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? ;)
August 20, 2013 This:
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Now available in cupcakes!
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Oh, and while we're at it...
BROADWAY OCTOPUS WANTS TO SING:
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[[jazz tentacles]]
BOW-TIED OCTOPUS WANTS TO LIMBO:
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FATALISTIC OCTOPUS WANTS TO CARTWHEEL:
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"This will end in tears."
And, uh, Derpy here just wants a hug:
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"Derp!"
Thanks to Rebecca S., Kristin S., Diane H., April R., & Lesley M. for joining me in a rousing rendition of "Octopodes have EIGHT legs, bakers. EIIIIGHT!" And now... jazz tentacles!
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Reader Comments (76)
MMMmmmmm....parsnips...
@Craig: Snicker if you must, but I'd take a nicely sauteed parsnip (or any rooty-sort of thing) over an icky, gooey, sticky and blue-pooey mess like those up there, any day! Although no one could ever *accuse* me of being a health nut if they saw me drowning perfectly healthy little veggies in buckets of melted butter and shoveling bread crumbs over them...
=^-.-^= mmmm That chicken sounds good, too. I call the skin!
@ majime.koala: (RE: jazz tentacles: "let's all go practice in front of the mirror.")
Sounds great! I gotta go grab my leotards...If I'm not back in five minutes, start without me.
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@Craig ("...they put an ad for an entree on a dessert item. It's as if they know that shoppers are going to get the more important item first") BINGO! Welcome to the Brave New World of "targeting"...Big Brother is watching us all...
=^e.e^=
@sendingtheclowns ~ Well done my friend! And great job @Joan too!
I know that frankenfood is getting out of hand, but pink octopus cupcake rotisserie chicken? Well, as long as I don't have to cook.
I've never heard the word Derpy before. That made me bust out laughing!
As the wreckporter for the drunk octopus cupcakes, I think I can explain the label. My local grocery store puts ads on most of their deli/bakery items for their rotisserie chicken and other ready to eat deli fare. *Jazz tentacle exit...
Bow-tied octopus is actually rather cute!
As the wreckporter for the drunk octopus cupcakes, I feel I should explain the rotisserie chicken label. My local grocery store puts ads on almost everything in their deli/ bakery section for their chicken and other deli fare.
You guys can make any day better.
* Jazz tentacles exit
If it was really Derpy, wouldn't those be muffins?
Gotta admit, when I first saw that I thought it said Jazz, uh, part of the male anatomy that looks REALLY SIMILAR to Tentacles....
Got to watch out for the drunk octopus coat hook. He's known to throw sucker punches.
@Rebecca
"My local grocery store puts ads on almost everything in their deli/ bakery section for their chicken and other deli fare."
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AND it says "Why cook tonight?" as well. Took me freaking LONG enough, but at least now it makes sense, in a "trip them first, then help them up" sort of way. They have you taking something that you didn't even know you wanted! Maybe I really was born yesterday; I feel like I'm getting dumber by the minute! Bloody hell--I come here to laugh-not to get edjeekated! Now, stop that! =^~.~^=
Wow! That first one was just A-MAZE-ING!! That beautiful metalic sheen, the gravity defying tentacles and the cool cake board that looks like distressed molding. WOW
That belongs on Sunday Sweets and it is NOT a wreck (so take that, Theardare dear!).
I even like how the scrawled writing looks like pen- it's so flat it doesn't look like icing at all...
That third one: Elmo as seen by someone on a drug trip.
I agree that the orange one's a crab. I have spoken.
Joan, great job!
sendingtheclowns, you are in fine form today :D
Lol I guess wreckerators just don't care how many legs an Octopus has. They make their own creatures and just want the rest of the world to pay for the catastrophes that ensue. Now to show my hubby so he can have a good laugh.
I'm afraid I may have been infected with some deadly (but amusing and kinda fun) "fake-song virus" ...
(Sorry, Stevie!)
(At least she'll never see this abomination!!)
"Stop Draggin' My Cake Around"
(song: "Stop Dragging My Heart Around"-Stevie Nicks)
(Only part of it; thank your lucky stars!)
Baker, you'll come knocking on my front door...
Same old recipe that you used before.
I said yeah well what am I 'sposed to do-?
I didn't know what I was getting into!
Well you've had a little trouble in town;
Now you're keeping some yeast cakes down.
Stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my cake around!
It's hard to think about
what you've baked, and
It's hard to think about what you've burnt.
This doesn't have to be a big unleavened...
This doesn't have to be any bread at all!
I know you really want to tell me to die-
I know you really want to be your own cook.
Baker you could never hook me up with pie...
Yeah you buckle with the weight of the dough.
Stop draggin my
Stop draggin my
Stop draggin my cake around!
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Somebody--pull the plug! Please! =^0.o^=
http://wondermark.com/538/ Jen, steampunked, just for you.
Aw, darn! As much as I love Tom Petty, I forgot to even give him ANY credit for "helping" me with my "tribute" (against his will / knowledge, at that! Maybe I should just shut the heck up and hope that I don't get cited or sued for my libelous attempt to *impersonate* actual sane people.) =^0.0^=
Points for "octopodes." Well, if that was the original composition, and not an edit? Greek word, Greek plural.
As for the "eight" thing, though, well, I agree again, despite the science program I saw a while back that showed a "rare seven-limbed octopus."
I just can't shake the feeling that Bow-Tied's texture was made by pressing Lego bricks into the icing.
http://www.rantsfrommommyland.com/2011/08/bathroom-hookers-and-angry.html
Oh wow. Thank goodness for Cake Wrecks. Never fails to make me laugh out loud!!!!
This post made my day. Sure, I'm two days behind in reading it. Nonetheless, my day is made. Thank you, Jen and John and all, for bringing so much joy to the world!!! Octopus high fives (times 8) all around!
Oh Jen. You managed to get a chuckle out of me on possibly one of the worst days of my life. Thank you for the quick shot of humor. I needed it SO much. Derpy here needs a hug, too. *DERP*.
I think fatalistic is a spider. That's the only one I saw with 8 legs. I gave up.
Loved the drunk octopus wants to fight thing was funny.
I love you Jen...jazz tentacles indeed! And you guys are all hilarious; how do you do it?!
*jazz tentacles while limbo-ing*