Confessions of a Cake Wrecker
October 15, 2008 Cake decorators are an interesting lot.
For example, some of them find this site absolutely hilarious...until they see their cake on it.* Others find the very concept of Cake Wrecks repugnant. Still others - and these are the ones I love - realize that Wrecks are a part of life and therefore nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, some of this rare, wonderful breed even submit their own cakes. Huzzah! That's the spirit! Why get cranky over a Wrecky creation when you can share it with us, generate some laughs, and be a proud Wrecker for the day?
With all of that said, today's Wreck comes from Alison, owner of Alison's Cakery in NC. Like most Wreck creators, she usually makes gorgeous cakes. She writes:
"I was asked to make a baby shower cake for a very non-traditional mother, [but] she had her baby 3 months premature. In a moment of brilliance (or insanity, or sleeplessness) I decided to make a 'surprise baby' just exited the mommy early, kind of like a new year's baby coming out of the cake. After a bit of time modeling I was pretty satisfied with my finished product."
And here it is:
[nodding] Very nice, very... er...hey...wait a second....can we zoom in?
AAAAAUUUGGGHH!!!
I've heard of losing your head over a pregnancy before, but your arms and legs, too?
Fortunately, Alison has more to say:
"I showed the cake to one of my associates, who said it looked like an alien bursting out of a decapitated mother's funereal body. Needless to say, this topper did not stay."
No, really, it's not that bad...
[checking photo again] Er, ok, yes it is.
Not to say that the alien-bursting-forth concept wasn't a good one, though. I mean, at least the mother's decapitated and dismembered torso has clothes on.
Alison, you just keep wrecking on with your bad self, girl. And bakers, I hope you've all learned a valuable lesson here today: submitting your own cakes to Cake Wrecks could get you free advertising. Oh, and always have an associate double-check your work. ;)
* My idea for an apron: "It's all fun and games 'til it ends up on Cake Wrecks!"
Reader Comments (147)
Ahhhhh! Ahhhhh! O.O
Creepiest. Cake. Ever!
Though it reminds me of some sound advice my science fiction loving mother gave me: "Never watch the movie 'Alien' while pregnant."
Alien birth, no legs, no arms, and to top it off...you should excuse the contradiction...no head!!! Oh well, it's like the late Marie Antoinette once said, "Let them wreck cake!" Whaaaat?
I think it would have looked pretty cool if she had made it look like the dancing baby on Ally McBeal...
AHHHHHH!!!! It reminds me of when I was little and got traumatized by accidentally seeing a scene of "Alien"! EWWW!
Not to mention I was born by C-section..
And what's with the apparent decapitation and dismemberment?!
*curls into fetal position*
Well, anyway. I love those beautiful colours. I find the top of the cake highly disturbing, but the rest is lovely.
Way to get in the spirit of Wreckery, Alison! The rest of your cakes are amazingly beautiful!
My four year old took one look at that cake and said: eeewwwwww!!!
It's a universal horror.
I too am a friend of Alison's and remember this cake! And I have had some of her cake and it is great!!
I think you'd find some of my cakes VERY inappropriate. That's part of my charm, inappropriateness. www.scrapblog.com/chelsij
Good for her for finding the humor AND asking for coworker opinions. Score!
BUT, minus the headless and legless woman with a baby busting out of the belly, it is a gorgeous cake!
AAAAH! AAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAH!
Um, I don't know how many of your blog readers are also readers of the Twilight series (vampire romance books), but in the last installation, Breaking Dawn, **spoiler alert** there is actually a scene quite a bit like this...
Maybe your cakewreck friend will actually get MORE business making cakes like this than she originally thought! Lol, freaktastic!
As a recent recipient of a c-section, this cake makes my scar hurt.
And I'm another one who doesn't care for all the black icing. I like the color black, just not on food.
What a great sport! YAY Alison! And good job on getting a second opinion!
It looks like the baby just won, "Little Miss C-section Horror 2008". What's with the sash? I just don't think I'll ever be the same...
When I first looked at it I thought, "Oh no.... Mr Bill"
Vague reference to early 80's humour. Looks like a naked Mr. Bill popping out of the top of that beautiful cake. "Oh no..... Mr Bill" indeed.
This cake was hilariously FREAKY, (coming from someone who had a baby 3 months early) and I can say that this cake would have made me cry at my shower.
Did she use the Venus of Willendorf as a model for the mom figure?
I loved the cake! The topper would send small children and pregnant mothers running from the room though. I thought alien baby bursting forth from a corpse too. lol scary stuff! But I would definitely use your bakery if I were close by, the rest of it is gorgeous!
I just learned about your site recently, what a great outlet!
Can I make a horrible looking cake on purpose just so I can send you a picture? Haha
www.twoalmostmavens.blogspot.com
Thanks for adding hilarity to our lives!
Beth
It is like a scene from Spaceballs! WTG Alison! I love it.
Yay for the wrecker. Glad to see there are still some people out there that know how to laugh at themselves. ;)
I had a nightmare when I was pregnant where this exact thing happened to me. My baby came early and just popped out of my side. It really freaked me out in my dream . . .
I actually rather like it. Then again, I'm a fan of the Aliens movies and find this cake hilarious. :)
Either way, it's a very well done cake!
Kudos to the baker/decorator for being able to laugh at herself. :)
Apron:
Is that some kind of hex or are those cake wrecks!?
I had a flashback to that movie "Species II". And now I'll have nightmares. eeeeeeeesh...........
The next time I give birth, I totally want a cake with a baby ripping through my abdomen. What more could a gal ask for?
Am I the only one who at first didn't realize that it was a woman's body? And instead thought the pink thing was...um....lady parts where babies normally come out of? no? that's just me? oh....
ohhhh sick!
But they had the smarts to change the topper. There is some sanity left in the world after all.
Its like revisiting my nightmares from my first pregnancy!!1 pregnant ladies have weird dreams tho.
If you're not making any mistakes, then you're not learning, you're coasting.
Be adventurous. Take risks. If you're not certain of the success, ask a trusted friend or coworker for feedback.
oh my gosh, hilarious!
You have to make those aprons! and sell them, I'll be the first one to buy. btw, I love your blog. I read it every day at work for a pick me up. It's all the fun of cake, and no calories :)
not to mention SHE'S NAKED too!!!
Where can I get a Cake Wreck apron? :)
I'm going to be laughing about this one for DAYS! XD
OMG, this is so hilarious I can't stop laughing! And if you really do have aprons made I know at least three people I would buy them for for gifts! I just hope they'd still make me cakes afterwards....hmm, better think about that.
But, seriously, you are hilarious. The cakes are funny but your commentary just makes it so much more. Thanks for the laugh!
hahahaha that is one sad case of a 'birth'day cake
This cake does look beautiful, minus the baby on the top.
Finally! Someone else who says "Huzzah!" My friends just don't get me.
Unfortunately, this has happened:
http://www.wftv.com/news/6253589/detail.html
Unfortunately, this has happened:
http://www.wftv.com/news/6253589/detail.html
That's so wrong on so many levels... O__o
Delurking to say that I clicked through the link to Alison's Cakery website... and she's in my town! That is so random! Yay Wilmington, NC! :)
Crazy. I might just have to check her out for my wedding cake. But uh, no baby cakes. Uh-uh.
Also, this is a great site, love it. :)
oh my I really looked at it and it lookedlike a c-section gone terribly wrong!
OMG... I laughted so hard I cried. Really that was the natural thought progression for a premature delivery... ROFLMAO... whooo that would be a great Twilight cake for those in the know.
I pretty much FELT like that after giving birth...but I'm thinking that cake was designed by one bitter woman!!