Any Occasion Will Do
September 24, 2008 I'm the type who thinks cakes are good for any occasion. Apparently, so are the people who ordered these:
After all, how often do you get to congratulate someone on "completeing" their jail sentence?
Wow, that often? Ok, never mind.
(Say, are those orange things supposed to be flowers or carrots? Either way, I'd be sorely tempted to stick some plastic babies on them.)
Alright, for those of you who are being congratulated: make sure you always thank the ones with the fat checkbooks.
Yay appropriate quotation marks! And thank goodness the decorator didn't choose to take a more literal approach to a cake celebrating potty-training.
Pete and Pete's lady, this one's for you:
So Ladies, here's a tip:
Be sure to buy your man a cake
When he gets the ol' snip-snip!
Yeah, I know: I missed my calling as a traveling troubadour.
Thanks to Wreckporters Monique R., Kyla S., and Stephanie P.!
Also, in the interests of full disclosure: the Bail cake was a gag. The others are legit, as far as I know.
Reader Comments (105)
This website does make me wonder - what won't someone write on a cake?
You just made my day - I'm laughing as I type! This blog never ever ceases to amaze.
Hallmark needs to catch up with a line of cards to go with these cakes. Say, you could write the verses inside!
as a mom of a newly potty trained kid, I wholeheartedly support this reason to eat cake! I felt like throwing an entire party!
Seriously? Wow...
OK that is a little bit much. Some people need better things to do. WOW...that's all I have to say!
See, now that's what I forgot after hubby's vas. A reception with cake!
~K
These may win my vote for my favorite cake wrecks post ever.
LMAO!! That's awesome! I'm going to have to remember the vasectomy one ;)
When my daughter was potty-trained, she got to choose new underwear. I guess I didn't realize the occasion called for a cake...
Haha, I sent a picture of that last cake to my husband. His response was, "Does that cake say what I think it says? Congratulations on not plaguing the earth with any more of your seed?"
Wow! Little did I know I was supposed to buy hubby a CAKE!
Maybe it's not too late.
(Hilarious cakes, per usual!!!)
I thought it said 'fail sentence' at first. Don't ask what that means, because I don't know, either.
Only goes to prove that there's no wrong reason for a cake. I guess? LOL
~Amy B
The last one has me cracking up.
But yeah, if you are gonna get thrown in the pokey, definitely remember to thank those who sprung ya.
Maybe Pete's first crop of kids were such nightmares that his procedure was a cause for celebration throughout the neighborhood?
I do hope you are going to issue a Wrecks 2009 calendar. Please be sure to include all those lesser-known holidays so we can order cakes for them.
Wreck on, cake decorators, wreck on.
I'm kinda surprised the vasectomy cake doesn't have little sperms swimming around on it.
We're a cake loving country, and these just prove we're willing to use any excuse to snarf down buttery sugary goodness.
I'm guessing the decorator of Pete's cake is of the male-type persuasion, as the handwriting attests to an unsettled state of mind.
Oh, can I have the piece with the potty? I don't think that cake could be any less cute. Where's the fireman cake when you need it?
Hysterical, as always! Thanks for my daily laugh! =)
These are great. My kids missed out I didn't realize potty training was a cake occation, but we have had cake for so many other occations, First football game of the season, first missing tooth, first E on behavior report card (that was hard for my son), Oh and just because its Sunday cake.
I agree with JL Scott: what *won't* someone write on a cake?
It seems like any occasion calls for a cake. I got out of bed this morning! Where's my cake congratulating me on that? ;-)
These are just priceless today. This is one of the best posts yet. I'm never surprised by what people will put on a cake!
I think all news should be given in cake format.
Just imagine how much more fun it would be to get "Sorry 'you're getting' the death penalty"
well Jail sentence could be an inside joke...like maybe they quit a job they hated or retired. Or got a divorce? I dunno...but leave it to people to literally mean Jail sentence.
I can get behind the potty training cake and maybe even the jail cake, I mean, felons like cake too right?
But the vasectomy? I guess it's the least you can do to make your husband go through that but I don't remember getting a cake when I gave birth so why is he special? I'm not bitter, I promise. ;)
OMG! I love the idea that someone posted about a Cake Wreck calendar! I would buy 1 for me and 3 for the bakers I know. Problem would be picking just 12!
All I can think of with the "Congrats on competeing [sic] your jail sentence" cake is the cake from Back to the Future. I forget exactly what it said but it was a similar sentiment for Marty's uncle.
Hey... any reason for cake is a good reason. Hummmm.... I DID get out of bed this morning!!
I look at that vasectomy cake, and all I can see are those two lonely blue roses in the corner.... :(
Ok thankfully I'm not the only one who thought the "j" in the "jail sentance" looked almost sorta kinda like an "f."
Thank you Kara! (earlier commenter)
Sept. 24th is National Punctuation Day! So, thank goodness that you were able to post a cake with the correct usage of quotations for this very special day.
MsFrisby
I just realized what a terrible friend I am. How could I NOT have gotten a cake for my friend when she got out of jail??? After barely surviving her own emotional hell for 2 months, I really should have gotten her a cake. Dang.
Get out of jail cakes are so 1985! They did one in Back the the Future for Uncle Joey.
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Absolutely priceless!
I second the calendar idea - you've already got 10 on the favorites list - and four more here! Maybe the bail one belongs on the cover...
Thanks for making my day - every day!!!
Tracy
So... who has to eat the toilet bowl piece?
Kara, you're not alone. I thought it said 'fail,' too.
As for the potty cake (potty,cake, potty cake, baker's man...no?) I think I'd rather just hand the kid a cupcake or something as a reward. There are some things I just can't imagine sharing out loud with enough people to consume that cake.
In re: the vasectomy cake, a friend of mine recently announced his wife's fourth pregnancy and his intention to get a vasectomy pretty much simultaneously. I wonder what the cake at the shower should look like? I'd ask Miss Manners, but she would just say that a fourth baby doesn't get a party simply for happening.
I had someone come into the bakery where I worked and asked me to write, "Congrats you're HIV free!" Every occasion is an understatement.
-Jen
haha. Well I'm gonna throw a "congrats" party for my BF when he gets out of prison.
It's only a matter of time before we see a "Sorry to hear about your diabetes" cake.
I thought the jaunty orange decorations on the first cake were a nod to those colorful prison jumpsuits!
I'm a cake decorator and you would not believe how common potty training cakes are. Personally I think it's a little over the top.
Toooo funny !!!! I'm with Marie---can I have the piece with the potty?? For thirty years I have cleaned that potty...
Can you imagine picking up and paying for the "Bail" one?? Yikes.
It is tempting to have a cake made that says: Glad that test came back positive !
Wow, I'm really glad I'm not the only one thinking an entire cake to celebrate potty training is a bit much.
Though for extra fun you could combine that sentiment with a Teletubby-pies theme, and make potty training that much more educational. Blue #40 in... blue #40 out!
Am I so out of touch that I didn't realize that finally being potty trained calls for cake? I am just a horrible mother I guess. I wish I had gotten a cake for my C-Section. Oh the images that come to mind!...
...kids get rewarded with cake for learning not to pee in their pants? No wonder they grow up with a massive sense of entitlement.
"Mom, I didn't hold up a convenience store and kill a man while stealing his car, today. I think that's worth at least two tiers, right?"
(I kid, I kid 'cos I love)
aaah too funny, I wish I would have thought to bake my husband a cake to go along with his bag of peas....hilarious!!! I think i might just do that still....
What is it about the round cakes that makes me want to put my face directly in them? They always seem somehow tastier-looking than the others. Must be a hangup dating back to my first birthday party...
Like kara, I thought it read "fail sentence." So I assumed it was one of those situations where the cake decorator wrote the actual instructions on the cake. Then I wondered what the heck "fail sentence" would mean. Maybe it was a case of bad penmanship? Hmmm. When I realized it was "jail sentence" it didn't seem so ridiculous!