International Failure Day Gets CAKE
October 13, 2015 Barb E. asked for Navy icing:
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She got it.
Cindy M. just wanted the initial "G" for her 14-year-old daughter - but I guess that was TOO simple?
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Jen and Pete asked the bakery to include paper plates and plastic silverware.
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Pauline ordered a cake that said, "I hate you for leaving!"
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...but sure, that's close enough.
Holli T. wanted the number 10 written as a number: "you know, with double digits."
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Part of me hopes Alexis gets a great nickname outta this.
Charli C. made the mistake of telling her bakery who the cake was for:
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THANKS, GUYS.
And finally, Jared C. asked for rainbow sprinkles.
How do you mess up rainbow sprinkles?
Oh, like this:
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Happy International Day For Failure, everybody!
Thanks to Barb E., Cindy M., Jen & Pete, Pauline R., Holli T., Charli C., & Jared C. for the head bangers.
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Reader Comments (25)
I have to give the "Paper Ware" cake a teeny bit of credit for selecting flowers that are edible, however, they should have selected ones that didn't shed. Also, the HUGE rose looks silly next to the teeny asters and just weird plopped on the top of the cake. Finally, what is with that border??? It has very large "shells" at the close edge and much smaller ones elsewhere. It's as if the decorator realized that he/she was working with the last little bit of frosting that there was and decided to make the rest of the shells smaller to stretch the frosting...who knows? What's weird (in addition to the "Paper Ware") is that they were capable of putting a very smooth finish on that buttercream.
And what's up with the background colors on Double-Digit Alexis's cake? Ewwww. And it might just be one of those dreaded CCCs--ptooie!
I want sprinkles!
Wow-take away the board, and that Lego/Star Wars cake is pretty awesome! So close...
Well, it is the US Navy's 240th birthday today, so, let's all have cake with Navy icing!
G 14! Bingo. Wait a minute. If there's anything worse than a bad cake decorator, it's a Bingo cheat. There is no G 14. Get out of Dodge.
The rainbow cakes aren't bad, even if they're not what the customer ordered. Maybe they should have made sure the decorator had the receiver up to his remaining ear.
This should be a lesson on dealing with bakeries: Don't include any extraneous information. If you only want a "G" on your cake, don't bother telling them it's for a 14-year old. If you aren't having the birthday person's name inscribed, don't bother telling it to the baker. Doing so only increases the risk of confusing the order-taker and/or decorator and, as the "rainbow sprinkle" cake demonstrates, they are already confused enough!
At least Taylor's cake can be fixed by wiping the extra words off the cake board; the cake itself is really quite good looking!
The "paper wear" cake is hilarious, talk about missing the point by a mile!
Seriously?!?!?! On that last one SERIOUSLY?!?!?!
A bakery that messed up the sprinkles part????? How is this even possible????
I'm imagining Pete and Jen in their toilet paper finery.
I feel the same way about extraneous information. In fact, I'd sometimes like to see what the actual order form looks like. If you order a cake over the phone, then you're taking your chances. But why would your either write or say "double digits" if you didn't want that on the cake? That having been said, the flowers on that cake aren't bad but, otherwise, LOSER, you know, with capital letters.
@Mary Kay -- I had to go back and look at the picture again. I totally missed the shells of unusual size.
[On a side note, I was looking at Knott's Berry Farm's website this weekend for the season pass prices as I can't afford DL now. In their "Guests with Disabilities" section, they categorize some of us as "Guests of Exceptional Size." While I'm always game for a Princess Bride reference, I'm a little disturbed by that label.]
That last one shows why some people should just step away from the airbrush. The colors aren't even in the correct order. Even elementary school students know about ROY G. BIV.
The g7 countries are pleased to welcome seven more countries to next years summit. Oooh look! The US brought cake!!
Not only are the airbrushed rainbow stripes in the wrong order, they're in a different wrong order on each cake. Consistency is the key to selling you lie, so I've heard.
I loved seeing the GIF from "The Road to El Dorado," one my daughter's and my favorites!
@Zippy, I shall now be referring to myself as a guest of exceptional size everywhere I go. I'm not THAT exceptionally sized in the US, but by golly, I like it.
On the Paper Wear Cake, I think the shells are bigger on the bottom because gravity is thicker there. It has to be, to hold things down.
I re-read the directions for "double digit Alexis" and didn't understand them. I'd have screwed that cake up, too!
I've missed this place!
Wow now I have seen everything. A bakery that can't do rainbow sprinkles? Or even decent rainbows for that matter lol. Wow. My brain exploded at the thought.
We've missed you, too, Jodee.
Well come back, Jodee.
@Just Andrea: Jen ultimately decided to go upscale; paper towel gown and lovely disposable tablecloth train for her, classy "college-ruled" pinstripe suit for Pete.
Happy 914th Birthday, Gina!
@Zippy--You are the FIRST person to ever comment on one of my posts--I feel so proud. Thank you.
But then,
@Nanalettie, let me down (LOL) -- Gravity. Uh huh. It makes me think of George Carlin saying that the cherrios at the top of the bowl (in your sink) get stuck there because they are closest to the sun.
@Eoin, "remaining ear" -- hahahahahahaha.
@Jodee--great to have you back!
And at this point, I shall just sign myself off as a "Guest of Exceptional Size".
'Double Digit Alexis' ha ha ha. thank you for creating this blog!!!!