By Jack Elsom For Mailonline
Published: 20:38 BST, 16 June 2019 | Updated: 20:38 BST, 16 June 2019
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A Mariah Carey fan who requested a birthday cake emblazoned with the pop princess' face was instead presented with one featuring Marie Curie.
The hilarious baking blunder confused the All I Want For Christmas Is You hitmaker with the Nobel Prize-winning Polish physicist.
Although the US singer recorded a number one album called E=MC², she and the science pioneer are practically polar opposites.
Yet the similarity of their names caused enough confusion to see the baffled birthday girl tuck in to the face of an elderly and solemn-looking Curie, rather than her Grammy-winning idol.
A Mariah Carey fan who requested a birthday cake emblazoned with the pop princess' face was instead presented with one featuring Marie Curie
Although the US singer recorded a number one album called E=MC², she and the science pioneer are practically polar opposites.
The mix-up went viral on social media when recipient Siobhan's cousin tweeted a picture of the cake.
Novelist Harriet Alida Lye wrote: 'My cousin in England told her colleagues she wanted a Mariah Carey birthday cake.
'They misunderstood, and is the cake they made her instead. It's Marie Curie, looking very festive.'
Social media reacted in spectacular fashion and the post has retweeted an