I haven't been told by anyone that the above did not work, so I'm guessing it will work for you. If it does not work by chance, my next suggestion would be to put in a support ticket with your character name.
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Was fine until played today & had same thing happen if let timer run out rather than renewed before ended. Had to kill character before it would let me get more cake - mightily annoying! PS4 EU