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? ;)
November 29, 2013 ;)
Rest in peace, "Thanks Giving."
Now outta my way, gramps, I NEED THAT COMBINATION OUTDOOR GRILLING SPEAKER AND MASSAGE PILLOW.
Thanks to Kristin D., who didn't feel like coffin up the dough for this wreck - and I can't say that I blame her.
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"I'm thankful I can be done being thankful for the stuff I have so I can acquire some new stuff. Turnip Twaddlers are on sale!"
Staying home today. I want to live.
The cake looks as if it were made out of charcoal briquettes. I wish I could see more of the reflection of the person taking the picture, because I think I like her boots.
=^-.-^=
I have questions;
#1 Why have Americans stuck with Thanksgiving at the end of November when the weather is miserable, right, East Coast dwellers? (In Canada, we have it the 2nd Monday in October. The leaves are at their most colourful, and it's really nice then.)
#2 For the past 2 weeks, the TV ads on both sides of the boarder have been screaming, "BLACK FRIDAY!" at us, but very few words about being Thankful.
Food for thought… not cakes.
I know I always feel most thankful when presented with a dirt cake with half empty flower bed on it.
@Sharyn: I'm staying home, too, but fortunately was able to get some Turnip Twaddlers on-line, and at a really good price. Opps, gotta go...my fanny fell off....
I'm staying home with Sharyn. If I can't get a good deal on a C-section cake, it's not worth going out...
Sharyn, I'm with you. And now they're starting Thanksgiving night. When I drove home from my friend's house last night, I had to stop and think about taking a route where I could avoid the most shopping areas possible. Another new tradition.
The 12 Days After Thanksgiving
On the first day after Thanksgiving
My True Love gave to me
A sandwich made of turkey
On the second day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
2 scoops of stuffing
And a sandwich made of turkey
On the third day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
3 mounds of mashed potatoes
2 scoops of stuffing
And a new sandwich made of turkey
On the fourth day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
4 gobs of gravy
3 mounds of mashed potatoes
2 scoops of stuffing
And another sandwich made of turkey
On the fifth day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
5 onion rings
4 gobs of gravy
3 mounds of mashed potatoes
2 scoops of stuffing
And still another sandwich made of turkey
On the sixth day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
6 candied yams
5 onion rings
4 gobs of gravy
3 mounds of mashed potatoes
2 scoops of stuffing
And yet another sandwich made of turkey
On the seventh day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
7 sides of cranberry relish
6 candied yams
5 onion rings
4 gobs of gravy
3 mounds of mashed potatoes
2 scoops of stuffing
And one more sandwich made of turkey
On the eighth day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
8 buttermilk biscuits
7 sides of cranberry relish
6 candied yams
5 onion rings
4 gobs of gravy
3 mounds of mashed potatoes
2 scoops of stuffing
And – how big was this bird – an extra sandwich made of turkey
On the ninth day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
9 green bean casseroles
8 buttermilk biscuits
7 sides of cranberry relish
6 candied yams
5 onion rings
4 gobs of gravy
3 mounds of mashed potatoes
2 scoops of stuffing
And – you won’t believe it – again a sandwich made of turkey
On the tenth day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
10 stomach rumbles
9 green bean casseroles
8 buttermilk biscuits
7 sides of cranberry relish
6 candied yams
5 onion rings
4 gobs of gravy
3 mounds of mashed potatoes
2 scoops of stuffing
And – enough – more sandwiches made of turkey
On the eleventh day after Thanksgiving
My true love gave to me
11 Tums for m’tummy
10 stomach rumbles
9 green bean casseroles
8 buttermilk biscuits
7 sides of cranberry relish
6 candied yams
5 onion rings
4 gobs of gravy
3 mounds of mashed potatoes
2 scoops of stuffing
And – where does it end– a double-decker sandwich made of turkey
On the twelfth day after Thanksgiving
I took my true love out to lunch
Where there was no turkeeeeeeeey!
Ol’ Thanksgiving’s finally gone,
‘Tis a holiday that last too long.
A whole day just to sit and eat
With relatives you rarely meet?
Gets in the way of Christmas shopping,
The important thing’s to go store hopping.
Plan your route with your smartphone
Shop in packs, and not alone.
You get this and I’ll get that.
We’ll be first in and knock ‘em flat,
Grabbing stuff in a buying frenzy,
(We could give this to baby McKenzie.)
Sets the stage for the holiday season,
After all, gifts are the reason….
We can give thanks anytime
But today a TV’s only a dime.
a holiday for
giving thanks is so passé
it’s embarrassing
what’s next to go I wonder
as shoppers trample good will
Yes, Black Friday has crept over to Wednesday. We live near a massive outlet mall, but we fortunately had an early Thanksgiving dinner so we were able to get past it all before it went insane. Like this cake. Talk about a depressing Thanks Giving cake....
@SuBee For a moment I thought you're living with Sharyn...um......do you?
Oh dear, but that is appropriate if pathetic :/ I am also not shopping today, I am Jewish-my holiday has already started ;)
The best thing about having to be at work today is I can say-no I can't go to the sales, I have to work on Friday. The worst thing about being at work today is NO ONE else is!!!
I am old enough to remember when EVERYTHING was closed on Thanksgiving, and usually the day after-what a sad coomentary on our society when the stores are either open all day on Thanksgiving or open at screamingly early hours(earlier every year) to make a buck.
Greed is gonna get us one of these days.
@SuBee -- Come on over! The more the merrier. We're playing Dr. Who monopoly later, and I ALWAYS have chocolate.
@Skewed View: You made me hungry, full, and sleepy, all at once! Jolly good job! =^~.~^=
I've been awake since 1 a.m. shopping since just before 5. Just got home (a little after noon) and unloaded my haul. I need a nap. Like Thanks Giving I hope I can rest in peace!
Every year I stay home on Black Friday and don't stir out of the house--or, in this year's case, the hotel room. Black Friday shoppers scare the hell out of me. Besides, I do all my Christmas shopping online, anyway--and it's done in minutes and usually finished by the first week of December.
I have a sister-in-law who ALWAYS goes out for the sales--she'll text me at 2:00 am Thanksgiving night, asking what my daughters want for Christmas. I always tell her to be safe and secretly wonder how she got this crazy.
Count me as another non-shopper, although I did order replacement tea on-line. There are lots of things I could blame for the creeping commercialization of the winter holidays, but I won't. Instead I'm going to point that the wreck-of-the-day and laugh like a hyena. :)
My Black Friday tradition is to go to the grocery store. Not a supercenter, a plain old grocery store. They are open but the place is nearly empty. It is clean, quiet, uncluttered, and reasonably well stocked (though they were out of sweet potatoes today). And I'm too full from eating Thanksgiving food for two days, so I only buy what I need. Well, I do check out the bakery items. Can't pass up a slightly dented turkey cake.
@Shirley Fowley: you will need to summon the ghost of Abraham Lincoln for your answer.
I did go shopping at 7 am; the area I went to had national chains (I went to Best Buy, Kohl's and Home Depot), got parking close to the door in each case. The stores all had major lulls. I had lots of time and attention from the sales staff. At 7 am I got what I went for - 3 poinsettias for 99 cents each and a surprise $5 gift for my husband that may not fit him. I returned with my husband around 10:30 to pick up a TV (mine broke back in March) and the lots were fuller, but there was still peace and the lines were not especially long. We also scoped out a new gas range, but that price is not black friday - just a sale until early December. We then went to the gym and worked out and still had energy to entertain friends with wine and a small vegetarian buffet at 5 pm - no cake, it does not go well with the wine we were drinking.
Glad I decided to stay home lol. Sheesh too many people get hurt on Black Friday. Still had no clue what this cake was and I looked long and hard. Brain dead now lol.
Thanksgiving = College Football's "Rivalry Weekend". No shopping required!
@Sharyn & SuBee: So sorry I missed the Dr. Who Monopoly! Let me know when the "Joe vs. the Volcano" Quote-A-Thon is and I'll bring the cheesecake. ;-)