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.
Now, don't you have a photo you want to send me? ;)
November 16, 2008 Car dealers here in the U.S. could learn a lot from manufacturer Skoda over in the U.K., because THIS is how you do a car commercial:
If you're as fascinated as I am, you should also check out the video on how they did it. There are more details there than the one minute ad could show, and it is AMAZING.
[insert obligatory joke about cakey car wrecks here]
Thanks to Thea L. for sharing the link!
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Reader Comments (112)
This is one of my favourite adverts. But it makes me hungry.
Whoa! That is so cool! I just called my husband in here to see it too. What an excellent idea for a car commercial. I love how it actually makes a sensible story and moves at a watchable pace.
I get first dibs on the steering wheel!
That's absolutely amazing!
Sherice
That was so cool. I especially like the making of video. Bravo!
I'm glad you decided to feature this one- my favourite advert ever when it came out.
I'd choose the cake car over an actual skoda any day though ;)
Wow! I went and watched the "full" video...WOW.
Amazing! I've long believed Skoda to be the best car in Europe. Now it's confirmed.
how totally cool is that!!!
I want that car - even if I have to push it! And I'm thinking I won't because it looks like they remembered everything. What about fuel tho? Milk perhaps?
Uh oh...
Word verification: "reepomac." Maybe in this economy I should rethink the purchase.
Alixandra Hice
http://casahice.blogspot.com
OK, that is seriously cool! You can have your Skoda and eat it too!
http://nothing-like-it.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Robin
Wow, that is awesome! My husband wants to know what kind of millage it gets. ;-)
OMG...a Skoda! I've driven one (in the Czech Republic). The cake car is probably more sound. :D
That is simply amazing!
aaaah - that is so awesome I got a little teary with joy over here
- Emily
www.candycalamity.etsy.com
WOW.
What's the worst thing about the ad?
The fact that apparently (This is only what I heard) the lights did something which meant they couldn't eat it later.
I actually met one of the guys in this advert (hes the one that 'trips at the end) He's not a baker! He's an actor!! Still, fantastic cake. It's a nice car as well.
That was pretty cool!
That's incredible!!
omg, that's amazing. How? How? How??
It's simply amazing what people can do with cake.
(Dare I hope that I'm the first commenter?)
I love that at 00:05 they're adding lemon zest to give it a nice "flavor"... Maybe, in addition to the "making of" there's also an "eating of"....? Hey, somebody save me a fender, I always like the fenders!
This commercial is broadcasted all over Europe not just the UK
That is made of awesome and win.
Wow, Wow, Wow! What a lovely Spectacular Sunday cake. Thanks for sharing.
Wonder what they did with it once it was all done??
My favourite bit is definitely the golden syrup being poured into the engine as oil. Yum!
is amazing....... Should be a two hour Food Network special!
I want that car! The cake version, not the metal and fiberglass version.
Now that's the kind of car I want!
That is absolutely wonderful!
Interesting challenge for the makers but seriously, what a incredibly huge waste of good food...180 eggs went into that and then the whole thing was thrown out because it went bad under the studio lights.
Cool to watch it being built, but what a shame, hey?
THAT WAS FREAKIN" COOL! Question is...who gets to eat the cake..LOL
I really liked this advert when it came out... Then they showed it a trillion zillion times. I've had to trash my Sound of Music CD, which I'm sure sent sighs of relief across the land! lol But I can't even enjoy the fact that its cake anymore!
Dave's Wife
Man, I haven't seen that advert in *ages*. Old, but still absolutely awesome.
Darn it.. it keeps sticking about 1/2 way through. Maybe it's my system. Will try back in a bit.. can't wait to see the end result!
You said it, and I don't think I can say it any better: amazing!
Wow.
Just.
Wow.
(in a good way)
Julie Andrews + Cake = SOLD
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing it.
~Lena
Absolute brilliance!
What talent and precision.
I only hope all that cake wasn't wasted after though.
Brianna McCarthy@Passion.Fruit
http://briannamccarthy.blogspot.com
wow that's just wow and they threw it away after the commercial. That's just the biggest waste of cake but wow.
Holy cow, that was amazing!! The video of extras is incredible!!! Thanks for posting!
http://all-is-on-writing.blogspot.com
AWESOME! Except that it's for a Skoda, of course... =D
My favourite bit was the chap trying to get the wobbly jelly tail light into place. =D
If I ever see one of those I'm going to want to eat it.
Yeah ,I love this advert. Evertime it comes on I get urges for cakes and golden syrup!
That was awesome!
The music is the best part! I love me some Sound of Music!
P.S. Are you ever going to post Sunday Sweets of Disney Cakes? I need inspiration for a Disney wedding!
-Diana
I get stuck with just a plain ol' car. I'm sure that, if I had that, I'd also be saying...
"I can't believe I ate the wHoLe thing!"
WOW!
See, this sounds cool until you realise that most of the cake went to waste because the studio lights made it go funny. Now it's just sad. I hate to see food wasted.
Neat bit of crafting, though.
The lengths some people will go to just to get their cake on this blog....