Talkin' Turkey Tuesday, Too
November 24, 2009 We're continuing to count down (up?) the top 20 ways to wreck a turkey cake. Hold on to your giblets, folks, 'cuz this is gettin' gooood.
11. By confusing turkeys with bank-robbing peacocks:
(But isn't his little kerchief mask adorable?)H. By plumbing the depths of the phrase "intestinal fortitude":
Spoon. By anthropomorphizing a mushroom cloud:
Yes, seriously.(I know, right?!? That's what *I* said!)
17. Or by confusing it with the Magnificent Bagel-Nosed Falcon of Uganda:
(The resemblance is uncanny.)
And lastly...
20. By putting an Indian headdress on Cthulhu:
Nicole D., Marcy P., Sarah T., Diane M., Lindsay H., Michelle G., & Kristen R., I'm starting to forget what a turkey even looks like. I guess that means I'm ready to start decorating!
- Related Wreckage: Turkeys
NOTE: Hey, Floridians! John and I will be at the Orlando Public Library Saturday, Dec. 12th, at 2PM. Here's your chance to stock up on signed copies of Cake Wrecks, aka "the perfect stocking stuffer." ;) Go here for details, and to RSVP.
Reader Comments (139)
#17. I think this is actually a Donut-Nosed Hedgehog of Lower Kazakhstan. They're sweeter-tempered than the bagel-nosed falcons.
The last one looks like an alien princess in ceremonial garb. Nice.
And I would gladly drive that car to Burning Man. Good times.
H P Lovecraft would be proud... or shocked... by the last cake, I mean turkey.
Spoon. LOL. You and my 5 yr old would get along really well when it comes to counting :)
I had to google Cthulu, but yes there does seem to be a strong resemblance!
ITYM Poothulu. :D
wv: hypaspu
What they use on Star Trek to inject you with poo icing.
I have to say that I do like the Burning Man cake, even if it was supposed to be a Turkey. Maybe I'll see if I can get a bakery to make it for me.
The spoon one looks like Beaker from the Muppets. Even the hair! Love you guys!
Flipping Ada, I am sitting here killing myself laughing....what are you doing to us??
We don't even celebrate Thanksgiving in England (why would we?) but I could still do a better Thanksgiving cake than any of those, cos, well, I know what a turkey looks like.
It's not rocket science, after all, it's a BIRD!!!
Oh, I shall have to go lie down in a darkened room for a bit, my stomach is hurting!!
I would like for you to teach me math, please.
These are just pathetic. LOL
Amy B-H
#Spoon distinctly reminds me of Stick Stickley.
No other blog could combine Cthulhu with cake!!!
I've never heard of Cthulu, but these all made me laugh anyway.
And spoon... only you would come up with that. :P
Thanks for the laugh Jen! :)
Cthulhu Turkey made my day! Best top "20" ever.
Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Ftaghn!
That is not dead which can eternal lie;
And with strange aeons, even death may die.
Maybe the baker is a cultist. lol ;)
That's not a mushroom cloud.
Its Elmo with an Afro.
DUH.
I think I too am starting to forget what a turkey looks like. I never realized there were so many variations of the bird.
I got a real chuckle out of your use of the "number" Spoon. :)
The anthropomorphized mushroom cloud looks like the love child of Bozo the Clown and a muppet.
(Talk about sentences you never thought you'd write...)
--kate
awesome!
I really can't believe I'm not the only one who thought that entry # spoon was Beaker with an afro.
Heehee.. You guys are totally my peeps.
This year I am thankful for the stunning creations of these cake decorators, that their bountiful specialized giftedness crossed your path, and that you share them with us. Keep counting the blessings!
I <3 Cthulu Turkey!
LMAO!
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.
It's...just...
Wow. The horror. 0_0
Also: Your counting reminds me of an absolutely adorable Sesame Street spot way back in the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptbp0pmcg3U
Isn't the top one NBC's Thanksgiving logo?
Oh, Jen! These last two days have been some of your best work yet!
Awesome job!!
Have a great holiday!
lol, is it bad that I actually like the "demon snuffleupagus...from Rio"
"demon snuffleupagus...from Rio"
I burst out laughing at this one. Brilliant!
Elizabeth, I like the demon snuffleupagus, too. The second one however gave me intestinal problems just looking at it.
Intestinal fortitude that is giving me the finger! Oh, these cakes are just awful. True Wreckage, guaranteed.
I didn't get the cthulhu reference and had to google, but then I got this:
http://www.toyvault.com/cthulhu/plush_cthulhu.html
I'm hoping someone does a Christmas cake of cthulhu now!
(First time post, but I love this blog!)-- Eliza
No offense, but #20 looks more like a pile of poo than Cthulhu!
Ia! Ia! Ph'nglui mglw'gobble Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
Actually, as much as I adore your Lovecraft reference, and find it spot on, the demonic Snuffie is what made me laugh till I almost wet my pants.
Thank you, I needed that.
If you wait long enough, the holiday rolls back around!
I looked at that second cake, and I had a weird sense of deja vu. Had you featured it before? No...it was from the depths of my nightmares.
I was going to photograph this years CCC on display (more pootastic than intestinal.) The managers were circling menacingly.
yeah, Spoon definitely reminds me of Beaker post-Dr. Bunson experiment...
Poor guy.
Thanks to number Spoon, there is apple juice all over my screen!
Oh, people were snapping up the turkey CCCs this year. Not ironically, either. They were on a display table in the front of the store right when you walked in. Hence, I couldn't photograph them.
That third picture is actually Beaker with a 'fro.
XVI could be Snuffy trying to escape from a bad flashback...depicted in cake.
oh scary!!
Cthulu Turkey looks like it's already been digested...
Are you sure the first one Nov. 24 isn't the NBC peacock?
Sparkysmom
alright, who is doing the counting here? something's a bit off, and it's not just the cakes.
"On his sheetcake covered in icing dead Cthulhu waits dreaming". What would have happened if H. P. Lovecraft spent more time in bakeries.
These are just "fowl."
(I crack myself up!)
WV: mings. These turkeys have better mings than wings!
I'm way too Catholic. The bottom cake looks like Our Lady of Guadalupe to me. Where on Earth do you even find the abomination known as the CCC? I don't see any in the stores near me.
Love your numbering system. Math would probably been much easier for me had I learned it your way instead of that pesky "add one" system they force upon us from birth.
That and nice props to burning man.
You are just 100% awesome.