All Joseph Valente wanted for his 96th birthday was a slice of his favorite German apple ring cake from King Kullen supermarket.
But what he got was a severe case of diarrhea after allegedly biting into a dead rat.
The New York man's nephew, Neil Gold, said his uncle complained about the taste after downing one spoonful on Thursday night.
When Gold cut the store-baked cake, he said he noticed what looked like a line of black mold.
'We saw it was coming from the bottom. We flipped it over and seemed to be a rat's tail,' Gold, who is dating Valente's niece, told ABC7.
He told the New York Post he saw the rodent's five-inch-long tail still attached to its hindquarters 'bleeding into the cake'.Images of the cake show a pointed, cord-like appendage baked into the cake, surrounded by black swirls.
Gold said he took the allegedly infested dessert to the law offices of his friend, attorney Ed Yule, who believes the cake had been 'tampered with'.
'I personally am of the opinion that this cake was tampered with,' Yule said. 'What's King Kullen have to say about this?'
Yule said he plans to turn the cake over to state officials for testing, with the New York Post reporting the family is considering whether to file a lawsuit.Meanwhile, Lloyd Singer, a spokesman for the Commack store, said the outlet had no known rodent issues and the store was conducting an 'internal investigation'
King Kullen has had in-store bakeries for over 30 years and there has never been a case of a rodent in one of our store-baked cakes,' he said.ing Kullen also issued a statement.'Product has been removed from the bakery and the premises has undergone a thorough inspection. There are no known safety or rodent issues in this bakery,' the company said.
Gold said his uncle was not hospitalized.
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