A bride who went viral for baking her own wedding cake said she was 'shocked' by the hate she received - Yahoo Entertainment

Lilly Mendoza baked and decorated her own wedding cake.Jesse Vandewetering with Complete Weddings & Events Orlando

• A photographer shared a video of a bride, Lilly Mendoza, making her own wedding cake.

• The video went viral online, prompting people to share their opinions — some of which were negative.

• Mendoza told Insider that she learned about the cake's virality while on her honeymoon.

A bride who baked and decorated her own wedding cake said she was "shocked" that it garnered criticism online.

The discussion around Lilly Mendoza's cake first sparked in mid-May when a wedding photographer shared a video of Mendoza stacking the gold, white, and blue cake while wearing a full face of makeup. Mendoza and her husband, Dennis, married on May 14 in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

"POV: You're a pastry chef, so you make your own wedding cake!" the caption read. Mendoza went viral a few days later in a separate TikTok video shared by her hairstylist.

"I have the most unique and talented brides!!!" Mendoza's wedding hairstylist wrote. "Lilly stacked her own wedding cake the day of, full face, hair done and white robe! Not 1 crumb on her robe."

While many were impressed and in awe, others criticized the wedding cake, with one person writing: "Isn't the cake suppose to look more decorative?"

Mendoza told Insider that she thought the wedding would be a great opportunity because she graduated from culinary school in April with a bachelor's degree in Applied Food Studies focusing on baking and pastries. She baked all four tiers about a week before the wedding and froze them so she could decorate each layer the day before the ceremony. On her wedding day, she simply had to stack the cake.

Mendoza said she graduated from culinary school in April.Jesse Vandewetering with Complete Weddings & Events Orlando

The videos have gained more than 18 million views combined, but Mendoza said she initially had no idea her cake had gone viral. After the wedding, she and her husband honeymooned on a Royal Caribbean Cruise for a week and only viewed their notifications when they docked at a port.

"One of my friends from college messaged me and she sent me the viral clip. I was like, 'Oh, this is nice,'" Mendoza said. "Then I clicked on it and saw all the views, comments, all the likes — like 'whoa.'"

But Mendoza stumbled upon some negative comments, which shocked her at first. Fortunately, her husband and her family reminded her that the wedding cake was a hit.

Mendoza got married in mid-May.Daniella Koontz with Complete Weddings + Events Orlando

"They snapped me right back to it and were like, 'Listen, that cake was beautiful. You know you did a great job. It tasted good.' I was like, 'You're right!'"

She added: "There's nothing you can say to people who want to be mean."

The wedding cake Mendoza baked and decorated.Jesse Vandewetering with Complete Weddings & Events Orlando

Mendoza isn't discouraged and said she would continue to bake cakes. She even plans to upload videos to her social-media accounts to answer questions and offer insight into how she made the cake, she said.

"Everything was beautiful, just how the customer ordered," Mendoza said about herself in a new TikTok video. "And she was super happy."

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