A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.
Now, don't you have a photo you want to send me? ;)
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Reader Comments (65)
Reminds me of that scene in Big Daddy (starring Adam Sandler).
"Hip... hipop... hip-hop anonymous? No fair! Why does he get all the easy ones?!"
Haha that reminds me of my anniversary cake! Thanks for all the laughs!
P.S. First!
HAHAHAHAHA! I love that - I've seen some great stuff screwed up because of Anniversay.
I must say, I really love when it starts ok with some lovely piping, then some odd colored but nice flowers... then they pick some random awful color to attempt the words. Digressing happily to a horrible misspelling and squished, ahem, letters*.
*The term letters is used in this situation as a loose application of the word.
That's brilliant! And very timely - my second wedding anniversary was June 22.
Kind of makes me glad we skipped the cake. Last year we got the baker who made our wedding cake to recreate the top tier for us (that seemed less gross than eating year-old cake!), but when we contacted her this year we learned she was no longer making cakes. Any other cake seemed like a disappointment after that so we went cakeless - which may have been a blessing in disguise!
I think I'm just going to give a Webster's Dictionary to my local grocery store bakery.
That is one awesome cake like thingie....
WOW! LOL! Too funny!
uh oh
dd saw this cake and said "what a nice cake!!!!"
i think i have a future wreckerator on my hands...
I found the opening comments to be funnier than the cake itself! You're too funny for your own good!
"Happy Amniverserseeawscrewit."
Once again, your commentary has me laughing out loud! Love this blog, and Epbot, too.
I want a cake wreck for my next birthday. (I would've said anniversary to be relevant to this post, but I'm not married.)
Happy Anniversorry...
I think we're going to need a bigger cake...
And doesn't it say "Nappy" (I won't even attempt to spell the last "word")?
You would think BY NOW bakeries would have "cheat sheet" for commonly used words. in their CORRECT spelling. Sheesh, did they ever think to consult the dictionary!
Awww, thanks for remembering that tomorrow is my 28th anniversary! Although really, with that cake, you shouldn't have. Really. ;)
My dazed eyes saw [drinking] instead of [blinking]. I think my eyes did not deceive me.
wv: reedec. Wow. That mess is reedeculous.
Awww how did you know today was my 10th wedding anniversary :)
Awesome that this actually landed on my anniverscrewit. :)
What a perfect post - today's our 11th anniversary!
Love, love, love this blog!!
Sending a pic in soon of a cake we got for my boyfriends daughter from a famous chain ice cream place. Very similar to this! I was PISSED!
Someone PAID for this???
Today my hub and I are celebrating our 10th Annivwersariey! So, thanks for featuring the perfect wreck for today!
If you look just right "Happy" kinda looks like "Nappy."
You'd think that a bakery would have two very basic things: a list of commonly-used words for such things, and the training would include at least a little planning and knowing how to space letters so that it all fits. It's just common sense, isn't it? I mean... I know I'm quite an intelligent person, but am I really THIS much smarter than SO many people? *facepalm*
This is certainly an "anniversorry" excuse for a professional cake.
WV - seybu
When I want to scare someone, I sneak up behind 'em and seybu.
wow do the letters dribble down the side?
Looks as if the wreckretor started out relatively strong, got confused then just ended in a big WTF way!
That is the best wreck I've seen all week because today IS my 10 year "Amniverserseeawscrewit"! Thanks for the well wishes :D.
(are you sure you haven't been spying on me?)
What a coincidence that this would be posted today. Today is my wife (TheAngelForever) and my 9th amniverstory... I mean, armnivisery... I mean, annivercory (so close that time).... I mean the 9th full year since the day that we were married.
Why thank you!
Today is, in fact, my ami-, ana-, annivir-, anniversary (15th).
And I was just thinking yesterday on my walk through my grocery store that the cakes looked really nice. There wasn't a one I could snap and send to Wrecks.
They didn't have ANY writing on them.... yet.
~~Di
btw - prior post - awesome stack of suitcases!!
also - why do I get a little box with red 'x' as a wv on my first try every time to post?
Haha thank you, my anniverscrewit is this weekend. There will be cake :)
Man, a lot of your readers have anniverscrewits today! But not me!
The saddest part about any mis-spelled cakewreck is the fact that the correct spelling of nearly any word is one Google search away...
Forgive the following slightly off topic comment --
You probably know this already, but you have a shout out in the July 2010 Cooking Light. On page 22... "Any fan of CakeWrecks.com knows how hilariously wrong cake decorating can go. This book [Kid's Cakes from the Whimsical Bakehouse] will help you get it right.....
Ha - it looks like "Anniversorry", as in "sorry I can't spell anniversary".
-Holly
Oh Great! Now I can't even SAY ARni AMN... Aw crackers...
LOL, it's not like anyone actually CELEBRATES their anniversary, anyway, right? :)
I actually needed to look up how to spell "anniversary" after this wreck.
The wreckcreator's right. It's a lot more fun spelled like that.
Did this cake get slimed
by Nearly-Literate Smurf?
Yum, ectoplasm!
This would make an awesome greeting card! I realise there are probably copyright issues & all, But I think several of the greatest hit cakes would be fabulus cards!
and thanks for the reminder on my folks anniversary!
Our "day that we got married" isn't for another few weeks, but I think we'll skip a cake with an inscription after seeing this!
Today is my husband's birthday, however. He's not a cake lover, so no potential wrecks to send in tomorrow. Sigh.
"Happy Anniversorry..."
Haha, that's what I was thinking, too, Jennifer.
Happy Amniverserseeawscrewit to many of my fellow Wreckies! It seems like this is a pretty common day among so many of you :)
Wow. they went and made a very nice looking cake into something horrible.
Dr. Horrible we need you in here STAT!!!!
talk about a mithspelling
Why, thank you, Jen! Is _is_ my wedding amniveraray day! (Really!) :)
Awww! Today is my anniversary [: