Fire!
November 7, 2008 Believe it or not, this cake is supposed to look like this:
Well, sort of, anyway.
That deer is staring straight into my soul, and it's totally creeping me out. The smoke column on the side is kind of odd, too, although I like the idea of using sprinkles for ash.
And what could be better than a cake with a demonic deer staring out from the fiery depths? How about one that was sold in California when all the wild fires were raging? Yep. Niiice.
Or, to Wreck it up further, you could always have a dial-a-wreck inscription on it:
That's supposed to say, "Happy Birthday you old bastard". So obviously the wonky heart was the decorator's idea. "Let's see, demonic deer, unintelligible greeting, hmm...it still needs something...."
Oh, wait, that smoke column was supposed to be a tree? Huh. Well, I guess if all the leaves were burned off...
Jenna Z. and Rya M., these cakes are smokin'.
Reader Comments (162)
I first thought it said "Happy Birthday, your old postcard."
Which makes about as much sense.les
Eep!
And was I the only one who read the inscription on the second cake to be 'Happy Birthday your old postcard' and trying to figure out what the heck THAT was supposed to mean???
Oh, lord. It took me until now to realize that wasn't SUPPOSED to be fire. LOLZ.
I don't think it is suppose to be fire but grass that has gone yellow and a tree with leaves that are turning color. The second one even has real leaves on it so you can see.
It looks exactly like a hunting scene to me.
the deer in the second one looks so much better, but why is he being burned? *sob*
lily
See, the funny thing is that when I first looked at it, all I saw was "FU". And then I realized that that was a buck. It took me another couple of seconds to realize that was suppose to be a tree?
The first thing I saw in the first one was F U
Maybe the cake giver was the "old bastard". That would explain the heart too. Like they signed it with a pet name. Maybe. But with the misspelling of bastard, I doubt it.
I laughed so hard I cried! Keep up the great work, Jen, and I'll go buy a huge box of Kleenex.
Rachel
My son's birthday is Tuesday and there is a sick and twisted part of me that hopes his WALL•E cake is a hot mess. This is wrong, of course, as he's only going to be 6 and probably wouldn't find it nearly as hysterical as I would.
This is like the vase/face picture. I pull up cake wrecks and see a smiling deer on fire. Do a double-take and see a deer in alien world's meadow (you know, on a planet where the sky is green and yellow and the tall grass is strangely thick and the trees are like post-modern art). I see both bambi flambe and alien deer.
The second one is just weird. I read it as "Your old, Pastard" Maybe someone is telling the deer he's old and they plan on burning him alive now that he's outlived his usefulness?
Y'all have to start reading other people's comments before making your won... There's about 3 people who have already asked "Am I the only one who read it as 'your old postcard' first?". No, you are not the only one--if you had taken 2 minutes to check you would have known this.
I can't count how many people have pointed out that the cakes are supposed to show deer in tall autumn grass rather than in an inferno, as though no one else had already made this observation. YES. WE KNOW.
I'm having a San Diego '07 flashback!
I would take great offense at being called a pastard. Was this a mistake or did the decorator have a problem with writing the word?
And is it just me or does the deer in the second one seem happier?
Postard...someone who was a tard but is now not?
I dunno...I don't like cakes with eyes on them.
Or OT, ice cream cones filled with icing.
I am constantly amazed how often the word "you" is misspelled on the cakes that get featured. I mean...how difficult is it to spell a 3-letter word?!
I used to work as a grocery store bakery cake decorator. I have made that cake kit before. The deer is a plastic magnet. The brown lines are supposed to be a tree with fall leaves (done with icing, not sprinkles) and that is supposed to be tall dry grass. I don't have a photo as evidence, but my execution of the cake was actually very nice, well, nice for a deer cake. Here's a link to a site that sells the kit, along with a photo of the cake that decorators are supposed to copy:
http://www.basiccakes.com/Shop/cake-kits/deer-head-magnet-cake-kit-dhm-011.asp
"You Old Postcard"? The heck is that supposed to mean??
The grass that looks like fire doesn't bother me as much as the sprinkles on the tree. Are those supposed to be leaves?! What tree has leaves that turn blue and white in autumn?!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who saw the F U on the first cake.
No, FU!
Am I the only one who thinks it actually says "YOUR"? As in, "Happy Birthday Your old Pastard". Could it be saying something like "Happy Birthday! Love from Your Old Pastard" I know, it still makes no sense whatsoever. But I do think I see a definite R there at the end of that word.
. . . so even the people who sell the deer head magnet agree that the deer is supposed to be on fire?
You guys have to click that link. The ad shows a deer staring blankly out above "grass" that is blaze orange with sinuous red cores. FLAMES, FLAMES on the side of its FACE . . .
Is it terrible that all I can manage to see on that first cake is F U???
Jessie, do y'all realize that messages are posted online in groups, that Jen or Mr Jen approve them before they are posted? So many times previous comments are *not* visible when another one is posted saying the same thing.
And who wouldnt want a scary red eyed deer on a cake??
What kind of pastard can't even spell you without putting an r on the end? Seriously?!
I have been checking back on these comments throughout the day and I can assure you, the comments I was referring to were definitely visible early enough for many of the repeat-information commentators.
I've mad this cake before. I hope that mine have never looked this bad.
Yes, as some have noted, it says:
Happy Birthday
[heart = love] your Old Pastard
Hence, a cake FROM the Pastard, not to to him. Mystery solved.
Next question: so who does the Pastard love?
I used to decorate cakes at a grocery store. The deer head is a magnet. The "fire" is actually supposed to be like prairie grass in the fall. This is how the cake is supposed to look:
http://www.decopac.com/detail_16575__7-37.html
I always hated making this cake. If you love frosting this is your cake! All that grass (or fire lol) is a lot of frosting.
ROFL!!!!!!! What a tacky cake!!
I'm inclined to believe Jessie, who insisted "I can assure you, the comments I was referring to were definitely visible early enough for many of the repeat-information commentators."
That's just the nature of humanity.
"What I want to say is important, but I won't bother to first read what others have said."
Ah, the internet...gotta love it.
The top one looks like it says F U.
love it.
So... do those antlers look like chicken feet to anyone else? Just me? OK, then.
I see the FU in the top cake also. Hilarious.
I, honest to G-d, thought that Smokey The Bear had been replaced by some random deer and this was a cake advertising fire awareness.
How else can one possibly describe why a harmless deer is being engulfed by fire? In nice Thanksgiving colours. All packaged up for that fantastic Monday morning meeting with staff.
I'm horrified to think of the small children going up to the glass to smoosh their noses next to the cookies and cakes and seeing their new firewise friend being burnt like some 4th of July hotdog.
Rest in Peace Bambi. Rest in Peace.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw the "F U" in the first cake. I'm shocked that only a few people noticed it. It's the only thing I can see every time I look at it!
The next time I buy a cake for anyone, for any reason, I want it to have "Happy birthday, your old postcard" written on it. This HAS to happen.
I must have done too many rebus puzzles as a child--I read it as "Happy Birthday, your "dear" old postard."
The first dear cake, when I saw it I thought it said F U (The F being the tree, the U being the deer antlers)
So is this where evil deer go after I run them over with my car?
Deer Hell?
i'm going to start calling everyone a pastard. it reminds me of a kind of mustardy bastard. which seems worse than just the regular kind of bastard.
(i got nothing.)
Yes, the deer's antlers look like chicken feet. Or like fat fingers with those black Halloween fake-nails attached.
I officially have The Willies.
Did anyone else see "F U" on the original picture (the tree branches make the F, and the deer's horns form the U)? Are they trying to tell us something?
Pastard? Pastard? Hahahahahahahahaha!
I showed this to my co-worker, who is a hunter, and his remark was, "I can’t help but think that the antlers look like Chernobyl chicken feet or something."
the first cake kind of at first glance looked like it says "F u" the F obviously in the shape of the sad tree/smoke stack area....and the antlers of the deer are kind of shaped like a U...well ok maybe my eyes just see what they want to see.
That first cake looks like it says, "F-U"!
I work at Baskin Robbins and the decorating company we go through has this available.
In the 4 years I've been decorating, I don't remember anyone actually ordering it. Surprised much? Haha
Adrian W.
ok so after talking to my husband he says we have this cake all wrong... he is a deer hunter and he says that it looks more like a tree on the left in autumn hence the multi colored sprinkles and dots of icing. That my also be why it's brown... and he says if you notice the "flames" are all yellowish in color...kind of like a wheat field where deer like to eat. I mean I will say if it is a wheat field shame on them for making it look like flames...but I think my husband might be right about this one.
haha, what i don't understand is... one deer burning in a forest fire on a cake is pretty hilarious and weird, but why are there two?? is "deer burning in a fire with a tree on the left" a commonly requested cake theme for some reason...?