Flotsam Plops
April 27, 2010 The concept is simple: take an otherwise passable cake, and then stick a completely unrelated piece (or pieces) of plastic flotsam on it. Voila! Flotsam plop.
Oh, and when I say "completely unrelated," I mean "completely unrelated."
And lo, unto us a carrot cake is borne. And high, we suspecteth the Wreckerator was. Eth.
Care to pick a pack of plops?
The migrating guitar herd strikes again.Here's how you pander to fanboys and fangirls everywhere:
No, no, it's not a blue dog - it's a BAT dog. Sha-pow!Plus, that upside-down bat logo tells us he sticks to the ceiling!
Bringing "downward facing dog" to new heights.Perhaps you don't think these examples have been ridiculous enough, though. Nooo problem. What would you say to Dora the Explorer's head stuck in another doll cake's lap?
Go ahead. Try and imagine that's just the world's largest, creepiest belt buckle.Personally, I'd say "Hola, Dora! S-O-C-K-S!" Because that's all the Spanish I know. I never learned what it means, though, so here's hoping it's not something dirty. (Although, frankly, that might be appropriate here.)
I have some thoughts about the snowman in the gal's lap behind Dora, too, but for all our sakes I'll leave that to you guys in the comments.
So, just how bad is the flotsam plop epidemic getting?
This bad:
Because even cake sold by-the-slice needs accessorizing.And Superman beats everybody at bowling.
Katrina S., Lisa K., Dawn, Frzn D., & Jane D., "flotsam plops" is officially my new favorite phrase. Flotsamplopsflotsamplopsflotsamplops. Heehee!
- Related Wreckage: Totally Cheating
Reader Comments (87)
Bowling + Superman = Awesome!
As evidenced by the fact that the last picture is on someone's kitchen counter. Meaning they were so impressed with the combination, that they bought the slice. That's just plain good marketing.
I think the carrot has...erm...a disease. It should have an ER nurse next to it.
"Eso si que es" (S-O-C-K-S) means "That is what it is"
I was hoping the first one was announcing the birth of a Naked Mohawk Baby, cause THAT would have made sense!
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In that first one, the angel is waiting for the mohawk baby carrrot jockey savior to be born.
That carrot cake reminds me I need to put out some more cockroach traps.
By the way, in Spanish "S-O-C-K-S" means ... but of course, you know what it means, or you wouldn't have written it here. It's part of a famous joke, which I will leave to the other 80,000 Epcotists to write here. Ich bin ein Berliner.
Eso si que es means "That's really..." so you need another word like...Wrecktacular!! Dory is very scary >:(
I don't know, it looks to me like the fork is winning . . .
And we all know: forks + bowling= win. That's just simple math.
EEEEEEEK!!! Was that the end of Dora???
Glad they're finally selling forks with the cakes... even if they will have some frosting on them.
It looks like the little mouse Jerry is excited to be at the bottom of the dolls dress! ;)
Wow. That's some tough Cake Grrrlll Clique! Can't you just hear the head Heather?
"Bring me the head of Dora The Explorer!"
Chills...
[p.s. obscure pop reference is to the movie "Heathers", lest anyone think I'm picking on them.]
Hey, let us not mock other people's religions. Sure, maybe you and I don't understand the religious significance of that carrot, or why it needs to be herald by an angel, but I'm sure there's a good reason.
After all, I've had some cakes that were religious experiences - they just didn't involve icing carrots.
You realize there IS a Bat-Dog right? Technically, he's a Bat-Hound named Ace. Yep, Ace the Bat Hound. Of course, he wasn't blue, but that's another story.
Oh, and the Bat Symbol upside down merely means he's Satanic, not that he sticks to the ceiling!
Because Superman beats everyone at bowling! ROTFL!
I love that someone other than me remembers the S-O-C-K-S commercial. (Granted, I shouldn't be surprised that you'd be the one to remember and reference it.)*
Also, not only would Superman beat everyone at bowling, but you could write an entire (bad) comic around him going bowling. It would be a charity bowling event, where donations are made per pin, so it's vital that he knock them all down. Most pins would just be crushed by the force of his throws, and any really stubborn pins could be knocked over with his breath. If he ever got a gutter ball, he'd just fly around the world fast enough to go back in time for a do over. Of course, Lex Luthor would try to spoil the whole thing by replacing the hand chalk with kryptonite dust. Umm...maybe I'm spending too much time thinking about this.
*You were referencing that commercial, right? Otherwise, I'll feel kind of stupid.
that last one looks like they were trying to cove up the fact that there wasn't any frosting in the MIDDLE!
The dora 'belt' is actually plastic rings. A shop in england called greggs has them on top of fairy cakes. But they look good and yummy not like some odd belt thing
Most of these are grotesque, yeah, but I really don't see anything wrong with the second one. I take it to be a birthday cake for a guy who's really into guitars, and decorated appropriately -- what's the problem?
Part of my job in little Metropolis, IL is to come up with new Superman merchandise to sell to fans and I never once thought lets stick shield flotsom ina slice of cake next to a bowling pin. I can't say as the local grocery store ever has either.
I thought the last one was a last-minute attempt at a "Super-Bowl" piece of cake...in perfect CakeWrecks style, of course!
That carrot looked more than a little phallic...maybe it was a "Heavenly Experience" cake?
Baffling is an understatement.
Don't look down on flotsam plops! If it weren't for plastic items placed randomly on cakes we wouldn't have the naked mohawk baby cake.
Susan
I am missing the S O C K S reference. Please help a clueless girl out!
Maybe the BatDog cake is celebrating the birth of a lovechild born from the marriage between Ace the BatHound and the Cookie Monster?
Really? Jerry? Of all cartoon characters....really? I feel that his position in this montage of tag-a-long skirt people is....disrespectful.
Oooo.....boy, The carrot-heralding angel cracked me up, I want the dog to be saying the traditional stoic "I'm Batman" and that next one with the princesses?
Is she supposed to be giving BIRTH to Dora? Or is she just poking her head out while hiding in her skirt?? Either way, tres disturbing!!
It's a superbowl cake, whose wreckorator has done way too much free association therapy!
Superman and bowling. Life is complete.
There's another, more fun, translation of S-O-C-K-S.
"Eso si! Que es?" translates as "Yes, that's it! ...What is it?"
Really? Jerry? Of all cartoon characters....really? I find his position in this fleet of tag-a-long skirt people....disrespectful.
"The world's largest, creepiest belt buckle." Love it!
And I think "S-O-C-K-S" is the perfect reaction to those weird princesses and their lap occupants.
That's taking religion back to its roots.
WV: flarp = the sound I make upon seeing these cakes
Quite honestly, I'm surprised that wreckreators are so knowledgeable of pop art.
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Sarah, that makes perfect sense for this site! esp. for spanish speaking fans.
Jen, you're commentary is especially hilarious today!
meanwhile, that carrot looks like the "product" of someone who's been eating too many carrots... Maybe it's the constipation fairy come to help out those with bowel trouble?
Personally, I like "BAZINGA!!!" more than "SHA-POW!!!"
Back to the wrecks, I really think the individual cake slice gets overlooked quite often when it comes to decorating...I'd really like to see some fuzzy pipe cleaner animals with googly eyes or maybe some dried flowers, cause really, the plastic flotsom is just so mundane :D
Does that say "speciality" above the doll cakes???
@Jennifer, "S O C K S":
There was a radio ad in the 90s for a product purporting to teach Spanish with simple techniques. This was given as an example, and translated as, "that's what it is."
I don't remember the entire commercial, but I do recall a certain radio personality with a short-lived TV program being puzzled when his audience called out, "eso si que es" when he was saying something about Socks (probably referencing then-President Clinton's cat).
"But grandma, why is there so much *flotsam* on that cake?!"
"The better to CHOKE you with, my dear!"
Bwahaha :) You know, this post just serves as a reminder that nothing whets my appetite as do random, distracting plastic pieces in my food.
Also, Eso si que es = SOCKS. Rolling on the floor... lol :D Brilliant!
Love the S-O-C-K-S! I have a few years of Spanish behind me and had no idea what you were talking about!
Actually, S-O-C-K-S means
That. Yes. What is it?
Eso - That
Si- Yes
Que es? - What is it?
In the joke, the man is pointing to a pile of socks and wants to know what the word is in English because he doesn't know it.
Hey, hey, hey. What's life without the Holy 'Root'?
Or am I just being wholly rude?
Why does it seem that beautiful writing, such as on the migrating guitar cake, is always paired with WTF-ery?
I think the Bloo Poo Bat Dog would exclaim "Shhhi- Poooey!"
-goodfood4ursoul in VA
"The migrating guitar herd"
Love it--hilariosity!!!!
NOW-- are they winging (or stringing) their way East, West, North, South, or just straight to Hell, is what I'd like to know.
As for Little Miss Green Dress with the snowman "icon"...
It *could* be that she represents the growing trend toward frigidity among doll cake decorations. There's "cause celebre " for everything, these days.
=^-.-^=
Fun, fun, fun! I love this!
Flotsam yes: however, flotsam is not deliberately thown in or on, so where's the ship wreck from whence this came?
I guess plops aren't very plopular.
I actually get why some of these are on there...they're stupid plastic junky ring toys that are extra "goodies" for the kids eating the cake. And having seen a gaggle of toddlers go crazy for otherwise crappy cupcakes that have Sesame Street rings jammed in them, or even my own kid look longingly at the bins of character rings at the cake supply store, I can sorta kinda understand the desire to shove 'em anywhere that fits.
That being said, it's lame design-wise. And nothing excuses upside-down-bat-dog.
Why *four* guitars? And why are they tied to yellow balloons?
At least all the letters in 'birthday' seem to be there...
The angel is announcing to the carrot that it is about to bear a naked mohawk baby that will save the bakery...
I thought this site was about posting private bakery cakes, not those from chain store bakeries. I recognize a Publix (southeast grocery chain)label on one of the cakes (yes, I am that fat, lol). I dunno...these all look like grocery store cakes to me ://.