Friday
Apr222011
The Yolk's On Us
April 22, 2011 I'll be posting my Passover greetings this Monday, but in the meantime, allow me to wish the rest of you a truly heartfelt...
And I mean that.All together now! Who are we?
W-R-E-C-K-I-E-S!
And what are we celebrating?
E-D-S-T-E-R!!
It's kind of like Easter, only for people named Ed who have an aversion to script.Of course, to many people Easter is the celebration of Christ's resurrection.
To others, it's the celebration of strung-out bunnies in search of their next omelet.Sometimes this can lead to Easter being accused of over commercialization, and focusing too little on its religious roots. However, when it comes to cake, at least, I think I can speak for us all when I say...
(Photo removed at the request of the baker. Please enjoy this lovely photo of Epcot.)*Let's just stick to wrecking the bunnies.
After all, the lamb cake is often said to represent either the Passover lamb or Christ himself. So with that in mind, look at this cake:
[shiver]Now tell me: which is creepier? That, or...
...this?
Ok, we'll call it a draw.
...excreted an egg.Thanks to Megan C., Kelley N., Lisa B., Byron K., Erin E., Kristy B., & Darla D. for cracking us up. Hard-boiled humor like this always goes over easy.
*The picture we removed was of a cross cake which was a bit wonky, had random decorations and was "decorated" (squirted) with white icing. Really quite lovely especially if you're a fan of king cakes.
Reader Comments (83)
My brother, named Ed, is celebrating his birthday tomorrow. The Edster cake could so be his birthday cake.
That religious cake is one hot cross mess.
Two questions: who is the floating ghost guy in the back of the paschal lamb photo? And what/ who do the nearby green shapes represent? On my itouch they look like bugs, aliens, or at least one baby owl (turn screen somewhat sideways for that one...)
also, I'm assuming that all have noticed that the largest lamb Does Not Look WELL.
Terrell
I'm never going to get that strung out bunny out of my head ever. It will forever haunt my dreams...
wow such a funny post here!
I love how the CCC (pattoey!) is labeled as a "mini pull apart cake".
*twitch*I also just love when everyone has to throw their two cents in about someone else's faith (on a humor blog, really?). It's the principle that matters to people, not the name and/or calendar significance! <--coming from a cultural anthropologist
WV: shectur- n. There are no blue-ribbon winners in this shectur of the store.
What happened when I saw cake #6:
1. I screamed.
2. The scream turned into a laugh.
3. I decided to figure out what the label said.
4. I zoomed in.
5. I read the label and shuddered, because it said
"Fingeroos(TM) are fun little hand puppets!"
and that cake does NOT look fun. However, it does look tasty.
-zacharyK
wv: inica. Little-known fact: The bakers of the ancient Inica civilization were the first documented Wreckerators.
If you look at the upper right corner of the top part of the cross-mess, you can see the Bride of Frankenstein. It's true!
This post made me laugh my butt off!!!!!!!!
that lamb cake gave me the shivers!
http://notalwaysright.com/congra-duh-lations/11237" rel="nofollow">This is why there are so many spelling errors for cakes.
Not to be a pedant, but the "Easter is shang-haied from the pagans" debate is...well...debatable.
Resurrection Day (as one of my Episcopalian friends calls it, and I rather like it) is placed on the calendar in relation to Passover because that's how the crucifixion narrative goes. It's not like Christmas where we have no idea of when Christ was born; the text actually tells you where the crucifixion fell on the calendar. And it just happens to fall around the season where the earth gets all fecund in the northern hemisphere. The important thing to notice is that, actually, only in English does the name tie in with that; in most languages, it actually descends from more obvious Judeo-Christian roots such as "Passover," "Great Night," or a form of the verb "to be released." A festival marking the crucifixion/resurrection came into being in the 2nd century, so it actually predates the importation of Christianity to England and probably Germany (as English is a Germanic language and there are a lot of shared roots,) which is where the Easter (from the month of Eostre, where the date of the festival falls) intersection of pagan and Christian festivals comes in.
Just thought I'd throw in my overblown, linguistics-and-history-happy two cents' worth!
Imagine the crunch when you bite into that last cake! How many pounds of those sugar-shard sprinkles did they use? Good thing it's a CCC or you'd dull the blade of your knife trying to slice it.
Um. What happened to Earth Day? That hasn't gone over too well, in the past, I think.
I find it so ironic that many times the most awful cakes have perfect roses, yet many people who make beautiful cakes just can't master roses. Weird.
Jesus would be proud. XD
Excreted an egg...is that like what Lady Gaga did in her "Born this Way" video? *shudder*
My brain exploded at that lamb cake.. oooh who was I to think I would escape the lamb cakes this year lol. I am wondering what they did to that crucifix. Or if I even wanna know. Ignorance is bliss in this case I think lol.
It's the Easter Chihuahua CCC!!!
wtf is #6 supposed to be?? is that icing or a petroleum product?? is that why gas prices are so high- they're hijacking fuel tankers to make frosting substitutes??
can I cram another "?" into this post??
-Barbara Anne??
The second from the bottom: It's Chase No Face! (Warning - do not google unless you are okay with pictures of kitties thriving and having a good time despite terrible-looking disabilities)
And no Smoking Lambs this year? Those Wreckerators are falling down on the job!
lol seriously I thought it was only 10 yr olds making posters that did such as these for public view love it
normae
oh nearly forgot your cight is jest egg-strordinary(lol)
Oh my goodness! I am so glad I found this blog! I am in hysterics over here! I especially love the: "Dang girl, It's Easter!"
http://ringosrattales.blogspot.com/
anyone care to describe the cake that was replaced by epcot for us johny-come-latelys?
wv: yesewor: positive affirmation of the state of a male in past tense as in
a-"Billy was not ready for the spelling test"
b-"yesewor ready for the test!"
Yiksa - it was a cross cake covered in smeary streams of white cinnamon roll icing and, if I recall, frosting flowers. Yicky on many, many levels.
WV: dykqgjnr - ummm... (blinkblink)... I got nuthin'...
I just wanted to point out that the photo that replaced the [redacted] is Spaceship Earth and not 'EPCOT' as such.
I cannot give silent assent to misleading innocent visitors, no matter how far off-topic, inconsequential or unintentional the misinformation in question might be.
very creepy...
LOVE the Epcot photo substitution!
@Craig- did you actually type that malarkey with a straight face??
-Barbara Anne
wv: displas
n: these are the most horrific displas of Estonian Kissing Day cakes I've ever seen.
or
v: looking at these made me displas my lunch
Those are so hilarious, it really makes me wonder what photo was removed.
Removed by request of the baker? You mean someone admitted responsibility for that?!
@Barbara Anne: Did I write that malarkey with a straight face? I never write malarkey with a straight face. I did crank the facetiousness up to '11', though. :-D