<p>Trump team has again been hit by 'plagiarism' allegations with a celebrity pastry chef claiming that the spectacular nine-tier cake that the new president and Vice President Mike Pence cut into with a sword was a rip off of Barack Obama's inauguration cake from 2013.<br /><br /></p>.<p>For pastry chef Duff Goldman, Trump's inaugural cake seemed a little too familiar -- because it looked almost exactly like the one he had made years earlier for Obama's second inauguration as president.<br /><br />The Food Network personality posted a side-by-side comparison of two cakes on his Twitter account.<br /><br />On the left, Goldman wrote in the caption, was the cake he had created for the 'Commander-in-Chief' inaugural ball in 2013.<br /><br />The one on the right was the cake that had just appeared at Trump's 'Salute to Our Armed Services' ball," the chef's tweeted with the pictures of the two cakes.<br /><br />It appeared nearly identical to Goldman's cake from four years ago, right down to the colours, the patriotic bunting, and the placement of several small silver stars and seals.<br />"I didn't make it," Goldman wrote about Trump's cake, adding a suspicious thinking-face emoji at the end.<br /><br />Tiffany MacIsaac, owner of Washington's Buttercream Bakeshop, stepped forward to say she had been the one to create the much-talked-about cake for Trump's inauguration festivities.<br /><br />She said the order came in while she was out of town, and that the client had brought in a photo of the cake from Obama's inauguration asking her to re-create it.<br /><br />"They came to us a couple of weeks ago, which is pretty last minute, and said 'We have a photo that we would like to replicate,'" MacIsaac told The Washington Post.<br /><br />Her bakery tried to encourage the client to use the photo as "inspiration", as they do with many others, she said.<br /><br />"They said, 'Nope, they want this exact cake. It's perfect.' And we said, great," MacIsaac said.<br /><br />As is customary with many of her creations, MacIsaac posted a photo of the re-created cake on Instagram the day after the event.<br /><br />"Obviously, my intention was definitely not to upset him in any way," MacIsaac said of Goldman, whom she does not know personally.<br /><br />"I just wish that it had not been presented the way that it was," she said.<br />Goldman, who founded Charm City Cakes in Baltimore and Los Angeles, is known for his showstopping cake creations.<br /><br />Later Saturday, Goldman posted to Twitter again, with an apparent change of heart.<br />"Remembering a fantastic cake I made is awesome and the chef that re-created it for @POTUS Trump did a fantastic job," he tweeted. "Group hug, y'all."<br /><br />Allegations of plagiarism are not new in Trump's nascent administration. President's spouse, Melania Trump, was accused of lifting a portion of her speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention from one Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.</p>
<p>Trump team has again been hit by 'plagiarism' allegations with a celebrity pastry chef claiming that the spectacular nine-tier cake that the new president and Vice President Mike Pence cut into with a sword was a rip off of Barack Obama's inauguration cake from 2013.<br /><br /></p>.<p>For pastry chef Duff Goldman, Trump's inaugural cake seemed a little too familiar -- because it looked almost exactly like the one he had made years earlier for Obama's second inauguration as president.<br /><br />The Food Network personality posted a side-by-side comparison of two cakes on his Twitter account.<br /><br />On the left, Goldman wrote in the caption, was the cake he had created for the 'Commander-in-Chief' inaugural ball in 2013.<br /><br />The one on the right was the cake that had just appeared at Trump's 'Salute to Our Armed Services' ball," the chef's tweeted with the pictures of the two cakes.<br /><br />It appeared nearly identical to Goldman's cake from four years ago, right down to the colours, the patriotic bunting, and the placement of several small silver stars and seals.<br />"I didn't make it," Goldman wrote about Trump's cake, adding a suspicious thinking-face emoji at the end.<br /><br />Tiffany MacIsaac, owner of Washington's Buttercream Bakeshop, stepped forward to say she had been the one to create the much-talked-about cake for Trump's inauguration festivities.<br /><br />She said the order came in while she was out of town, and that the client had brought in a photo of the cake from Obama's inauguration asking her to re-create it.<br /><br />"They came to us a couple of weeks ago, which is pretty last minute, and said 'We have a photo that we would like to replicate,'" MacIsaac told The Washington Post.<br /><br />Her bakery tried to encourage the client to use the photo as "inspiration", as they do with many others, she said.<br /><br />"They said, 'Nope, they want this exact cake. It's perfect.' And we said, great," MacIsaac said.<br /><br />As is customary with many of her creations, MacIsaac posted a photo of the re-created cake on Instagram the day after the event.<br /><br />"Obviously, my intention was definitely not to upset him in any way," MacIsaac said of Goldman, whom she does not know personally.<br /><br />"I just wish that it had not been presented the way that it was," she said.<br />Goldman, who founded Charm City Cakes in Baltimore and Los Angeles, is known for his showstopping cake creations.<br /><br />Later Saturday, Goldman posted to Twitter again, with an apparent change of heart.<br />"Remembering a fantastic cake I made is awesome and the chef that re-created it for @POTUS Trump did a fantastic job," he tweeted. "Group hug, y'all."<br /><br />Allegations of plagiarism are not new in Trump's nascent administration. President's spouse, Melania Trump, was accused of lifting a portion of her speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention from one Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.</p>