I Wanna Be a Wreck Star
August 10, 2009 Are you still preoccupied with 1985? (With Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, way before Nirvana...)
If so, then I'm sure you understand wanting an 80s pop star on your cake. Uh. Right?
For instance, how about the artist formerly - and now back to currently - known as Prince?
Yeah, he'd totally rock on a cake. Maybe for a birthday, bridal shower, or any nondescript "sexy" occasion, really.
(Say, what kind of cake is this again? Oh, that's right: it's filled with [singing] "RAS-pberry puree...")
Oh, sorry, Demi; that's Boy George. Well, I'm sure he'd be great on a cake, too.
How about a photo cake? Do you have "Faith" that would look better?
Wham I'm not sure that "wham" is appropriate in front of every wham sentence. Wham what do you think? Wham am I right?
And finally, I have to end with what is most certainly NOT a Wreck, so don't even bother trying to find fault with it:
Yep, THAT, my friends, is a David-Bowie-from-Labyrinth cake, aka quite possibly the Coolest Birthday Cake Ever. This thing is up there with the Darth Vader Baby Shower cake in my book. (Well, not the actual book. The figurative one.) Not only does it feature the Goblin King himself, it ALSO says - and with correct quotation marks, even - "You Remind Me of the Babe."
What babe, you ask? Why, the babe with the power.
This cake has renewed my faith in both the airbrush and future generations, so kudos to Maddy's parents for giving her a proper education in all things awesome.
Jenny M., Brian K., Anony M., & Lonny S, you have no power over me.
Related Wreckage: Guess Who!
UPDATE: So apparently, every one of you has seen Purple Rain and can tell that the first cake is actually supposed to be Epco...urm, Morris Day. And it turns out you are correct. Go figure. I'll leave it to Jen to decide how to adjust the post but in the meantime Sexy Morris up there is still giving me the stink eye so I'm still calling wreck. And yes, *sigh* we know George Michael was part of Wham! -john
Reader Comments (225)
Thanks for the Raspberry song earbug. :op
They forgot the guyliner on Prince's right eye. Makes him look even creepier.
~Amy B.
i LOVE Jareth....hmmm i want that cake.... >:}
Oooooh, I love David Bowie! This has made my day!
Ok....I'm gonna make you all feel old by saying I have no clue who Morris Day is...or any other of the references really, but I do have to ask, what's with the googly eyes????
"She rocked out to Wham,
Not a big Limp Bizkit fan,
Thought she'd get a hand,
on a member of Duran Duran"
Oh great, I'm gonna have Bowling For Soup running through my head for ages now!!
W.V. fantram- Wouldn't it be scary if Boy George played the lead in the Fantram of the Opera?
Wham Jen have I told you lately that I love you? Wham your funny comments crack me the Wham up.
My 6 year old daughter would definitely be friends with Maddie. She, too is a big David Bowie fan (and also a fan of Madelines, which I see a big plate of in the background.)
I love David Bowie. Sigh.
I never saw the Demi/BG resemblance before. Thanks for freaking me out.
:) Alex
oh, and having recently viewed "Purple Rain" on cable during a late night insomnia bout, I'm about 99% sure that's supposed to be Morris Day. And it really does look like him IMHO, although I have NO idea what "chop chop sexy" means.
I like 20th the folks who said the first cake was probably Morris Day. That's the first thing that popped in to my head when I saw that cake. It also fits more with the text. Morris Day does, in fact, say "Chop, chop!"
The Babe with the Power! Love the labryinth cake! That's awesome!
Love the Labrynth cake. Finally I have found others out there who are true fans. Love you CW!
My family just randomly says, "You remind me of the babe..." during the day. I thought we were the only ones.
wv: phsound: the acidity of sound
The Labyrinth cake is AWESOME.
That said, there's even better news: there may someday be a sequel! WOOHOO!!! Check it out: "the final, crazy bit of news from Jim Henson's son is the studio's desire to return to the world of their cult classic Labyrinth. Henson described this idea by saying "Actually, we're talking about doing something different with Labyrinth but I can't really talk about it." The existence of such a film is highly contingent upon the success of Dark Crystal 2. This means get out there and watch DC2 at least a dozen times each and encourage your friends to do the same. And by encourage, I mean force."
http://www.cinematical.com/2006/05/06/brian-henson-talks-dark-crystal-2-fraggle-rock-and-labyrinth-2/
The Jareth cake *is* missing something... an enormous codpeice.
Oh please... don't pretend you didn't look.
the Prince on the Prince cake has a wonky eye and his mustache is growing out of his left nostril
Totally Morris Day IN Purple Rain. :)
http://www.indamixworldwide.com/html/images/indamix/interviews/Morris%20Day.jpg
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Whoa. First cake would be marginally okay except for the, erm, unfortunate eye. (Raspberry puree, LAWLZ)
Boy George is actually pretty well done. Hope Mike didn't "want to hurt" the wreckorator too much! (unless he ASKED for BG on a cake!)
George Michael looks happy. I'd have a hard time cutting into his face. Photo cakes=bad idea.
And anything with Jareth is win.
Upon rethinking it, I guess the Prince cake could also be Jesse, or Jerome?
The amount I love that Labyrinth cake can't even be put into words...
Why is that David Bowie cake so great? It looks cartoony.
So, who did the awesome Labyrinth cake?
I'm surprised there is not a Madonna one! :)
Carrie of www.bellacupcakecouture.com
The more I stare at that Boy George cake, the more he looks like Rick Astley. I feel like I have been rickrolled by proxy...
I just watched Labyrinth again last night and the Jareth cake is awesome. :)
Probably my favorite movie of all time? Labyrinth. Think I'll go watch it right now!
The power of Voo-doo
Who do?
You do!
Do what?
Remind me of the babe!
*SQUEEEEEEEEEEE* I LOVE the Labyrinth cake!!! I want! :-P
Oh, how I wish I had that Bowie cake a few months ago when I did a project on Labyrinth in one of my classes!
"Hopefully I won't have nightmares of David Bowie for days..."
Those aren't nightmares. ^.^
"The Jareth cake *is* missing something"
Yes, yes it is, and if you're over 30 you looked for it. My first thought was "Pity that cake is for a 5-year-old...the best bit is missing".
What, you think every teenage girl in my high school was crushing on David Bowie because he could sing??? Please. :)
Wham! I love Labyrinth!
You remind me of the babe.
What babe?
The babe with the power.
What power?
The power of voodoo.
Who do?
You do! Remind me of the babe.
Cake magic cake.
FINALY! Someone got it right..
The power of Voo Doo.
Who do?
You do.
DO WHAT?
...remind me of the babe.
And did I read it right that there is a DARK CRYSTAL 2???
gotta love the David Bowie cake. I bet her parents let her watch "School of Rock" over and over instead of Cinderella or whatever.
Sorry Jen - I must be living in a cave or something. I recognize the names, but that's it - this is the first time I've EVER said "boring!" to your blog. (And I'm sure it will be the last, too!!!!!)
Love the Labyrinth cake. My kids and I love that movie. And yes, I looked for the cod piece. Holy heck that thing was awesome.
I heard about the Dark Crystal II but never saw any promo for it.
It's hard to make fun of the way an artist renders a Boy George cake without making fun of who in their right mind wanted a Boy George cake.
--- shrug ---
Am I the only one who immediately thought of the "The Whammer" from Word Girl on PBS when Jen kept saying "wham" at the begining of her sentences?
The David Bowie cake is quite possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen on the Internet. Ever. Thank you, Jen for bringing it to the light!
Thanks anony for posting the link to the "Prince" cake! I was curious.
Also, I think Boy George is no wreckier than David Bowie...
Is it wrong that after all the wreckage displayed, I can only see the madelines in the Bowie photo and think of Marcel Proust. Anyone? Where my literary homies at?
Oooo...this is what I get for not reading the comments first, I see someone else must have little ones at home.
On yet another tangent...I really thought you meant Morris Day as in with the dancers and the bells in England...I was really confused until I read the comments. >.>
This blog makes me laugh out loud! I love it!
OMG! My friend's bday is this week, I need a duplicate of that David Bowie cake ASAP! :D Completely amazing.
"Ludo love Sarah"
And I love Labyrinth, and CakeWrecks!
I've actually been considering doing a Labyrinth cake for the next local cake show, to practice my sugar sculpting skills! Hope it turns out anywhere close to that cool!
The Jareth cake IS fabulous...
but...
there seems to be a candle right on the Fabulous Bowie Bulge. O_O
I really don't think the Boy George cake is all that bad, especially considering the subject matter. Now why someone would WANT a Boy George cake is another issue entirely. But I thought the Bowie cake was a little off, it looks more like Bon Jovi to me. And the first one that's no longer shown is a actually pretty good Morris Day, considering that it's non-pro!
Score! I saw this post first thing this morning as my daughter was looking at the site and I said, "That cake looks more like Morris Day than Prince." Of course, she had no idea who I was talking about.
I love, love, love Labyrinth. I love even more that you have the lines from the movies memorized. Your a cake goddess after my own heart. ;)
To those of you too young to get this post... Pbbbbt!
JK. :)
To those of you pointing out what is missing from the Bowie rendering, thanks for explaining why I love him.
I didn't think of that, it must have been subliminal.
:)
Alex
I'm confused. Other than being a Boy George cake, what's wrong with the Boy George cake?
Thank you so much for making my day! I LOVE Labyrinth!
Now I must go home and watch it. :)
Maybe my kids will fall in love with it like they did The Princess Bride.
as you wish....
Power of voodoo...
Who do?
You do!
Do what?
Remind me of the babe!
Okay, I'm done.
P.S. If you want to see a replica of the Bog of Eternal Stench, go to Yellowstone and see the Mud Volcano area. Not kidding.
Okay, NOW I'm done.