Thursday
Jun092011
Hats Off For Grads!
June 9, 2011 Way, way, WAY off.
Seriously. I still don't see it.Now, for the past few years this has been the gold standard for wrecked grad cap cakes:
And believe me, that is one tough standard to beat.
Still, this year's wreckerators are certainly giving it their "best" effort:
My. How...swirly.
This design brought to you by the bad guy in Fifth Element.(10 geek points if you get that reference, and 25 if you know his name.)
And finally, my personal favorite: two cherries projectile vomiting on a picnic table:
I need an old cherry pitter, and a young cherry pitter.A tip of the hat to wreckporters Angi C., Casey H., April P., Jennifer S., & Holly K., who find that the power of cake compels them. (Although that last one really is the pits.)
Reader Comments (99)
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg. I had to look up the spelling, but still knew the pronunciation of "Zorg". ;P
I didn't get geek points for The Fifth Element (too long ago since I saw it), but I did get The Exorcist reference. Funny thing is, I never saw The Exorcist. I just have a college friend who used to say that all the time.
I love cupcakes but the swirls on top are making me a little nervous. I'm not sure what that first one is. Maybe it's abstract. Isn't that artist for who knows what it is?
I get the 25pts geek points... but want to apply for extra credit. When my second child was born, her hair was patchy, at best. We called her Zorg until her first birthday -- when her hair finally grew in!
I'm a bit saddened. My local grocery uses cakes that have been frozen and shipped in...lol They are apparently better at decorating things somewhere else...so I have yet to see a wreck to photograph. I feel that I'm missing something ...that one day...can only be filled by finding a true wreck on my own!
The evil planet form who calls up Zorg calls itself Mr. Shadow. Fifth element is a great movie!
it's not surprising that most of those are the dreaded CCC.
I don't want to nitpick but isn't it Austin Powers making fun of The Exorcist that says "I need an old priest and a young priest"?
I love the Zorg cake! Fifth Element is one of a handful of movies (including Princess Bride and Office Space) that if I catch it on, at any point in the movie, I MUST sit and finish watching it. Consequences be damned!
OOOHHHHH!!!! Mr Shadow!! Who would have been totally proud of the black CCC swirly thing too.
While watching the Fifth Element, my father: "What are you watching? Raggedy-Ann Saves the Universe?"
Domo Danke! Geek points please!
Aziz! Light! Oh, now I've started...
wv: snelisan, snail martial arts master.
In the first pic... I see a wiggly match.
For a split second I wondered about the "Zorg" remark then "Oh... yes... Oozing headgear".
And I am down with the "Holy Hannahs!".
I have wondered how it is that the little cap on graduation caps has been turned into what appears to be a burkha on cakes across America. Conspiracy?
when zorg was on the phone with the planet sized evil entity and made him bleed from the middle of his forehead. BAM!!!im good!
yeah, I'm going with Mr. Shadow over Zorg since he was the ones marking people & things with his black evil goo. Awesome! Gary Oldman rules.
Hey, at least the Fifth Element cake used correct spelling (if somewhat illegibly).
Good lord, these are so damn embarrasing. A pool of vomit looks more appetising (in fact, I bet £100 you could get the likeness of a mortarboard with more accuracy from a pool of vom than from the craftmanship of all these 'professional' bakers combined).
I was actually thinking more of Rorschah from from Watchmen than Zorg due to the oozing quality of the black blob.
wv:thize - thize the worst attempt at a graduation cake I have ever seen!
The swirly cupcake cap gets even worse when you think about what black dye tastes like. I once made a "death" cake ('cause 30 is soooo old, LOL!) and warned people NOT to eat the Grim Reaper in the middle, 'cause NASTY!
So its horrible, swirly looks are actually a kind public service announcement that says "Don't eat this, it's not really cake).
Am I the only one who sees a grad cap on a Goldfish cracker for "cake" #1?
Holy smokes. Every single one of these was horribly ugly. Every one...no redeemers. Sigh
I loved seeing comments where people talk about how the randomly quote The Fifth Element. My soon-to-be husband and I do that all the time. "Aziz! Light!": When were leaving the house. "Chicken" (as spoken by Leeloo). "SuperGreen...." and so on. I think this is a sign of a great marriage to come. :)
Great cakes as always by the way!
Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg protrayed by the incomparable Gary Oldman... or are you meaning that guy from the first couple of minutes when that shoot the big planet of evilish doom?
Bad guy from the Fifth Element was Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg. The blob of black looks a lot like the punishment Mr. Shadow gave him while they were on the phone. Yes I have watched the movie way to much but I love Bruce Willis (he's so hot) and Gary Oldman is such a great actor.
I loved Zorg, that headpiece was awesome.
Hee! I loved Gary Oldman as Zorg. *g*
As for that last cake, I saw the names Holly and Hannah and my mind immediately went to Sam & Jacob Carter's favorite saying of "Holy Hannah!" Yeah, I watch waaay to much Stargate; if there is such a thing.
Sûlien
you said not to disturb you unless it was Mr. Shadow. and it's Mr. Shadow.
OMG these are just awful. It's like some cake decorators did not even try.
When are wreckerators going to graduate from CCCs? Yes, I know; 'when people stop asking for them', but all it takes is a concerted effort to educate the public, preferably by directing them to CW. Anyone who continues to insist after that has been warned.
I cite in support of my thesis the first three exhibits.
#2 Could 'Class of 200g' have anything to do with that white powder in the lower left? Wait, that's a reflection from the cover. Never mind.
#3 is from Van Gogh's 'cupcake period', which proved to be the cause, rather than an effect of his insanity.
#4 "Why did you have to go and spill ink on that nice cake I just decorated?! Never mind, just write 'Congratulations' on it and we'll pass it off as a graduation cake."
#5 Yes, it's the Giant Cookie of Doom. On the other hand, 'congratulations' seems to be getting mangled less often these days (I hope I won't have cause to regret saying that). Yet another positive effect that Cake Wrecks is having on society.
"At present, nothing is possible except to extend the area of proper spelling little by little."
I think that fourth one, with the formless black void in the upper left corner, may be my favorite. It kinda looks like the Langoliers tore into it.
+25!! WE geeks rock!!
BTW, I thought there were supposed to be graduation cakes that looked like hats in this post. ??
-Barbara Anne
I usually don't get to come by here as often as I'd like, but when I saw the reference to the 5th Element, I made sure I did. And I was not disappointed :o) Oh, and geek points to boot, what more could a Nerd girl want? Of course that's the blood/ooze from under that weird skull cap thing and the baddy was Jean-Baptiste. Emanuel (sp?). Zorg. I think a viewing of the movie is on the "must do" list for this weekend :o) Green? Super Green!
How many points for having painted the Zorg Industries logo in food colouring on a cake? ;)
Well looks like that first cake found Nemo..sheesh what a way to celebrate a graduation lol. Too tired to come up with much of anything other than eeeeeeeeeeek to that CCC swirly poo hat thing lol.
Yay! 35 geek points for me!! That's one of my fave movies...even though all the boys in the house hate it. What do boys know anyway?! ;)
That last cake was just weird and incomprehensible til you said it looked like two cherries projectile vomiting...then I was sick. It's like the revenge of the fruit from Stand By Me...guess they were out of blue frosting for blueberries, though.
5th element, bad guy named Zorg with with the bizarre plastic headpiece. Congretylishons to me!
The cake with the hand that says Great Job has to many fingers!!!
Kim, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
I thought Zorg's cake was more of a baby grand piano... but, that's just my eye's view of it. :)
yay, geek points for me! :D
All I remembered was that his name was Gary Oldman. Do I still get points. I certainly don't remember any falling pianos in the movie. i do, however, remember watching the RiffTrax for it and laughed so hard that I was in pain.
The cherries are definitely bad, but hey, at least they spelled congratulations correctly!
OMG I just found your blog and have laughed so much I'm crying. Thank you!
Zorg hardly counts as a BAD guy. He's a businessman, that's all. And innately evil. But smart. Or at least, smarter than his customers. And I want one of those guns. I can think of many occasions I'd like to freeze my enemies, or at least throw a net over them. I'd mount it on my bicycle. :-) Hey, I bet even a wrecker could make a Mangalore-head cake! The uglier, the more accurate!
Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg. He was played by Gary Oldman, and that movie is one of my favorites like ever. Supergreen!~
Yay, 35 geek points!
Also, yay, Gary Oldman. That guy gives good villain.
(Yes, I'm frighteningly behind on my blog reading.)
BLLLLLLEEERRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH! So long, and thanks for all the fish/complementary towels.
Hee hee! Love the Fifth Element reference! As for the Zorg Graduation cake, I can only say, "I.....am.....Very.......DISAPPOINTED...!!!!!"