Reality Bit
July 28, 2009 NOTE: This post was written several days ago, and was not intended to be a commentary on any breaking news events. My sincere apologies to any who may find it offensive.
Cake artists, can we talk? I feel like we need to have a little heart-to-heart.
Ok, here's the deal: I know that you guys are talented - I do! - and I get that you like to showcase your talent with the cakes you make.
The only problem is, when you make something like this:
Photo removed at baker's request
Not to mention it's depressing; could that look any more funereal?
Look at it from the cake consumer's perspective: would you want to slice into a sleeping baby?
"I call butt!"
Or worse, have a toddler's eyeball staring up at you from your plate?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
So cake sculptors, please, stop making us choose between cake deprivation and feeling like a cannibal. If you must make a baby cake, make it nice and cartoony - preferably with no basis in reality whatsoever.
You know, like this:
Three arms, a gravity defying diaper, and crazy sunglasses? Yep, I'd eat that.
Update: Tons of you are saying that's a butt crack, not an arm. (The rest claim it's Epcot.) I can almost see that, but I still think it looks more like an arm. ;)
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Reader Comments (296)
I really only see two arms...am I crazy?
I'll take the lower right hand corner of the first cake, please.
It's not 3 arms...it's a butt on the side of its body. Even ickier!!
That toddler one is extra creepy. I'm glad there isn't a better photo!
and sleeping babies on tummy means much higher risk of cot death!!so a cake like the second one is really a bad idea all round
I don't see 3 arms...I see 2 arms and a butt crack
I don't think that baby has three arms. I think it has two badly placed arms and a butt hanging out of the diaper that doesn't correspond at all to the placement of the torso or legs.
I mean, these things are rorschach tests, so who knows, but that's what i see.
Ok...I only see 2 arms and a butt crack on that last cake. The baby has it's back facing us. I agree though...it's kind of gross thinking of part of a realistic baby sitting on your plate. THANK YOU! I never understood wanting to eat someone's face or a body part.
*shudder* In the last one I think it was an attempt at a side view, and what looks like an arm behind his back is actually... butt crack? It's wrecktastic no matter what.
The pirate kiwi baby scares me. Is there some significance to the gelatinous fruit?
I shall refrain from commenting about the others... everything I want to say comes out bad. Very bad.
I'm pretty sure that "arm" on the right is his um.. how do I put it? Butt crack lol.
I'm afraid that the "digging' arm might actually represent a "crack". Everything is much more in your face now.
The first 2 are beautifule but I agree; not something I would want to eat!
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I originally thought that was a third arm also but now I'm thinking the one on the right is actually butt crack. Yum!
actually... i think that "arm" on the right is his baby butt crack.
on the bottom, rather than having a 3rd arm, I think the right (as you are looking at the cake)side is supposed to be his bum. Admittedly I had to look at it for about 4 minutes before that became apparent.
I had to cross and uncross my eyes several times before I could see that the 3rd arm inside the diaper is actually his little butt crack. OW, my head hurts!
To 'defend' the cakemakers, I thnik the second arm is really the baby's backward cleavage. OK, now the baby has a serious hip condition
I thought it was a third arm, too, but it's right arm, left/chest arm and then there's the arm that looks like the baby has a hand stuck in the diaper. That one is actually a butt cheek. Bizarre.
i don't think it has 3 arms, i think it's butt is in the front!!
That's not a third arm -- it's a butt cheek! Which means that we can add to the list of oddities the fact that this is a contortionist (or exorcist!) baby!
It's not an arm it's his butt
But yea.... I do not feel like eating a baby too
I'm not seeing three arms. One pointing at the mouth, one sprouting from the chest and pointing at the diaper pin. That's it.
"Not the mama! Not the mama!" - the third cake.
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It's not a three armed baby. What you see as the center arm is actuall the child's right arm. What you see as a the right-most arm with a hand down the diaper, is the butt crack. It's hideous just the same.
I agree on the cannibalistic cakes. Ewww, just ewww.
I don't see the third arm. I see a diaper falling down to expose the baby's butt. Am I missing something?
I saw a third arm at first glance also, however I think one of those are is his butt. I would awfully tempted to make a baby cake also, so cute... but yeah no eating it which of course defeats the purpose of being a cake.
I think that what looks like an arm on the right hand side is actually a buttcrack, but I'm not certain. The cake is strange all the same.
If what I think you're referring to as the third arm is what I think it is, I believe it's supposed to be his bum crack. But that just raises more questions about that right arm.
I'm looking and looking and I can't spot the 3rd arm. Is it hiding or right in front of me? Awesome/ugly cake.
oh my GOODNESS!! You're so right. I wouldn't want to eat or slice any part of a sleeping baby.
Who does this? Who orders them and really... who eats them?
shuddering and thinking... this is kinda creepy too.... well the three armed bandit baby... just bad. ( and not the good kind of bad)
I'm not seeing the three arms thing at all. I do see a whole lot of baby butt crack though. Someone needs to spackle that thing! Maybe a little Boudreaux's Butt Paste will do the trick.
I think he's actually turned sideways and has his butt hanging out of his Pampers....no third arm, just poor perspective on the decorator's part.
I think that is butt crack on the right side. He's looking over his shoulder.
Elizabeth
My six year old looked at the last photo and told me the arm on the right is actually his "butt cheek".
I don't think that's 3 arms.
I think that's supposed to be baby buttcrack on a severely twisted child.
Scoliosis cake anyone?
that's supposed to be the baby's arse on the right, and his two arms on the left. but the decorator didn't make the legs right, so it looks like there are extra arms. i never understood what is so cute about a baby's diaper falling off.
No no no, the cartoony baby only has two arms; the one sticking out of his "chest" is his left arm, and the one in his mouth is his right arm... The "armpit" towards the right edge of the cake is actually his butt crack (and not an arm digging around in his diaper)! We're seeing him from behind, with his head turned towards us...
Of course, he's still a bit anatomically off, but at least he's not a mutant...lol
I think the "3rd arm" on the back is his butt crack. Possible over the shoulder coy baby? Which really does not help the creepy factor in anyway.
The feet are facing away from you, with the body twisted to face toward the (viewer's) left. What seems at first glance to be a third arm, off to the viewer's right, is actually the baby's right buttock - exposed by the drooping diaper.
that's not a third arm. what you think is his left arm is actually his buttcheek. (unless im crazy and missing an actual third arm...)
I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be the baby's butt crack, not a third arm. I just can't decide if that's better or worse.
I just want to know what that last one is digging for. More chocolate filling, anyone?
It's not a third arm. The thing you think is his left arm (right of image) is actually his left butt-cheek.
But what you said is funnier. And it really is hard to interpret that pose in the way the wreckorator imagined it.
Is the airbrushed kid scratching his butt??? Definatley looks that way from this angle! :o
Where is the third arm? I only see two. One from the chest and one where it should be. Please help.
not to mention a slight case of eczema
Dare I say it?
The fondant on the sleeping baby cake is as smooth as a baby's bottom!
I think that arm on the right is actually his butt/crack. So just two arms!
The "in the buff" sleeping baby is adorable, but would I want to cut into it? NO WAY!!!