Wednesday
May112011
The Words Get in the Way
May 11, 2011 My friends, there's an epidemic sweeping our nation's bakeries that I think you should know about: SPATIAL AWARENESS DISORDER.
And believe me, it's SAD.
It starts innocently enough.
First you might notice a few odd gaps in their writing:
Then they run out of room:
Then they decide to just keep going:
The next thing you know, the bakery's sense of scale is swinging wildly from one extreme to another, ranging from the microscopic:
To the titanic:
"We had to bake three more cakes to fit it all in, but we made it!"Occasionally a wreckerator might recognize that s/he's made a mistake:
Thereby making it worse.In its final stages, the SAD affect can get doubly bizarre:
Bakers lose all sense of gravity, distance, and direction...
...and even more disturbing: appropriate word placement.
To this day, Nanny still can't look the mall Santa in the eye.Thanks to Chris S., Rebecca M., Marina C., Rachel P., Cindy E., Marc, Trish M., & Alison for finally exposing the third rail of cake decorating.
Reader Comments (70)
@Donna M: I seriously want one of those iMoms. My six year old is making up knock-knock jokes and I'm the only one around to hear them!
HAHAHA! Not only did one of these cakes actually have my name (badly) written on it, but I don't think I could do half the job if I tried to write on a cake. Sometimes "SAD" is very real, and very sad! So, I leave writing to the professionals...
When I look at the eighth one, I can only see "Happy Bigamy."
Betsy said...
My guess is that Allison is having a segregated birthday party... boys on one side and girls on the other.
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What if it was a cake for two people names Allison.. each got her own side....interesting
I want the sixth one for all my future birthdays! That's all kinds of ridiculous awesome, hahahahaha...
This was on my feed today. Have you seen it?http://www.delish.com/food/recalls-reviews/divorce-cakes-bring-a-dose-of-sweetness-to-the-bittersweet?gt1=47001
"Bakers lose all sense of gravity, distance, and direction..."
pshaw- it's a snow globe cake. you shake it up and watch the letters and flotsam drift into new patterns. very soothing.
-Barbara Anne
Haha, I saw Hoppy Birthday on the first cake too.
Cake #7: Did someone have twins and name them both Allison?
Oh my goodness..And I thought a doctor's handwriting was horrid on a prescription. Sheesh lol maybe doctors are actually writing on cakes now? That would just be sheer bedlam :).
Loved the Kim one, that's just....wow. And I thought I'd seen everything with your blog :p
I'd just like to get in here and say Happy Birthday to you, Jen. Thought you could get away with it, huh? It's probably only rolling into your birthday now in your timezone, but I've been celebrating in Brisbane for many hours already. When are you getting to the party?
Seriously, I hope you're treated to a less "special" birthday cake than the stunners you posted today, and I do mean "special" in that "special" P.C. way. (John - I empathise with the pressure to get it either totally right or really, really wrong!)
Thanks for another year of laughs.
Thank you once again for making my day. :D
Does anyone know what that Miracle Strip Park cake was made for? I lived in Panama City, FL when I was 10 and 11, and there was an amusement park there called Miracle Strip. I wonder if it's still there?
Oh, I just read a comment that may have answered my question, if he/she really knows what he/she's talking about!
So great! The eighth pic is kind of forgiveable since it looks like it had coconut shavings on it that pulled off as the decorator tried to write. If the bakery is anything like the one I worked at, I'm totally imagining that the customer would. not. be. talked. out. of. it.
I think Anna's friends (cake #3) should have sprung for a bigger cake. I don't think you entirely blame the decorator when the customer wants a message that won't fit on the cake.
Well personally i think the writing shouldn't overtake the greatness of a cake/ cookie/ cupcake...a wee message is enough...unless u can pull it off ;)
This game really looks yummy :D
Miracle Strip Park was awesome! I really miss that place.
Now that my birthday's coming up, I'm rather glad I picked one out myself.