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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.

Now, don't you have a photo you want to send me? ;)

- Jen
Thursday
Dec162010

The 12 Wrecks Of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

A choking hazard in a treeeee.

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Two buttered bells,
And a choking hazard in a tree.

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Three whipped ghosts,
(And by "whipped," I mean they do what their wives tell them)
Two buttered bells,
And a study on the Heimlich for me.

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Four day-glo Santas,
Three whipped ghosts,
Two buttered bells,
And a bunch of crap in a gross tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

♪ Fiiiiiiiive molded 'shrooms! ♪
Four Santa blobs,
Three whipped ghosts,
Two buttered bells,
And a lot of flotsam in a gross tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Six pounds of icing,
♪ Fiiiiive fungusesssses! ♪
Four day-glo Santas,
Three whipped ghosts,
Two buttered bells,
And seriously, did you see all the stuff in that tree?

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Seven snowmen melting,
Six pounds of icing,
♫ ♪ Fiiiiive Penicillin-bearing spores!! ♪ ♫
Four Santa blobs,
Three whipped ghosts,
Two buttered bells,
And a plastic coated nasty icing tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Eight runny egg yolks,
(WHY?!?)
Seven snowmen melting,
Six pounds of icing,
♫ ♪♫ Fiiiiive molded hallucinogenics!! ♪ ♫ ♫
Four Santa blobs,
Three whipped ghosts,
Two buttered bells,
And is anyone even still reading this?

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Nine kiwis riding... reindeer? Swans? Thestrals?
Eight I-think-he-hates-me,
Seven snowmen melting,
Six pounds of icing,
♫ ♬ ♪♬ ♫ Fiiiiive really fun guys!!! ♪ ♫ ♫ ♬ ♬
Four Santa blobs,
Three whipped ghosts,
Two buttered bells,
And a beer.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Eleven candy canes that kinda look like Slimey the Worm,

See?

Ten piles of nothing (You FORGOT?!),

Nine kiwis riding,
Eight runny egg yolks,
Seven snowmen melting,
Six pounds of icing,
♫ ♬ ♪♩♬ ♫ Fiiiiiive agaricus bisporus! ♪ ♫♩♩♫ ♬ ♬
Four Santa blobs,
Three whipped ghosts,
Two buttered bells,
And a reason to have the ER on speed dial.

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:

Thirteen TWELVE fake flowers,
Eleven Slimey Canes,
Ten lots a' nothing,
Nine kiwis riding,
Eight counts of salmonella,
Seven snowmen melting,
Six pounds of icing,
♫♭♫ ♬ ♪♫♭♫♩♬ ♫ Fiiiiiiive SUPER fun guys!!! ♪ ♫♭♩♫♩♫ ♬ ♬ ♭♫
Four Santa blobs,
Three whipped ghosts,
Two buttered bells,
And a Cake Wrecks Calendar
for me!

Thanks to Michelle, Amanda C., Kyle C., Cheyanne, Joel S., Georgia T., Erin T., Monica K., NWM, Monica B., Jana S., & Jon D., who have been counting down the days 'til they could endorse a fine product like the 2011 Cake Wrecks Wall Calendar. [nodding earnestly] It's true. Take my word for it. No need to ask any of them. Or even check to see if they are, in fact, real people.

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Reader Comments (322)

Awesome.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterThe Boob Nazi

So funny! love it!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Thank you for your mention of Thestrals and Slimey the worm.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJaime Wilkins

LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE!!!!!!

super funny and clever, par for the course!!
hahahahah love the 'beer' bit, still cracking up over that!!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJunebug

You truly outdid yourself today! Great work and kuddos on slipping in a Harry Potter reference, not easy to work into Christmas cakes I imagine. You never fail to make me smile, chuckle, LMAO at 9:30am

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterCarolyn

Wow. I never comment, but this is spectacular! Very well done.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterheather

Hahahahaha!

My new favourite Christmas carol!

Now to go find those five really fun guys...

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterIce Queen

hilarious post-i like that you changed up the words each time. seriously i thought those reindeers with the kiwi's were skeletongs from dia de los muertos or something!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterthe cape on the corner

pure genius! Thanks for the laughs!!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterjen

Fiiiiiive agaricus bisporus!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
(See? We were still reading!)
Thanks, as always, Jen & Co.!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterflying gargoyle

My new favorite Christmas carol! I got my Cakerecks mini-wall calendar the other day & it is awesome - and $5 to the animal shelter for me..........

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterCatmania

If you donate on Best Friends Animal Society's webpage, they DOUBLE your donation!! :) Any amount!!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterVeronica

Ho Ho Ho! I chuckled at the first, and was belly-laughing at the end. Thanks for brightening my day.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLeigh Duncan

And a beer.....In a treeeeee!
Where's my Touc?

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterPooh's Pics

That was fantastic! (And I'm going to be humming that tune all day...)

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKaryl

Awesome! I was just teaching my 5 year old about the traditional version of the "12 Days of Christmas" yesterday.

I definitely kept reading and loved how you kept changing the lines--far more entertaining than the stodgy original.

I think my all-time favorite version would be the Bob Rivers Comedy Corp http://www.bobrivers.com/includes/lyrics.php?ID=8697" rel="nofollow">version.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

You are too freakin' funny. Well done. I love this site.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Well this is a wee bit frustrating. I didn't have the means to participate last year and was rather excited that I do have the means this year. I set up and loaded my Paypal and everything. But the 4 charities you've given so far don't have Paypal options :( and I don't exactly have a credit card.
Maybe I should just pool the dollars I would have spent on the others when you DO put up a pay-through-Paypal link? Or maybe I've been blind and you've actually put up a Paypal link I didn't see? Well? WELL?? o_O (that's a meaningful look, doncha know) (ps. i love you site!)

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterangelalim

This was the best post ever! We sat and sang the song as we read down the page.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterP&B

Brilliant post! Have you been working on that all year?

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterCathy

Please please pleas get Jen (#1) to sing this! Only she could do this beautiful tribute to Santa being waterboarded in icing justice.

wv. rertas: the sound a small child makes when choking on the first cake.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterTricia N

Thanks for the Canadian Bob and Doug shout-out with the beer.....a true Christmas carol classic!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterHPom

LOL this is great. But, Jen, I'm confused. On that last cake, did YOU cross out the one flower to make 12, or was that really on the cake. Please tell me it was the former. Please?

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterTrevor

Yes I'm still reading! THIS IS AWESOME! You rock CW!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Oh, and PS, nice shout out to the Bob and Doug version of this song!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterTrevor

Musically excellent, funny, a great callback to the yoopers, and some awesome wrecks. I give it two thumbs up.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDanger Boy

FA-LALALA-FABULOUS! What a great post! I was laughing so hard by the time I reached five super fun guys...takes me back to middle school science. My 3 yr old son saw the candy cane cake and said "Mommy I want a spider web cake like that!" I told him they where candy canes and he just said "Oh" and walked away. LOL!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterGiana

#6 is the reason I shouldn't read Cake Wrecks at work. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

I think the "reindeer" look like Zero, Jack Skellington's dog.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMorgi

I LOVE it!!!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKelli

Was I still reading? I sang the whole friggin thing!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterM. Guziewicz

The Slimey the Worm cake is awesome!!!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLisa

BEST HOLIDAY SONG EVER!!!!!!!!!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSam

The funniest and best ever post.
Thank you for a good laugh after a very long night at work.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Bravo! Bravo!!! Can #1 record this for us to add to our Seasonal Collections?

And those reindeer/thestrals kinda look like Zero, Jack's dog in Nightmare Before Christmas...

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterQueen Julian XIII

Love the "fun guy" bit! Unfortunately, that's my dad's favorite joke...

And Slimey!! I've nearly forgotten about him!

Fabulous post, as always. Made my day so much more fun!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterphantomessj

Hilarious, guys! And thanks for the Bob and Doug MacKenzie reference. This post made my day and put me into the Christmas spirit(s)!
Merry Christmas, eh, hosers!

from a Canadian Fan

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

HaHaHa...this is my new favorite holiday song! I saw your calendars in the mall yesterday. Walked past the booth and thought "oh, that should be a cake wreck" and it WAS. Sweetness : )

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSuperCampCook

I was compelled to sing the entire post. Not sure how it turned out...

And PLEASE tell me the "beer" that appeared in the first day spot was a reference to the Canadian version of this song!

~Jenn H.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterTornadoBaby

Bahaha, thestrals.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterBarb

I sang every verse! (Even tho I couldn't pronounce one of the 'shroom ones)

Love. This.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAngie

Argh, stupid typo. I meant to say "I love your site!" Although, I must admit I DO love you, site...*wink* erm...yeah...*clears throat*
so...yeah? how about em Paypal links?

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterangelalim

You and John have WAY too much time on your hands! And we love it!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDonkaloosa

Best post ever.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJay

This was wonderful. Please make sure it is in your next book! This rates right up there at the top with your recent Star Wars/Trek et al post!! Truly epic!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSandy C also in SoFla

The strange white creature on the kiwi one resembles Zero from The Nightmare Before Christmas to me... which doesn't make any more sense.

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

That's great! (And yes, we were still reading!) :) Happy Holidays to both of you!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterjilly-bear

Hey! You dropped the ball (or flotsam tree) on #8 - I was all psyched to see what you would come up with next! Of course we were all still reading, please give us some credit as loyal followers, as if!
And amazingly, #10 doesn't load on my computer ?!?

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKaren Valinda

The ones with the kiwis? Sorta look like greyhounds. Or Zero, from Nightmare before Christmas. Which sorta fits in with the Christmas theme. Sorta.

Jessica

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJessica

those raindeer/thestrals looked like the Star Wars robot soldiers...you know what I mean, I'm sure. From the first episodes, not the last ones. Any body with me??

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterkrystina

Oh My God, I desperately want a birthday cake covered in cute little Slimey the Worms! Look at his happy little face!

December 16, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterBrilliantpants

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