Overview
- The owner of SugarHi Boca posted on TikTok between May 19–21, 2026 that the bakery made a custom cake for Bethenny Frankel’s Miami birthday last year and spent about $4,000, flew in a lead decorator from New York, and drove a four‑hour round trip to deliver it.
- The owner says Frankel shared images and video of the cake across social platforms but initially tagged the venue, photographer and other vendors while omitting the bakery, adding SugarHi only in a later carousel slide after followers asked.
- The baker says Frankel’s team had suggested payment but did not guarantee it, and that Frankel later DMed requesting another gift for wealthy friends before ‘ghosting’ when asked to pick it up.
- As of the latest reports published May 20–21, 2026, Bethenny Frankel has not issued a public response to the bakery owner’s allegations.
- The episode joins recent complaints about uncredited influencer gifts and underscores a wider debate over how unpaid or uncredited celebrity posts can impose real costs on small vendors and may prompt calls for clearer expectations or paid agreements when influencers solicit products.