Tuesday
Jan172017
Maps, Minecraft, & Minnie, Oh My!
January 17, 2017 Grace wanted this map cake of the U.S.:
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But got something in a terrible state:
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I'm not sure which one, but I think we can agree all these states are terrible.
Kelly asked for this Minecraft cake for her son's fifth birthday:
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It... didn't square up:
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And finally, Rebecca ordered this sweet Minnie Mouse:
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But instead, got a major mess:
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I can't stop staring at the hair-like black wires. At first I thought those were supposed to be her arms?
I mean, they're not, but now you can't unsee it, either, so... you're welcome. [evil grin]
Thanks to Grace E., Kelly E., & Rebecca O. for ratting Minnie out.
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Reader Comments (66)
It appears Minnie has died (given the state of her eyes) and the baker pulled a Weekend at Bernie's with those wires.
Some of the wires are also holding up the star-shaped charcoal briquettes.
Poor Emma.
If this demonstrates how bakers see images that are right in front of them, it must be that Salvador Dahli's eyesight provided him with a vision of the world that was exactly as he portrayed in his art.
Is Minnie wearing a strait-jacket? Really it looks like her arms are wrapped around her rather strangely. The map, well I kept losing count but I got something like 55 states.
My dear husband just walked by and said, "Florida looks a bit engorged..."
I'm more concerned about New York. Is that Connecticut blocking my access to the beach. Get thee back, Nutmeg State!
Anyway, the second map explains a lot.
Jett is 5 and his name is Jett. He'll be fine with the cake he received.
In regard to the last cake: I believe many people fail to recognize that when the zombie apocalypse happens, no one will be safe including beloved cartoon characters.
Numbers 1, 3, and 5 are pretty good, actually.
Thank you for sharing and honouring babies birthday this year. Xx
I count 56 states on that "US" map cake. It's like they're not even trying!
Out of all of them, the Minecraft cake was the closest. Which is kind of pathetic.
Map cake #1 is missing Michigan's upper peninsula. Guess it fell into Lake Superior!
Map cake # 2 would make a great party game: Name That State, with points for creativity.
In regards to the first two pictures,neither one shows The United States. What they both show is the contiguous 48 states. There are 50 states in The United States of America, Alaska the 49th state and Hawaii the 50th state.
On the bright side, at 5 I doubt Jett is scrutinizing enough to be disappointed by the Minecraft cake - I mean, it does "look" like Minecraft . . .
I tried to label the states. It didn't go well.
http://i.imgur.com/NvERshU.jpg
I count 55 states.
I kind of have to commend the baker on their ability to make it look like a pile of random shapes while also making some of the states recognizable.
It always amazes me how some people think just because they took a lesson at Michael's or Hobby Lobby that they are actually good enough to charge someone for a cake. I mean, actually make someone PAY for their lack of knowledge and skill. OUCH those are sad.
OMG! I stopped counting @ 54 "states" and it looks to me as if they combined baja Mexico w/Florida to get one.big.mess.
I have no words for the second cake.
The third cake - the RAT cake would scare most children, I would think. But that's just me.
ROTFLMAO as always!
MaryO1230
In all fairness, they nailed Oklahoma on the second cake.
Bwah ha ha ha ha! I can't stop staring at that map wreck! I think the only state who didn't get complete botched was Oklahoma, though it seems to have gained in area. I'm from Wyoming, which there seems to be two of on the map. How hard is it to create a rectangle?!
Minnie seems to be constructed (badly) out of hearts. Her head is a black one, her face is a scary one, and her body is two heart blobs, to compliment the hearts on her dress. Yeeek!!
@Lisa: Weekend at Minnie's?
Love the map cakes. On the first one, I can see my state of Arizona.
On the second one I can see my state of Confusion.
About that 2nd cake; Alaska about Hawaii, but the baker might lei.
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Minnie Mouse celebrates Dia de los Muertos. :-p
What is that itty-bitty state between Florida and---what the heck is THAT? And where is Maryland? Oh, never mind!
The decorator of the map cake excelled in her stained glass class but, sadly, failed U.S. geography.
Oh, my poor beloved Texas! What have they done to you?
I think this is the first time in my life I wasn't able to find Michigan on a map...*bows head in despair as I realize my lifetime of finding places on my hand has failed me*
Who knew you could travel from Texas to California and only cross one state boundary?!
Love the plastic hair barette on the Minnie cake.
What is that state between LA and FL?? I think they decorator added a few states in there...
Map cake: That Florida looks painfully swollen, yeeow
Minnie cake: Anyone else reminded of the dog kennel transformation scene from John Carpenter's 'The Thing'?
Wow, Texas now borders California. That will make it easier for us to get to Disneyland!
On the bright side, travelling from Austin to Los Angeles got a whole lot shorter.
But, I think we lost Nevada. Bummer.
I had trouble finding TEXAS (my home state) ~ and if you can't see Texas on a map, something's gone terribly wrong.
With that map cake, what exactly did they think they were doing?? I love the little random state shapes squeezed in at odd angles.
*shaking my head and laughing*
I pledge amusement to the United Cakes of America
And to its free-form redrawing by hand
One cakewreck, underdone,
With laziness and junk maps for all.
Protip: For Minecraft cakes, make the cake that they eat IN minecraft.
I'm impressed that they even managed to botch Colorado. We're literally a rectangle. Well done!
Looking at Minnie, or rather, trying not to....
In The Dark Crystal when they "Drain the Essence" of the Podlings....
Yeah, that deeply affected me as a 5yr old, that's all I can see. The cataracted eyes and their little potato sack clothes....
Need to make a date w/a therapist.
Now we know what the US will look like after the massive earthquake that shifts most of the nation west several hundred miles and creates several new states.
I think all of the upper and lower pennisula Michigan "snowbirds" emigrated to Florida in the second map cake. It's even bigger than Texas! Lol...
What is the small yellow state between Florida and Louisiana? I'm so confused
As a third generation Missourian, I am appalled that I cannot find my home state on this map! Show me the Show Me state!
Could you imagine if southern California DID border in Texas? I've got a feeling California would become Northern Texas
The map cake could have been worse if it was made out of cupcakes so maybe this one isn't so bad?
Huh, when did we add more states? I must have missed that.
How many states are there again?
They've split Ohio in two, or Indiana into 3. Hard to tell.
As far as that wrecky state cake: Ha! Florida only WISHES it could be larger than Texas! (sorry Jen, John, and all other Floridians)
As someone not from the states, i would have no clue that either of those maps contain errors. lol (sorry US people they don't teach us your map in detail)
It makes me so glad that i only had to learn 6 states and 2 territorys lol i would of failed geography
California is touching my fair state of Texas? Ewww, I feel unclean.
What's that little tiny state between the Florida panhandle and Louisiana? And when did Alabama and Mississippi become overlords of the Florida panhandle and Louisiana? I like where Georgia (my state) has a cone shape at the top of the state........hummmmm, someone needs to look at a map, maybe they need the playschool puzzle version of the United States. I tried counting the states and it looks like there are a few more in the lower 48 than there should be..............55, 56?