A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.
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October 12, 2010 
It's a "Pear Tree."Being unveiled.
Many thanks to Diana M., who tells me that "pear tree" is a bronze sculpture in Canada. Of a pear. So get your minds out of the gutter. There's barely enough room in here for mine.
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Reader Comments (100)
uh...Wow. Nothing more to say. Wow.
There's another Pear Sculpture in Edward Everett Square in Dorchester, MA. It seems really out of place until you realize that this inner-city neighborhood was once someone's farm and a couple of pear varieties were cultivated there. (I wonder how many pear sculptures are out there?)
Alas, I know of no cake version....
First time commenter, long time Cake Wrecks follower, but had to share the spontaneous reaction of my 3 year old (in light of Deborah from California's comment.) The minute I clicked on today's post I heard "Eeew!" from behind me. I turned to see my daughter pointing at the screen. I said "What?" She replied, "It looks like a [insert 3 year old euphemism for the obvious body part] with seeds in it!" (I'll spare you her elaboration on what kind of seeds she thought they were.) I mean if it's that obvious to a 3 year old . . .
My word verification just about sums it up: OBOEYI!
Wow. Okay. A pear? Then why do I feel unclean?
Wow! A pear? Not to my eyes.
If wreckerators would apply the "13 year old boy" rule before making a cake, this sort of thing could be avoided. The "13 year old boy" rule is this: show any plan/idea/design to said boy, and if he snickers, laughs, and immediately texts his friends, discard said idea/design.
[CENTER]On the first day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
A cooter on a ball sac[/CENTER]
Never thought I'd see such a peculiar juxtaposition of genitalia.
WV: bamyr
"The only known case of labiascrotal superimposition stems from a coupling of cousins in Tuscaloosa, Bamyr, in the 1980s."
BAAAAHAHAHAHA!!
Definitely live there.
Why does the region get to have a cake just to commemorate "art"? And WHAT a cake! I mean, just look at those... seeds? *sigh*
A juicy pear, no doubt.
First the lion shaped like a phallus.. now this.
/facepalm
As a resident of Waterloo Region, I have only one thing to say.
I'm moving!
"Region of Waterloo"??!?! Ha ha I'm going to start using that one in place of "squishy parts" from now on!!
Um...yeah...I'm quite glad my boss wasnt around to walk in while I was checking cakewrecks on my lunch hour today...
wv: indenc
I'm pretty sure my boss would consider this "pear cake" indenc for work.
OMG I am so glad that I wasn't invited to the unveiling of the "pear tree" because I would have gasp when I saw the cake then laughed..........
pear? Wow I have heard some crazy nicknames but never pear......
I'm glad it's a cake! For a second I was confused and thought it was a picture of the actual bronze thing. At least cake doesn't last forever! I would still eat an edge piece, I think. Cake is cake.
Holy F#$%^!!!!!
Is that a date cake? Talk about inuendo!
"Anonymous said...
'I had the pear dream again.'"
LOL! Kids in the Hall reference FTW!
Caffeinated. I literally snorted/laughed/diet coke choked.... Holy Chesses...
Thanks for that.
And Mary C. Re: Episeotomy .. too funny...
Blessed... Hahaha.. I also hope to never think that again!
ANony 9:14 - TOO funny that even a 3 year old catches it!!
I also have a WV that I think had to have been created just for this page: Sestict.
Hahaha! I live in the "Region of Waterloo" and I've never even heard of this before.
Oktoberfest has its phallic lion, and it appears we've found its mate. *sigh*
I'm surprised nobody commented on the paper printout sign for the region/lettering. I think it's actually paper, and not the edible kind.
umm. yikes!
A pear AND a lion (http://news.therecord.com/article/711014). Waterloo also has nice Blackberries. I mean the phone kind, not...oh dear...
A pear tree...come on...its quite obviously a... ;)xx
Sometimes I think bakers' ideas should be pear-reviewed before publishing, uuh, baking.
Tha taint what I thought it was at first!! :)
Wow.
I'd like to thank all the commenters here for being hilarious and not turning this post all EPCOT-y. :)
Waterloo REPRESENT! woot!!!
Now will he sit under a medlar tree,
And wish his mistress were that kind of fruit
As maids call medlars, when they laugh alone.
O Romeo, that she were, O that she were
An open-arse and thou a pop'rin pear!
Nothing says it like the classics.
I took one look and did a double-take.
Oh. MY. GOD.
Obviously this person who decorated it wasn't thinking.
Vajazzled!
- Courtesy of The Sugar Cube
http://yfrog.com/5zr5jdj
Trying not to think of ABBA....
Ow! Ow! Ow! WATERLOO! Promise to love me forevermore! EEEEeeeeewww!!!
Hello from the Region of Waterloo!!
My god that's awful.....LOL!!
Gives a whole new meaning to "a partridge in a pear tree." great. now that song is ruined for me. LOL
is this from a pear shaped woman with a big rump?
The best thing just happened... I look at this page and there's a HUGE ad for Summer's Eve wipes on the sidebar. :gigglesnerk:
i am a 10 YEAR OLD and this cake totally looks like a penis even to ME. i LOVE cake BUTT i wouldn't eat THIS cake.(sorry about the awful joke)
......ummm yah. Ok? Remind me to never eat a pear again.....please
Hummm......Very Nice!
This pear cake must be modeled after the Vajay pear variety.
every water dept employee who saw this cake and remained professional deserves a huge raise! (raise in pay!, don`t let your mind go there)
I'm sorry for this but, it looks like a vagina. omg, i wonder what the people thought when they saw this lol remarkable lol cake. HA!
I'm eating choclate chips, and they now don't look good. And did someone actullyeat the cake
Ok, that one hits a little TOO close to home ... I lived there for six years. It's a university city, supposed to have some brilliant minds ... so what brilliant mind chose THAT colour?!
Can't believe I haven't seen this post until now. And I have no idea what that pear thing is about. I live in Waterloo region and have never heard of it. And that cake .....bad colour choice indeed.
Oh--my--goodness--I never saw this post when it originally appeared and I just spent about five minutes absolutely helpless and doubled over with laughter and tears coming out of my eyes, as much due to the reader comments as the picture. Thanks so much for posting! You cleared my asthmatic lungs and made me forget everything that was bothering me today!
Two and a half years later, the thought of eating a pear still makes me a little queasy. Thanks!
Oh those Canadians! See what happens when they mix "water" and "loo" together -- they make a cake with a double entendre!
Here's the blog about the Pear Tree sculpture - and it even mentions the cake!
http://janemitchellblog.wordpress.com/2010/02/13/the-pear-tree-new-sculpture-for-social-services/
Apparently this sculpture is just down the street from where I live. Seeing this cake is the very first time I've heard about it. Wow. This wreck was made locally and somehow I didn't hear about it? LOL
Looks like a retirement cake for an OBGYN. "One for the road, Dr. Bradford?"
Wow. I mean wow. JUST WOW.
they are seeds, believe it or not.
I show my husband this and say, "it's supposed to be half a pear." He says,"half a pair of what?" ahahaha!!
I just came across this and have giggled my way through the comments. Then I realized: I just did an RFP for the Region of Waterloo a few weeks ago. I am sooooooo glad I did not have to go surfing for artwork. I don't know what I would have done if I had seen this!
I live in the region of waterloo