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‘Everyone assumed it represented a poo emoji!’ 27 writers on the greatest cake of their life
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 19 Sept 2026, 10:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘Everyone assumed it represented a poo emoji!’ 27 writers on the greatest cake of their life”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
From the blissful threat of ‘death by chocolate’, to a book made of sponge and the lemon drizzle to end them all, these are the bakes that left the biggest impressions The Sorting Hat sponge I made for my son’s Harry Potter party is not the best cake I’ve ever…
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‘Everyone assumed it represented a poo emoji!’ 27 writers on the greatest cake of their life
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