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What's a Wreck?
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.
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- Jen
October 2, 2008
Reader Comments (104)
Actually it looks like what comes out of my dog when someone STUPIDLY sneaks her table food!!
Plus, that spider looks angry. And scarey. And mean.
Hallie
http://wonderfulworldofweiners.blogspot.com/
How about giant pile of poo?
If they had only crushed up some Oreos and tossed it over that "dirt". :)
...gives a whole new meaning to "no one loves me, everybody hates me, I guess I'll go eat worms"
Thanks; now I'll have "the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out..." song stuck in my head all day.
Poor Edward...he's a pretty good guy for the shape he's in.
It looks more like a big pile of crap to me.
Anyway, if you want to make dirt, everyone knows you use crushed oreoes. :P
EWWWWWWW! Eww! Eww! Eww! Ewww!! I do research in digestive diseases and at first glance (even before reading your comments) I said - why are there intestines on that cake?
Tracy
"Older than kidney beans," maybe?
I'm definitely going with brain matter.
Unless it's intestines.
There are some other things that resembles... all of them not dirt, but most of them dirty.
I guess nobody thought to use Oreo crumbles? Would have been much cooler, especially if it included some Gummi worms... mmmmmm....
I also don't get the dark brown shadow over the "dirt". What is that?
The spider addition is just cruel! :]
Maybe it's supposed to be a refrence to zombies and Edward is really gonna want some brains and intestines after he turns into an undead.
Gag. Intestines is right. I've never seen dirt like that.
~Amy B
Ewwwww
Ya know, I was just innocently eating my breakfast and looking forward to my daily CakeWrecks read....
Now I may forgo lunch!
:)
EWWWWW!
Well, I actually think the idea of the cake, and the handwriting is cute- I love the way she used brown & black icing, it gives a little extra. But how exactly DO you make icing look like dirt? I think I would have been thinking more out of the box and dusted over my icing "dirt" with crushed cookies or graham crackers- but then again, I am no professional cake decorator.
I love frosting more than anyone one I know. but that cake has turned my stomach. The dirt looks like ... like...poop! And not from a healthy person or animal. Oh god and the SPIDER. I have arachnophobia. There is no way I would ever eat that cake. This is about as disgusting at that foot cake! * rocks self in a corner while crying *
Does the person who bought that cake love Edward or not?
I had a hard time thinking that someone order a cake to look like that on purpose. Especially someone who loves a family member.
I mean the joke is funny but the delivery (in bad cake form), needs work.
Looks like a combo of brains and intestines to me, Jen.
Peace,
Clueuin
Yeah, I thought it was poo at first. Who wants to eat poo? Well, besides my dog who eats her own....yuck!
I'm a cake-a-holic, and I would have to swear it off if that were set in front of me! UGH!!! It looks completely unappetizing and creepy! blech!!
Kim
http://kimstepsoffaith.blogspot.com
Kinda looks like lots of little kidneys!
Loving the site!!
Wait. 50 is older than dirt? I thought 50 was the new 40.
And why oh why are there green flames coming out of the intestine looking, brain matter, not dirt?
It takes some sort of awesome chemical reaction to create green flames using copper sulphate.
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If I need a good laugh - which is multiple times a day - your blog never fails me! Thanks.
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Kelly
Ewwwwww. I vote for intestines. Or poo. Or poo in intestines. Either way, not apetizing!
Actually, it looks like earthworm poo to me!
And what is that dark brown shadow that looks like it's rising behind the "dirt"?...
Happy Birthday, Edward, here's a steaming pile of sh*t!
Looks like somebody ruined the cake with baked beans...eew.
I'd have to agree with others who've said something about cookie/cracker crumbs.
@team serrins springfield: Yeah, I kinda took offense at the reference of 50 being 'older than dirt' than I did at the brainpooguts all over the cake itself! It is intensely ugly, though. (I say here as I am eating a slice of coconut layer cake...which is yummy!)
I'm frightened.
I mean really, when there's a big pile of doo-doo on your cake, why bother piping so nicely in white along the bottom edge of the cake? And frankly, why bother centering the name on the cake either? At least this decorator realized the second of these two.
Whoever made that "dirt" was pooping it out pretty consistently, at least. Look at that lovely uniform line at the bottom. Mind you the two grass-tufts on either side give it rather an aquarium-feel, which would mean the dirt could be some squirmy sea-life. It's such a happy cake though with that blue sky. The spider is a nice touch - a bit of early Hallowe'en?
Kat
My first thought was intestines also!!! YUCK!!
I think it's more along the lines of an overflowing septic tank. And What is going on with the word spacing? A shame because the writing itself isn't all bad.
I'm thinking that it looks like a corpse covered in stones... which is no more pleasant than intestines or dog poop.
I might've tried brown sugar for the dirt. That is, if i had to make this cake at all, which i would've given anything to avoid. ;)
My daughter looked at this cake and said "Wow, that spider has laid a lot of eggs!"
It looks kind of... fungal. Maybe the dark brown airbrushed shadow is the dirt, and the light brown stuff is some kind of forest fungus growing on it. Mmm, mushroom flavored cake!
At least the writing is nice!
:O
Would the poor old dear be able to eat it, or would he die of a heart-attack or something?
Yeah, I thought perhaps a hill of beans (still done badly, though).
How depressing. You're "old" AND there's a spider in your cake.
Definitely intestines. No doubt about it.
clearly it's pinto beans, and the caption should say "Edward: 50 and still full of beans."
I thought it was going to be a post about an intestine cake when I saw the pic without reading anything. YUCK!
I'm w/ the looks like poop crowd! Could be intestines although they are actually a little pinker (or at least healthy ones are!) than that.
Also w/ the crushes oreos crowd. Would have made a world of difference!
Gosh, dirt could have been so more easily done with crushed chocolate cookies than with icing entrails!
Even chocolate smudges and a few candy rocks would have been better!
Chrissy
I'm going to have to go with kidney beans on this one, just because the more accurate descriptions are making me not want my breakfast anymore.
Ugh. It looks like what happens when someone gets food poisoning. Pick an end, any end, it looks the same >_<
LAND FILL?
"Would anyone like a piece of poo...I mean cake? Anyone? Anyone?"
turds or brains either way nothing like dirt... GAG YACK GROSS.
Yeah at least it didn't say "You're UNDER the dirt!" I was thinking a big pile of baked beans.