When Wreckerators Take the Fall
October 23, 2009 I may be sitting here with the A/C cranked in the southern swamp affectionately known as "Florida", but I have a feeling that Fall will be here soon. And lest we have any doubts, some bakeries have taken to posting helpful weather updates on their cakes:
Next week they're debuting "Bring a jacket; you'll catch your death in this chill."We don't have any of that in Florida. (Pine cone pile, anyone?)
That's ok, though; with cakes like these, I don't think I'm missing all that "mulch":
Ah, you don't often see this level of technique used! You see, dragging a knife through icing takes confidence, a steady hand, and the kind of technical know-how that knows exactly which end is the pointy one. [nodding seriously]Still, no matter how you slice it, those skills pale in comparison to this...
...feather? Spear?Long-necked snail? Worm in a hat? Worm in a skirt? Garden trowel? Underside of a snorkeler's leg?
Hey, I could go on all day. I suspect, however, that Zoey K., Hap C., & Brady want me to make like a tree, and get out of here.
- Related Wreckage: Fall Fumbles
(Note: If you now have Biff on the brain, congratulations! You're a geek! Now go watch this funny song he sings as a reward.)
Reader Comments (112)
The last picture looks like a geoduck.
TXravenNM
What makes me the saddest is that I already used that line earlier this morning as a joke. My geekiness has been confirmed.
WV: noide
I'm not a noide, I'm a geek!
Ok, I admit it! I'm a geek. Michael J. Fox was hot then and is hot now. "Back to the Future" ref is FTW!
Cherries? My guess is that they're supposed to be apples. But who has apples and pumpkins the same size? And how much pseudophedrine do you have to give an apple and pumpkin to look that happy?
That second cake! They nuked Oz!!! Oh, the Munchkinity! *Sob!*
The dancing cherries and pumpkins on the first cake are kinda cute but…where in the world do the cherries get as big as pumpkins?!?
The last one? That’s a turtle. Walking away from us. With, um…tummy trouble.
^..^
WV: spedsol. "*Sniffles!* I spedsol much dime on dis site, I'b dow behimb in by work. *Sneeze!*"
I love how you left the most obvious guess off that last cake....Geoduck!
Jen, You are hilarious
I can't wait to log in every morning to see the days wrecktastic wrecks.
You have to admit that the first cake was beautiful printed-AND spelled correctly!
...I'm having trouble (and am troubled) by the last cake..can we say octopus tentacles, anyone?
"McFly!"
Man, I love those movies! I still want a Delorian with a flux capacitor.
I think there is a fungus among us.
LMAO...I totally thought of Biff. That song is hilarious- I didn't know he was doing comedy.
I have never been afraid of leaves, but after seeing these "cakes," I might be.
I think the tree claws have ears... Creepy.
Ok, not only were the wrecks sublime today, but the bonus song was a total hoot!! I would say the red blobs were supposed to be apples, maybe? Eh, I'm not a cherry fan. And those tree claws give me the shivers too! (Apparently we don't get fall down here in S Texas either. Bummer.)
WV: learic: Those trees in the first cake make me learic of walking in the woods!
make like a baby and head out?
I think the last one looks like a geoduck! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoduck
~Randi
OK, so the wrecks were funny today but that video of Biff made me laugh so hard I almost cried!!
The first cake with the trees isn't so bad...except for that awkward text. Couldn't they just say "Happy Fall!" or something?
That last one looks more like someone used a leaf as TP...
Why yes, I did immediately think of Biff. Scary.
I thought the last one looked like a snail that got stepped on and then went moldy.
It took me a minute to realize that the pink thing on the right-side tree was supposed to be a knot-hole. I thought the decorator had dropped their gum.
What do you mean it's not fall in Florida? It's only 82 degrees at 10:00 this morning! (Which is way better than the 92 degrees it was 2 weeks ago!)
Love your blog...I just finished reading every post. Took me three days (while dealing with a bad cold, working, and taking care of my 5 month old and 2 yr/old)
Love those trees...remind me of a recurrent nightmare from childhood.. eek...
Definitely a long neck snail is the perfect description for # 3.
Keep up the great work/wrecks. I am going to have to look at the bakery section a lot more closely from now on...
Now I've got to find your book"
Well, up here in the massive corn field affectionately known as "Indiana," these bakers are a step or two behind. Fall is already picking up her purse and waving hello to winter as he clocks in, baby.
The third cake is clearly the elusive poo-necked turtle.
LOVE the "Back to the Future" quote! :-)
On the first cake, my 8 year old daughter was standing next to me and kind of screamed from the way the trees looked and said, "They should have put an exclamation point." And I couldn't agree more. :-)
Those are some autumnal masterpieces right there. ::shudder::
I am in South Florida, hating that we dont have fall! :( But loving these ridic. cakes.. haha. Thanks for the AWESOME blog, read it every day!
C
Also melting in Florida, but add pouring Gulf Rain to the temps. Forget cake today ! I need AIR to breathe!
Welcome back from the land of the ill!
Woohoo, another geek point! Three more and I’ll finally reach 12th level. That’s the one where I get the Esoteria Bibliocrypha feat, which allows me to name geek references by their episode, scene, or issue number.
Also melting in Florida, but add pouring Gulf Rain to the temps. Forget cake today ! I need AIR to breathe!
Welcome back from the land of the ill!
I'm pretty sure those are apples. Cherries are a summer fruit.
That last one is just plain UGLY!
Cake #1, I see even Freddy Kruger takes a vacation.
Cake #3, interesting species of sea slug you got there, although it looks like someone ran over one end.
nice 'back to the future' reference! those "fall" creations were hideous!! i think i'll stick to getting my weather updates via the internet :)
I would just like to say, thanks for my reward! lol
Katie
The first one isn't that bad other than the claws (and the cherries being the same size and pumpkins..I mean, even if they are supposed to be apples...). The second shows that one cannot even make a successful lumpy maple leaf with a cupcake cake. As to the third cake, I think you have said it all.
Oh heck, I am utterly terrified of worms and slugs, and I cannot look at that last cake - it's freaking me out!
Maybe someone should have added red icing dripping from the menacing tree hands (?) and a red "not" in between "will" and "be"-ya know, to go along with the whole Halloween season...and maybe to explain why there were tomatoes (wtf?) on the cake. That definitely would have been an improvement and bonus hilarity.
That last one is just so sad. So wrong, so..wrecky.
~Amy B-H
"Underside of a snorkeler's leg" is a good interpretation for the last one.
It also reminds me of a geoduck (a clam with a huge "neck"):
http://www.timwing.com/geoduck-1.htm
I think another entry in the manual on how not to wreck cakes, though, would have to be "Always be very careful about making cylindrical objects with flesh-colored icing."
the tree hands are kinda scary, you sure it wasn't for Halloween? The last one is a fancy tree spatula...for scooping up nuts.
"Biff" was on Psych last week.
Squigdly: That was totally my first thought! The claw trees of death can hear your every step!
I agree, the tree claws look more like the kind of trees that reach out and grab unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. The pumpkins are kind of cute--maybe they're made to give a false sense of security? "Come iiiiin children...."
The leaf almost makes it. ALMOST. Get rid of the green blob and we might be in business.
The last one...nice colors but uugggh what is that tubular thing? (no on second thought I don't want to know)
Like the varied hues of fall foliage, fail comes in all sorts of degrees. Wreck on!
Drat, several people beat me to the geoduck comparison. At least that supports my assertion that that's what the last cake looks like.
the last picture looks like some sort of fungi...
ROFLAWM - That Maple Leaf CCC looks like a mutant carrot.
You should totally make a mole day post with chemistry/mole cakes!
(It's National Mole Day!!!)
OMG as if I didn't already love CakeWrecks enough, you go and post a BTTF reference! You're my hero!!!
Thank you very much for the Biff reference...LOVE those movies!!! In fact...now I have an overwhelming desire to share my geekiness with my kids (even more than I already have) and introduce them to Back to the Future 1, 2, and 3.....are 6 (almost 7), 9, and 10 too young for these movies.....hmmmmmmm.......