Pasadena Family Celebrates Graduate Cup in Walmart Styrofoam Cake

PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) – The graduation ceremony took a decisive turn when the family learned that the cake they bought was not chocolate or vanilla but polystyrene.

Nellie Flores told ABC13 Eyewitness News that she and her sister Marsy had ordered a graduation cake at Walmart last week. The two-tiered cake was destined for the graduation party of Marsy's daughter.

When taking the cake Thursday, Nellie and Marsy learned that it had not been manufactured. They told Eyewitness News that a Walmart store manager had told them to choose any cake among those who were ready to leave. They took one of the cakes and put a picture on it.

Everything was fine until you cut the cake. It was at that time that they discovered that it was polystyrene.

The family said they felt humiliated and returned to Pasadena Walmart, where a manager gave them a $ 60 gift card for the value of the cake, in addition to a gift card and a cake free.

Eyewitness News contacted Walmart, which issued the following statement:

"It was the result of a misunderstanding and we tried to solve the problem with the customer by means of a gift card."