The cake order: group chat template
A ready Instagram DM-look chat for the group chat chaos gallery, ten messages and about 25 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the Instagram DM look
Cake for Friday: chocolate or lemon?
Chocolate.
Lemon.
Tie. Who breaks it?
Not me.
Not me.
Hope, you are the tiebreaker.
Fine. Half and half.
That is just two cakes.
We are getting two cakes.
The full script (10 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The cake order
Gus starts this one with "Cake for Friday: chocolate or lemon?". After ten messages Gus has the last word, "We are getting two cakes.", which gives about 25 seconds on screen.
Message 1 is the longest at 6 words ("Cake for Friday: chocolate or lemon?") and message 2 is the shortest ("Chocolate."). Two lines ask a question, so the other person keeps answering.
Using it in the Instagram DM look
End with a decision made by accident, or with the quietest person finally speaking. Switch on typing dots, read marks, reactions and an online status when you build the scene. No upgrade is needed to try Instagram DM. Invent every name. The chat should read as fiction, not as a screenshot of someone real. Short messages are the norm in this style, so one-line bubbles feel natural and long speeches feel out of place.
What the Free plan shows
On a Free account you see four messages of The cake order, ending at "Tie. Who breaks it?". To get to "We are getting two cakes.", six messages later, upgrade to a paid plan.
Tips
- Pause on Ian's "Not me." before moving to the next bubble.
- Let the opening "Cake for Friday: chocolate or lemon?" breathe so a late scroller still knows who is talking.
- Give each person one habit. A character who always asks a question and one who always sends a single emoji are easy to follow in a fast scene.
- Make the ending your own by editing "We are getting two cakes."; add "fictional chat" to the caption.
- Try two new names in place of Gus and Hope, then read the story out loud once.
Questions
Can I use The cake order on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The Instagram DM look is on the Free plan, and the editor loads the first four of the ten messages and two people. The rest needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is The cake order as a video?
About 25 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting ten messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card.
Is this group chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Gus, Hope and Ian, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app, and look names describe a style only. Label what you publish as fiction.
Can I change the names and lines?
Yes. Open the template in the editor, replace any line or name and export your own version. Keep the characters invented, and keep the content free of real people and anything sexual.
This is fiction. The people in this template are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app. App names on this page describe a style only.