3 teens caught stealing cardboard display cake in Minnesota

EDINA, Minn. (AP) — Police in a Minneapolis suburb say three teenagers trying to sneak out of a grocery store with a stolen cake got a not-so-sweet surprise.

Instead of a real cake, Edina police say the teens inadvertently grabbed a cardboard display cake.

Authorities say the three left a Cub Foods store early Tuesday with the fake cake, but police stopped their vehicle when they saw it matched an employee’s description.

KSTP-TV reports the cake was returned to the store, and the store’s managers declined to press charges. Instead the teens were given trespassing notices.

Edina police tweeted about the incident with #nocakeforyou.