Carrot Jockeys Make Excellent Ground Troops
March 18, 2009 I make no bones about my bid for Wrecky World Domination, and I think you'll all agree that Cake Wrecks is an excellent model for government. [insert joke about Wrecky administrations here]
Anyway, I can tell my evil plan is working, in part, by the number of Carrot Jockeys successfully infiltrating society at large. Here are just a few of the NMBCJ sitings I've had reported:
Here they are flying/gallivanting in classic carrot formation through Mallory H.'s home...
Spreading spelling errors in Ann S.'s...
Terrorizing Jennifer and Krista in their "stealth CCC" mode...
Circling up for a little Jockey powwow over at Maggie H.'s...
And even easing the pain of "workforce reduction" over at Ryan J.'s.*
You know how ELSE I can tell my bid for Wrecky World Domination is working? By winning all three Bloggies Cake Wrecks was nominated for at the Ninth Annual Weblog Awards on Monday. That's right, my loyal wrecky henchpersons, thanks to you Cake Wrecks is "officially" the Best New Blog, Best Writing of a Blog, and Best Food Blog** of 2008. Woot woot!
Next stop: Disneyland. That's right; I shall not rest until I've ridden the Matterhorn enough times to make myself physically ill. And that, my friends, is a campaign promise. [nodding seriously]
*In case you're wondering what that is, Ryan explains "We had trouble finding anything like the babies from the infamous cake screw-up, so we used a rubber fetus we had laying around. Don't ask me why we have a rubber fetus hanging around." Roger on that, Ryan; I won't ask.
** As sweet as victory is, the fact is I've never considered CW a "Food Blog", and feel undeserving each time an award site places it in that category. So allow me to to give a shout-out to the other, more appropriate, nominees in that category. If you like to cook, or even to just read about people who do, check them out:
Chocolate & Zucchini
The Pioneer Woman Cooks (Also the winner of Best Blog of the Year. If you haven't already, go see what all the buzz is about. )
Bakerella (The one, the only.)
Reader Comments (105)
Wow. Just ... yikes. I KNOW it's the stuff of nightmares, but I think I'm going to need therapy after that CCC.
But hey! Congratulations on the awards!!
I read yesterday that you had won in all nominated categories. Congrats three times over!
Love them all, but the last one looks like a penis sprouting from a chile relleno.
Congratulations on all points! I adore your blog. You are that to which I aspire.
The cupcake monster looks strangely like Jabba the Hut.
I hate all these cakes so. much. Except, guess what? The CCC is actually the least nasty to me this time around; the person looks more like a skeleton, and somehow a skeleton riding a carrot is less disturbing than a naked baby riding a carrot.
Never thought I'd even ponder the possibilities...
I have to go back and remember the first carrot riding babies.
Oh those are great, but the first 2 lacked the most important carrot jockey element... the mohawk!! Get it right wreckers ;)
http://www.yemiipic.com/russian-cake-art.html
not related to the jockeys, but interesting stuff.
kristyn
I suspect that the "Birfday" is an intentional misspelling, probably an inside joke.
"Penis sprouting from a chile relleno"
That just made my morning!
birf-day...never seen it spelled wrong that way!
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DB
Not being familiar with this strange concept of babies riding carrots, I too thought that was a penis poking out in the last pic.
You know, the Powwow cake looks more like a hot tub party to me!
I have several friends on the web who do "happy Birfday," so I think that was actually intentional.
Congratulations!!!!! :)
WOW, a lot of babies riding carrots. HMMMM, who's idea was that. They should be fired for that one. YIKES, hilarious. I would cry if I was given a cake like that.
Love the carrot jockeys! It's always been a favorite of mine. However, I am disturbed by the CCC, not only because it is a CCC, but the baby is terrifying! WTH? However, I do applaud the ingenuity of both the CCC and the rubber fetus since they couldn't find any naked mohawk babies. It's the thought that counts.
wv: rellyze I didn't "rellyze" the last one was a rubber fetus at first.
I first thought that Ryan's cake looked like a kayaking fetus. After reading Jeanne's comment, I can't see anything but a chile rellenis. Hahahaha!
Once again, this site is better than coffee for keeping the morning moving!
That CCC made me laugh SO HARD just now! It's a good way to start the day!
Normally I might be amused by the laid off cake, except I was just downsized. Now it's just sad I didn't get a cake. And I don't know who first created the baby-riding-on-a-carrot-theme, but it's equally funny and disturbing to look at.
Now I want to see a kitten on a tomato.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com)
Congratulations! I for one am excited for Wrecky World Domination! :)
Long live Jen! Long live the Carrot Jockeys! ;)
Uh...
Oh, no...
Carrot babies, again! (run away screaming) :-p
~Amy B
Congratulations on the awards! Well-deserved in all categories, for sure. I look forward to a "wrecky" update in my blog reader every morning!
You know I've got all this leftover fondant and gum paste from my Wilton classes...I'm never going to use the fondant because it's the nastiest thing in the world next to chile rellenos sprouting man parts.
I think I'll try making some NMBCJ's out of it and decorating a cake with them. Why the heck not.
way to go!
...and thanks for mentioning the other blogs, for they are all pretty much awesome as well! :)
Yes definitely "birfday" is a joke, we always say (and write) that in our family.
As one of my favorite wrecks ever, how could I not love all these wanna-be NMBCJs?! But honestly, that CCC? Best. Wreck. EVER. Do you suppose it really was for a girl named Jenn, or that it was an homage to you, purposely spelled incorrectly?!
The CCC looks like a demented um...goblin...thing...yeah....Jeanne makes me want to go take a second look at the rellonis....
-Amy
Congratulations, Jen!! Have fun on the Matterhorn! :D :D
Congrats on the awards! Very well deserved! Your site provides so many laughs!
um.....is this business of putting babies on carrots something particularly American? We don't have anything QUITE like them in England. In fact, we don't have ANYTHING like them. I'm confused. Elucidation please.
Congrats on the awards! We love your blog!
I'm just not understanding naked infants on carrots ....
kakistocracy is (and I'm not making this up) "Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens."
Clearly a cakeistocracy would be a huge improvement. Plus edible.
Is that a prescription bottle in the upper left hand corner of the first photo? Do you need drugs to wreckerate a cake? The garbage left lying around the cake is distracting. Hope next time they clear the clutter before trying to showcase their billiant talent.
When you look at the Birfday cake do you see Happy 4Dth, not 40th?
Jen, "Congradulations" on the three awards!!! Love reading your blog - what a wonderful way to start my day!
Congrats! On both your awards and your world domination. I'll be behind you on it!
Congrats!!! Congrats!! Congrats!!
So, these are all tribute cakes, right?
The 40th Birfday cake seems especially like it was done that way intentionally.
And I cannot imagine someone else coming up with NMBCJ on their own without having read this blog.
I've been in a Catholic church which has those little rubber fetuses out in the vestibule to take as a reminder about the sacredness of life and how we must all fight against the murder that is abortion. They come with a little note card. I picked one up to see if I could use it as an eraser.
No go. :(
Just so you know.
wow - congrats to you!! I know I voted for you. :)
These are wonderfully wreckish, but...I want to know what a "4D birfday" is. I mean, I'm glad it's happy, but I'm working with all manner of odd imagery here.
I think the Birfday was intentional. It also says 4Dth...
Or maybe I'm wrong and they wrote 41 and had to change it to 40.
HaHa, I thought I was the only one who saw the perscription bottle. Any guesses as to what's in it?
Congrats!
Congrats on the awards!
Oh man, this is so whiny, but I'm a little sad my NMBCJ/poison birthday cake is not here with its brethren.
On the other hand, that CCC NMBCJ is completely priceless.
Wreckers are everywhere! :D
My husband LOVED his intentional wreck! (#2 in the post)
@ ValGal - I wanted the babies with the mohawks, but all I could find were the ones with normal hair.
@ Anonymous (12:24) - yes, it says 4D, instead of 40. It was an intentional misspelling.
I'm sure the fine bakery crew at my Costco thought the person (me) who ordered that cake was nuts.
I saw a cake covered in regular unridden carrots yeterday, and immediately thought of you.
plus I've been in a Catholic church which has those little rubber fetuses out in the vestibule to take as a reminder.
That is the weirdest thing I've seen all week. And I spend a lot of time on the internet.
very creative.Fred Smilek is the acting president of the Society to Save Endangered Species. It was founded two years ago by Fred Smilek along with his two best friends Charles and Jonathan. http://www.fredjsmilek.com
I am an American and I am as baffled with babies riding carrots as anybody else in the world. That is very strange imagery indeed. Someone please explain it.
Omg, I absolutely LOVE the one for Jenn, with the baby made of frosting and toothpicks. That is so freakishly cute.