated occurrence” and haven’t received any other complaints.
The store said the cake was made by a third party and delivered less that 24 hours before the customer purchased it.
“This cake was delivered by the supplier to the store less than 24 hours before it was sold. It was already fully decorated meaning the store owner was unable to see the inside of the cake before it was sold,” a spokesperson for the store said.
Michel's Patisserie said they were dedicated to making sure no customer ever receives another nasty surprise again.
They added: “Our number one priority remains customer safety and quality and we are working with this supplier to ensure that this does not happen again.”
