A Womb with a View
July 24, 2009 Sure, torso cakes are kind of freaky, and eating cake babies can be off-putting, but what else is there for the baby shower hostess who wants to creep out her guests under the guise of serving a scrumptious treat? Is there nothing new under the Wrecky sun?
(Hah, like you don't know the answer to that.)
Presenting...the sonogram cake!
Thank you, edible image printing and 3D ultrasound imaging! Who knew two technologies could come together to create something so deliciously horrifying?
Now, don't get me wrong: I appreciate that sonograms allow moms to get an advance viewing of their little bun in the oven - I do. And most of these cakes are actually really well made, too. But let's face it: these new 3D sonograms look like they were directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Look into the hollow eye sockets of this shadowy visage and tell me the truth...
...are you feeling hungry?And check out the contrast on this one: it's all sweet pastel ribbons & bows, but with a doorway into the Twilight Zone:
That bear's face says it all: "What kind of filling did you use?!?"Compared to these, the more traditional sonograms look positively cuddly. They still make for some Wrecktastic cakes, though:
Hmm. What do you suppose it really is, Hannah M.?
I think that's supposed to be a side view of the mom's torso, which makes her...a headless nudist with a skin condition? Mmm, tasty.And you know it didn't take long for someone to combine these two ideas:
"Hey, y'all! Come check out this black & white TV lodged in my belly!"- Related Wreckage: First Impressions
Reader Comments (209)
Wow. Just... wow.
It's an interesting idea but I just can't think of a way that it would be really well executed...
The second one should have a question mark at the end of it.
And I was rolling with the "headless nudist with a skin condition" caption. That's hilarious.
myolderbrothers.blogspot.com
Ugh, these things totally creep me out. My mother-in-law had one made for my sister-in-laws shower. With a non-3D sonogram. It just looked like an alien or something.
I did not have a piece of that cake. It was too weird.
Alright, I thought 3D images are creepy to begin with (and yes, including the one of my own son) but these are horrifying! Yikes!
That last one is hilarious! It does look like the mom has stretch-armstrong arms though.
The rest are super creepy.
Wow. Looking at your own baby is one thing, but it's nearly impossible to truly appreciate someone else's sonogram, especially the 3D ones.
mysleepinghusband.blogspot.com
Actually? The last one is kinda cute. The others are sending me straight to therapy.
And the pregnant shadow silhouette in profile? That is oddly terrifying.
The last picture reminds me of teletubbies...
I do a lot of showers... But Thank God I never have, nor will I Ever use that idea. ((Shudders))
Reminds me of my niece looking at the sonogram of her sister:
My sister: "Look Maddy, there's the baby!"
Maddy: "oh...yeah, I see the baby and Granny and Daddy and Opa and Mommy.."
Some kind of "Magic Mirror" sonogram, I guess.
Okay, that last one reminded me of the cow fistula. Oh, you don't know what that is??? Check it out here:
http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/reach-in-and-touch-the-inner-cow.html
or here:
http://earthfirst.com/how-now-see-through-cow-front-row-view-on-a-bovine-stomach/
Did she have sex with a teletubby?
Anyone else thinking "Teletubbies" with that last one?
OMG! I wouldn't let anyone see the 3D images of my baby b/c I didn't want to hear anyone say "Whoa, it's an alien" or "So, it's an eyeless monster?" But these people put it on a cake?! Wrong, wrong, wrong.
So that's where Teletubbies come from....
As someone who has three children (now in their teens) PLEASE let me tell you, no one thinks your ultrasound (traditional or 3-D) is cute. Technologically fascinating, perhaps, but not cute. You can lead a full, happy mother- (and father) -hood without everyone in creation getting excited as you do over your children. That being said, these cakes are sooo wreckalicious!
oh
my
god....
Seriously, did a vast majority of the world have a brain tumor for breakfast? Did they wake up and think, "Hrm...what's tasty and visually horrifying that I can serve at a baby shower?"
I mourn the death of the petit four as the cake of choice for showers.
These are EXCELLENT (in the wreckiest of ways). I'm pregnant with my first baby and now I'm crossing my fingers for a cake like one of these. Bring on the creepy celebration of new baby!
O...M....something...
Honestly can say I don't feel like eating for the rest of the day.
some things should be kept private, and NEVER repeat NEVER be allowed anywere near cake.
Oh my.... those are a whole new level of scary.
Sonograms are cool, but not on cake. Yuck. Why would you want to take a bite of baby face, anyways? How is that even remotely appetizing?
Shudder....
In a sick and twisted way, I think I like the last one. *Hanging head in shame*
Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.
Wrong.
Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!! My eyes!!!!!
Where'd that darn Unicorn Chaser get to???
The last one: "Tele-tummy" ... LMAO These wrecks are absolutely disgusting and gross and I am going to publicly make fun of anyone who has anything like this at a baby shower. YECCH!
If you relax your eyes, and stare long enough at that last one, the torso looks like a screeching monkey.
This all kind of harkens to mind that placenta-eating ritual some cultures (and Tom Cruise)have. *shivers*
The airbrushed headless side profile one looks like Marty McFly's family fading a little at a time while he was failing to hook his parents up in the 50s.
myolderbrothers.blogspot.com
These are absolute disasters. Give me Darth Vader cake!
I think 3D ultrasounds are creepy and not worth the money. I want to be surprised at how my kid looks.
I had to laugh with one of your sidebar ads being for a company that does 3D ultrasounds, LOL. The image in their ad of a pregnant woman with a TV screen 3D baby on her torso looked too much like cake now...very wron to think about eating pregnant women...very wrong :)
Other than the sonogram, that one with the bears is adorable.
Wow, I think those are the creepiest wrecks of all time.
why would someone do that??? oh my goodness
Eeep, that is strange. Really really strange.
My girls are 8 and *almost*6, I can sit and stare at their ultrasound pics for ages. I love them, but have never had the urge to eat them. To see these babies on cakes is very disturbing to me.
And the boobs on the last cake cracked me up!
Becky
wv: undeci - These cakes should be taken away for undeci exposure.
Oh, ewww. eww. ewwww!!!
Lol. Yes. Yes I am hungry.
Headless Nudist with skin condition looks tasty... (I love babies)
Creepy! What would make people think that a sonogram cake is a good idea?
Are the people who made/ordered these cakes friends of the mom? Because I am thinking they're more in the enemy category!
These are wrong on so many levels. When my mother-in-law threw a shower during my first pregnancy, I flat refused to leave the house and brave the Florida in July heat for the party if there wasn't cake to eat. Had she given me that, I might have had a psychotic break.
That last cake took the er....CAKE.
AWESOMENESS.
Wow, Jen. It's really great to see that in the world of wrecks, there's always room for growth.
Wreck on!
Ewwwwwww comes to mind. Thanks to the commentary about the filling, another ewwwwww comes to mind. I have to wonder if the person you ordered the cake realized what the end product would look like and if they were happy with the results? Hopefully, when they picked up the cake they almost cried at the horrifying choices they made. If not, it gets another ewwwwwwww.
Ah, the ritualistic eating of the little one before it arrives! How you revolt me, let me count the ways.
What in the name of all that's holy or un is wrong with a cake that just looks like a cake? Why do we keep trying to come up with ways to represent pregnancy and childbirth in increasingly graphic ways for baby showers? WHYYYYYYYY?????????????
On the upside, you can save a bundle, since so many people won't want a slice of that no matter how good it tastes.
Wrong, wrong, wrong!
Also, the last one's boobs are in an anatomically awkward position.
Almost makes the plastic limbs in round cake babies seem tasteful.
Oh ew. EW. EWWWW.
This is probably one of the creepiest cakes I've ever seen. Though now I kind of want to make a 3D version of one of those sonographs just to creep people out even more.
So disturbing. And I think the fact that there are so many is even creepier!
That second one looks delicious!
I like the ovaries and fallopian tubes on the purple it's a girl cake. Why not add some anatomical aspects to it. YUK
W.V. ingslyin- After all that tasty baby cake I'll need a second shot of "ingslyin".
Medical test results and frosting do not mix! I realize that there is a baby in the picture (at least I think that is what is looming in there) but doesn't anyone notice that blob next to the face is the interior of the mom's uterus.
People are wacky.
WV: ovemo- Please do not put your ovemo or any thing located near it on a cake.
WOW is really all I can sum up at this point. Perhaps when the shock wears off. First I must clean the coffee off my table that burst forth from my mouth at seeing these "cakes".
Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD.