Blame Decopac
September 3, 2009 These days many bakeries dream of the day when cake decorating will consist of two steps:
1) Ice the cake, and
2) sell it.
See, actually decorating a cake requires time and effort, and therefore is discouraged where possible. To help bakers achieve this lofty goal, a few enterprising companies (we're not naming any names here....except for that one in the title, of course) are manufacturing all-inclusive instant "decorating" kits.
Here's an example:
Cute, huh? As you can see, plastic is SO in right now. Not only does it save on frosting, but it also allows anyone with the skills of a semi-trained monkey to "decorate" a cake. It's foolproof! All you need is a rounded lump frosted brown, and you're good to go - just stick the plastic bits in! Who could possibly mess that up?
[sigh]
Wow. I'm impressed. This looks just like the carpet adhesive we put down last Spring.From this...
To this!
- Related Wreckage: Going to the Dogs
Reader Comments (180)
That's the happiest roadkill I've ever seen. And I've seen some happy roadkill!
when serving the last CCCWreck:
"roadkill, anyone?"
Re: flat cat
Cue nuffers from Cute Overload in 3....2....1....
Is it just me, or do those look like they are either road-kill or some twisted pet-skin rug?
The cat looks like road kill, and the first dog ccc looks more like a rubber chicken with a dog head in it's crotch! Yummmy.
either is those are roadkill (with a happy grin on their face) or there needs to be a naked baby lying on the the backs of those wrecks.
the trained monkeys need more training!
For the kitty cake - two words: road kill
ok, assuming a charitable overhead view, I'll say the obvious - those have to be the fattest cats and dogs i've ever seen.
Not assuming the charitable overhead view... some psychopath is going around on a rampage with a skinning knife (and the happy faces on the pets do nothing but to make this all the more disturbing)
Smiling roadkill -- what a way to start the day!
Oh my goodness . . . that cat looks like roadkill!
Wow. It's like you're eating cake AND roadkill, all in one!
I think I saw something like that last one on the side of the road last week during my bike ride. Good. Heavens.
Lawsy! That cat resembles road-kill. How appetizing! Yetch.
The cat looks like roadkill... :-P
The demo cakes are cute. The others look like road kill with a smile.
WV: propla: Someone needs to teach the "decorators" the propla way to use the plastic kits!
Just what I need... a cat-skin cake rug for in front of the fireplace. If only there was a half naked man on it... THEN we'd be talking!
My first thought was that they looked like they got pinned down for dissection (especially poor Tabby). Does that make me a sick person?
WV: croquis: When your beloved pet croquis, you can turn him into a science project.
Tracy O
Looks like road kill !
that cat looks like roadkill :(
They totally look like roadkills :o
It looks like it was run over by a steam roller!
Roadkill in icing...
These cakes remind me of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" when Bette Davis serves an invalid Joan Crawford what appears to be ground rat... KCN
Roadkill . . . it's what's for cake!
Would it be awful to say that when my cats sprawl they kinda look like that last cake...?
*tilts head*
just a teeny weeny bit...?
They look like road kill :(
Actually, I think the regular cakes with the plastic dog and cat faces are kinda cute. Sure, the decorator was lazy, but at least I wouldn't mind serving one of them at a kid's birthday. The CCCs are just... horrible and slightly scary...
The first way they went wrong was to try and translate a cake into the dreaded, awful, why was it ever invented CCC. That can only lead down the path to despair, destruction, and cake-wreckistry!
That last cat looks like it got ran over by a steam roller. I had total Saturday morning cartoon flashbacks, AWESOME!
WV: masking - wow I got a real word
I think those Decopac things are a great idea... for home bakers. Real bakeries, not so much.
Though, the grocery store bakeries a lot of these monstrosities come out of barely qualify as real bakeries.
they look like roadkill. Just the festive message they were going for, I'm sure.
The last kitty looks like road kill! aaahhhh!
Wow.. I didn't realize that dog and cat skin rugs were in style.
The wreckorators must not own pets or they would know that no living cat or dog can achieve this position in the real world.
I think those are the most offensive CCC's to-date.
The CCC dog & cat look like flattened roadkill. Ugh!
That dog looks like he's been run over by a steamroller ala Tom and Jerry. Poor thing! LOL.
Wow! Those cakes look like, um, roadkill. Not exactly the effect I think you want in a cake.
Who knew road kill could be so appetizing? [/sarcasm off]
Ack! Road kill cat!!
OK, I know these are words of shame - but the original cakes are a little cute. Not 'decorated' by any stretch of the imagination, but cute.
But, oh my, what was done with the concept....
The cat looks like road kill.
Ohhhhh.....my favorite road kill cat!!!
Holy cow, that last one looks like inexplicably happy roadkill!
I dunno, the display cakes are not that bad. I'm guilty of decorating my daughter's birthday cakes with what you call "plastic flotsam" because I really have no cake decorating skills whatsoever, beyond frosting a sheet cake and sticking some toy fairies or something on it. (She loved that cake!)
The CCC versions are horrifying though!
They look like they have been run over! That is so bad!
I'm sorry I ran over your dog. To prove how much I love dogs, I stopped and picked up this cake for you. (Scraping cake off face...) What? You didn't like it?
Truely terrifying!
I caught my two-year-old saying cupcake cake pagh! today. Yep, another fan of your site is born.
The cat looks like he cat hit by a semi.
Mmmmm.... road kill.
SharonCville
BWAAAAa HHAAAAA HAAAAAA! Poor kitty. :)
i'm on my way to judge some of the entries at our state fair...I SURE hope I don't see anything like this. LOL!
To everybody,
I woke up late and just now did comments thus the repeats. Sorry.
To those calling the displays cute,
Yup.
john (so sleepy)
Not only cheating by using plastic decorations, but the dreaded CCC, as well!