Monday
Jun272011
Literally In A Class All Their Own
June 27, 2011 It's a good thing graduation season is winding down, guys; I think the nation's Wreckerators need a little break:
I honestly thought this was a tribute cake for a CW fan.It wasn't.
And if you're skeptical, allow me to show you this next gem:
I know I should be focusing on "where hat would be," but really I just want to know what the squiggle under Connor's name is. A stethoscope? A funky P? Or - for a little irony - is that where the hat should be?Or how about this one?
I'll give you two guesses what the "junior league logo" looks like.This last one is a little hard to read, so I'll transcribe it below:
1st line: Help, I'm stuck in a wreckery.2nd line: No, seriously. Get me out of here.
3rd line: [indecipherable sobbing]
Thanks to Nick L., C.S., Shannon D., & Tanya G., who think that last baker needs to pull herself together; she's gone all to pieces!
Reader Comments (44)
Teacher said this is
On my permanent record,
so it *must* be good!
You know... it's getting to where it's not even fun to laugh at these people anymore.
Almost.
*snicker*
I think #3 is the only cake I've ever seen that congratulates a logo.
Way to go, Sogie?
Or should we turn to the left?
Dang, these directions!
With such amazing decision-making and interpretive skills, these people are clearly just decorating cakes until they can gear up for their congressional campaigns.
WV: bessi -- "Sorry, but it was the bessi could do."
I found cake #3 very informative. Before this,I didn't know what the Junior League logo looked like.
It might be helpful if more "decorators" labeled the items depicted on their cakes. How many times have we looked at a cake and asked, "Is it a baseball bat or is it a penis? Is that an adorable puppy, or is it a pile of poo?" An artfully piped label would clear up any confusion.
yah know, the piping skills are good, its the handwriting and spelling that wrecks these cakes
red icing on chocolate is not an easy to read combo. does that say "soviet"? "swicl"? I'm so confused. "underneat dat"? they can't spell "that"? is it shorthand bakery slang? but hey, they got "Congratulations" right. for once. I'm trying to decide if that hat looks more like a UFO hovering.
#2: I guess they didn't want a hat. "2011 where hat would be"? so they put a hat where it doesn't belong, as in, on the cake at all, and they write instructions. Then spell "congr2ts?" maybe it's just the reflection...
#3: the cupcake brigade makes it sound like each "line" (as in row of people) is getting praised. Does each "line" get their own row of cupcakes?
Ahehehehe
hey get ma site n ur cake wrecks are amazin !! kepp it up !!
It's a bad combination in the bakery to have a literal minded decorator with an order taker that can't spell....
And at least the last one's not a CCC! (It's always good to look on the bright side, right?)
Are you sure they're not doing this on purpose?
It's cup-cake Boggle! How many words can you make using five cup-cakes or less.....
Didn't the fourth line merit any praise?
I read the first cake in the tones of Bob Marley....and who are the Sogie 7?
First line thank you second line for this great blog third line it brightens my day!
I just want to know what one would say when one picked up one of these wrecks? I mean, I can't think of a single nice thing to say to someone who did this to a cake...and I am an especially nice person.
The first cake I think has a Germanic name, I know a person whose name is Sigi, a diminutive of his full name. The second cake squiggle is an abstract design representing an artist palette. I always enjoy the morning Rorschach.
First line: I can't get enough of this site.
Second line: Underneat dat there's more than one cake out there with 'underneat' written on it unintentionally.
Fourth Line: I can't count.
Fifth line: Congradulashins!
The squiggle under Connor's name is obviously the signature of the artist. They are only allowed to sign their work once they finish their apprenticeship and become a master.
But on the bright side, the word "congratulations" is spelled correctly!!!!!! Progress...of a sort...one step forward, two steps back.....
wv-ounes: verb (archaic), to possess -- "Who ounes this cake?"
Cake Wrecks,
Thank you for bringing joy to my life.
Sincerely,
a lil' bit of cake
The handwriting and design on the first cake looks a lot like the "I want Sprinkles" cake. Like almost exactly. Do we have a repeat wrecker?
Many who frequent this site wonder, why is there no end to the wreckery? I've stumbled upon perhaps one of many answers...
I had been visiting a cake decorating supply store in Long Beach (CA) for a while, and noticed that most of the regular patrons speak English but only as a second language, if at all. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a bleeding heart liberal (per my husband) and wish only the best for anyone who desires to make an honest living, but hey, if anyone who isn't fluent in basic English, much less possess basic critical thinking skills, finds him/herself in a line or work that requires a little bit of both, then the product of that person's labors is fair game for us fans of unintentional icing- and fondant-based humor. (I myself speak English as a second language, and hey, I don't hesitate to make fun of gringos who get my language wrong, so there...)
Is that a set of stumps in the logo?
The set of squiggles under Connor's name look like a cocktail to me. I know I'd need one at that point if that were my cake!
a Karen
My two year old granddaughter could have done a better job on the cupcakes.
Cake #1 even outdid your (1st line)
original! It also (2nd line)
has "dat" for "that." (3rd line)
Sharon (my name)
Who gets the "OB" cupcake? I'll fight ya for it.
wv: cempula. A cempula message-a getsa screwed-uppa.
Are you sure that 1st, 2nd and 3rd lines aren't some sports term like "defensive line" or "front line" or "congo line", and each "line" was getting it's own message? Because that would be a totally cute cake.
#1 2011, check. 'Way togo'; Togo should be capitalized. 'Sugiel'? 'and underneat dat'; transparent attempt to get on CW. 'Congratulotions'? Er, uh...
#2 looks like a ransom cake. The wreckerator should be Terminated.
#3 At least there were no extraneous quotes.
#4 I'm conflicted here. On the one hand, the person with the bag spelled 'congratulations' correctly (click on the picture) and used the correct ordinals. On the other hand, there is the whole 'line' thing and the general wreckiness.
I'm thinking last-minute phone / fax / email order for a grade-school 'graduation'. Every time I contemplate that concept, I empathize with Mr. Incredible.
*sob*
I thought the first one was a CW tribute at first too.
*sob*sob*sob*
Soooo close. Cakes 1-3 were actually quite nicely decorated and lettered. (I'm pretty sure I recognize the source of cake #1).
#1: I'm reading that as "Sugie!" although it really does look like a 7. Can't believe there's another "underneat dat" cake that wasn't deliberate!
#2 Well, "Congrats grad" does avoid notorious spelling difficulties, particularly when it's very hard to read. As for the squiggle, looks to me like they're disgusing that weird sideways "V"
#3 so, so close. But hey, I now know what that logo looks like! (I liked the idea about labelling all cake designs until I realized it'd eliminate half the fun of the design disasters).
#4. OK, it's not a CCC, it's separate cupcakes - check. There's chocolate, so sins can be forgiven - check. There's horrible lettering and then writing in that it's different lines - FAIL.
Those cupcakes are hilarious! I'm having hard time choosing which cupcake I want to eat. It's a toss up between "TUL" and "AR!". But the best part is how they're not even consistent in spelling out "GREAT"! Row 2 has "GR" and "EA". Row 3 has "GRE" and "AT". Ya know, just for variety!
You should make a deal with Hallmark to make graduation cards with Cakewrecks on them. I would definitely give some to my friends and their siblings.
I wish morons would stop breeding. They are the reason I don't like to leave my house.
I'm sorry. I'm on a low carb pre-opp diet and all I see are things I want to shove my face into.
Line 1:dang, choked on my wine.
Line 2: San Francisco wants to do away with homework.
And underneath that.. That bodes well for the future of Cake Wrecks.
WV:- Well "flobaso" my cake!
Corina ;-P
WV: unteduln - the omnious *Dragnet* theme, spoken... as in, *I'm here to pick up the graduation cake I ordered.* - unteduln, unteduln teduln
*Nooooooo!*
Merry from Annie's Book Stop/Sharon, MA
I was actually really disappointed when I picked up my step-daughter's graduation cake and it was perfect. I was truly hoping for a hideous, cake-wreck worthy cake to add some spice to the party.
the last one o.O
it's not even a dreaded CCC (patoeey) and yet one of the most horrific things I've ever seen
thanks for the nightmares (insert sarcasm here)
to quote an old Arnie movie: you shouldn't drink and bake
-Barbara Anne
For reasons I can't quite explain, today's examples kind of just made me angry.
(repeating to self: "it's just a website, I should really just relax...")
I thought for sure that first one was an homage to CW. It sure reminds me of a certain cake from the first book lol. I hope now that graduations are done these poor tired wreckerators can now focus on something else aka wrecking Halloween cakes lmao.
Ha ha the cupcake translation was great! Where do you get all these cake pictures? They're great!
Srsly. That's just plain dumb.
The first one just has to be a CW Tribute Cake.
It just...has to be...?
Oh...dear...Lord.