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)
this is the best i've seen yet!
This has given me a wonderful (terrible) idea. I have some friends who have children. There is an ultrasound image of their first child making the Vulcan hand sign in the womb. When this kid (who is about to be five) turns 16 or so, I'm totally putting that image on a cake for him.
Genius.
OMK MY RETINAS
THEY ARE CREEPED OUT.
And I already have a family history of blindness...thanks for blinding me.
(I thought to let you know, I've been surfing the wreck page <3 and i linked everyone I knew to your "Magic Earring Ken wearing a c**k ring" post. They all died. Thanks for killing all my friends.)
:)
The nudist skin condition one made me really laugh out loud! So funny! I don't think I could ever eat a cake with a picture of a real baby on it.
Oh wow...I missed this post this morning and now I'm sitting here with kids in the room thinking, "Do I dare scroll back through?" Yeah...sonograms are only cool when they're yours, or a friend or relatives. And I think I'm being generous there. I remember a whole lot of screaming from my sister before my niece was born. "It's a FACE! CAN'T YOU SEE HER FACE?"
holy CRAP, these are SO WRONG!
i really hope my sister's baby shower dies not include a creepy cake, but i'll have my camera ready just in case!
So that's where TeleTubbies come from!
That is a special kind of creepy. EEEEWWWWWW!
Is the blob woman saying that she won't let her son wear pink socks, or her daughter learn basic spatial reasoning?
Exceptional timing with these wrecks--I just had my first ultrasound appointment this afternoon. Thankfully, I can honestly say it never occurred to me to put the pictures I got on a cake...
dear lord.
thats a interesting way to display a baby on the way.
dear lord covers it well I think.
TeratoMarty, I'm with YOU!
Little pink socks or blue building blocks, indeed.
Might as well put "Little Future MOMMY or WORKIN' MAN" !!
I DO see a way out for these horrors, though: sell them at Weight Watchers places.
I can see it now:
TAKE ONE HOME TODAY!
*See amazing weight loss in mere days!
*You don't even have to eat it--just LOOK at one before meals!
[Warning: Side effects may include complete and utter loss of appetite, nausea, nightmares and an irrational (or not) fear of babies.]
Ha, nice GWAR reference.
I am speechless ---- nuff said.
At my sister's baby shower, we had a cake like this. Except we didn't use one of those freaky 3D pictures (which are the yellow-tinted ones); we used a picture of the traditional angle, and while I had some qualms about eating my niece, it actually came out pretty nicely.
And then I remembered that I was eating my niece, and I felt a bit guilty.
Huzzah! I saw on Twitter that you won Funniest Blog from BlogLuxe! :) Congrats!
"these new 3D sonograms look like they were directed by M. Night Shyamalan."
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You really should've put a beverage warning on this post. My monitor and keyboard would've been splattered if I'd had anything in my mouth. 'Nudist with a skin condition' makes this entry doubly worthy of a beverage warning.
I just laughed until I cried... thanks so much!
Now we know where Tele Tubbies come from.
I disagree that 3-D ultrasounds are creepy. Now, on a cake, very tacky, just like ANY photo of a person is on a cake!
These 3-D ultrasounds are breathtakingly beautiful! These babies are in the womb and we see them as that –babies, not tumors or a part of the mother. These 3-D images are the best argument anyone could possibly have for being pro-life.
JESUS! AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Cakes are so delicious but with these pictures .... NOOOOOOOOOO! AHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH GREAT POST.
On the last one, the mum looks like she might be half Teletubby.
Oh, my. Most of them are really bad, but the last one is *sheepishly hanging head* kind of cute.
please have one iota of compassion for the mother of this baby! This is her child, actual photos of HER CHILD and you are all ripping on them! I'm sure if you had similar photos of your unborn baby you would see only an innocent gorgeous child...
Call me old fashioned, but if I were pregnant, I would not want to even have a sonogram, much less put it on a cake. I'll wait to see my baby when it's born, thanks. But I have to admit I loved the last one. I mean, not as an example of cake perfection, but because, you can tell the woman is deliriously happy, or else there's something else in those prenatal vitamins.
Erin G.
I think the last one is kind of cute, in a sorta creepy way.
Worst idea ever. Long time reader I have never been compelled toi comment until now. so Yeah YUCK!
that's too bad about the bear one... it was actually pretty :(
Count me in on thinking they were anti-abortion cakes. They look like the picture on the right-to-life posters.
I have to assume that you planned the ad for 3-d Imaging to show up right next to this entry. It's just too good to be coincidence.
I saw that second one, and after a few moments of careful deliberation I came to a conclusion.
Yes.
I really am hungry.
LOL! That last cake is a Telemommy...or should that be Telemummy?
These pictures should be posted on a brainwrecks blog. They are WAAAAYY more than just cake disasters. These are idea diasters! I really think I have now seen everything (and I kinda wish I hadn't!)
Oh...I want to throw up.
wv: cloriale...beer that refreshes and whitens your clothes.
Last one looks like a pot belly stove. Still. I'm going to go throw up now.
That... Was hilarious!!!
The fetal belly TV was the best though.
My sister-in-law's shower cake had her sonogram picture on it. As if black, white, and gray icing isn't appetizing enough as it is, the cake had raspberry filling. They were hacking up this baby cake with red goo oozing out...I'd never met a cake I couldn't eat before!
That last one cracked me up... especially when read with the caption. The others were definitely of the creepy variety. LOL
That last one looks like Rachel Dratch from Saturday Night Live!!!
Google an image of her and tell me if there is not a resemblance.
I am inspired. These are so wrecky, but I now feel the need to up the ante. I want to make a placenta and umbilical cord cake with the inscription:
"Won't it be great when it's over?"
Anyone in the market for a baby shower cake?
Why? WHY did someone come up with these (other than to provide some fodder for CW, of course)?
First, parents make Facebook profiles for their unborn children using sonogram pictures. I don't agree with it, but fine. But...cake? Really? Who wants to cut into a fetus (and/or pregnant woman) and devour it?
It is NEVER okay to eat a baby. Not even once.
"Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD."
OMG PREACH IT.
CREEPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Forget pro-life, I'm too terrified now to even CONSIDER having kids! If someone suggested one of these for a baby shower, I'd ask if they'd left their brain in the sewer. I don't think some women need therapy on top of rollercoaster hormones, back pain, pre-eclampsia, and anything else they might already be facing.
(linkback) A or B? Sonogram cakes: A) sweet B) messed up [VOTE] - http://www.pikk.com/dcef9
Aaaaaaaah! Aaaaah! Aaaah! Aaaaaah! AAAAAAAHHH!
Those 3D sonogram pics freak me out on their own. I do NOT want to eat one.
OMG NOOOOOOOOO! That's so creepy.
No-one wants to eat baby pics....NO-ONE. Argh.
I wonder what that last Mom's cable bills are like?
Most of the baby pictures here make the poor kids look like the little girl from the RING. Creepy. A very X-file vibe. However, I'm thinking these would make great halloween cakes. ITS ALIVE!