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September 26, 2011 They just grow up so fast. [sniffle]
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Thanks to Kimberly N. for the father figures.
September 26, 2011 
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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.
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I hope that either the guy was born on Leap Day, or they forgot a number in front of that 8!
Maybe Daddy was born during a leap year...
My question: Do bakeries not ever read what they've written? I know anytime I've had a cake done, I've had to leave my phone number "In case we have any questions".
How can anybody be a father at that age!??
I sure hope this guy was born on Leap Day.
Nothing says "Happy 8th Birthday Daddy" like real inedible curled ribbon on your cake!
Gotta love leap day birthdays.
This cake is just screaming for an "8nd".
Wow... Um... Maybe he was born on February 29th?
Wait....what? o_o I just...I have no words for this.
The same thing happened to "Mom" long ago, with the same caption.
I want to see the follow up "Sweet 16 Grandpa!"
I wonder if there is any chance this is a joke. At 30 I started celebrating anniversaries of my 25th birthday. I'm hitting the big 10 this year, which sounds much more fun that 35 :)
at least they got the "th" right!
I'm thinking it was supposed to be either "Happy 80th birthday, Daddy," or "Happy 8th Birthday, Danny."
Though the leap year birthday idea would make him like... 32 or so.
This. Is. Awesome.
Gives new meaning to "Baby Daddy"
(singing)... But going by his Natal day-hay-hay-hay-haaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy... He is a little boy of five!
*snort*
"A paradox! A paradox! A most ingenious paradox!"
My guess is that it should say something like: Happy 8th Birthday! Love Daddy.
Wow, I've heard of cougars before, but this is taking it to extremes, don't you think?
If he was not born on a leap year, I really do not want to know D:
I agree with Amy.
At the vain attempt of preserving what little dignity the bakery possesses, I am opting for he opinion "Daddy" was a leap year baby.
I also really wanted to congratulate them on accurate spelling and nice penmanship but that blob of streamer like stuff in top right hand corner kind of ruined my optimistic moment ...
Odd fantasy...but to each their own.... LOL
My husband is set to celebrate his 10th birthday in February! I think a cake like this is most certainly in order...
At least it's not 'Flashdaddy'.
Um, dog years maybe?
I'm embarrassed to admit I had to look at this for a solid minute before I figured out what the wreck was. I even went through it item by item...the writing's not smeared, there's no overuse of sprinkles, no poo swirls or carrot jockeys, nothing's misspelled...hm...oh! Oh, there it is...
This is where punctuation come in handy. Is daddy turning 8 or is daddy wishing someone a happy 8th?
Babies havin' babies. Sad world.
Maybe the baker meant to pipe 'Happy 18th birthday, Daddy' which still doesn't REALLY make it right, but makes me a wee bit happier...
Well, it could happen ... I did an obituary a couple weeks ago for a 15 year-old boy who had a 2 1/2 year old and a 9 month old daughters ... and, no, the baby-mama's daddy didn't murder the boy ;)
My grandmother is all set to turn 25 this coming February!
My mother had my kids convinced that she was 13 and I was 82. Maybe Daddy... Daddy just never taught the kids to count. Or think logically. And the bakers didn't question it.
I love this cake.
Let me assure you all that this was a cake made in November or so, not February. It was supposed to say Happy 80th Birthday, Daddy!" Also, bleh. I really hate those ribbon things. But I was required to use them for a certain number of cakes made in various North Carolina grocery store bakeries. This cake was done by my boss from my first cake decorating job at a Lowes Foods store. She at least had the intelligence to ask how to spell Congratulations every time she went to write it on a cake.
Hee hee! As a Leap Year baby myself turning "10" next year, this makes me laugh! And reminds me of my husband telling me about getting strange looks in Hallmark when he asked if they had any "To my Wife on her 7th Birthday" cards. :)
@BADKarma -- I absolutely love the Pirates reference. And it's exactly what I was thinking. :-)
I took this picture years ago when I worked as a bakery stock boy at Lowes Foods. I noticed the cake sitting on the table and just HAD to snap the picture. It was supposed to say HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY DADDY.
Hey guys, what if they simply meant
"Happy 8th Birthday, Daddy" as in FROM DADDY?
It'd still be a horrible mistake, even though it did take me like 5 minutes to figure out what was wrong...
maybe it was his 8th year being a daddy. :)
Thanks for the explanation, Kim N! This cake cracks me up! :)
maybe he's a recovering addict, then this really could be his 8th birthday, the 8th year since he got sober.
Leap Year Father?
Daddy: I want our next kid named after me.
Mommy: Carl?
Daddy: Nope.
Mommy: Junior?
Daddy: Not even close.
In the cake's defense, growing up, my father always joked that he was only 8 years old. He said that if he had relive his life, he has no idea how on earth he would have lived past the age of 10 again. So I do remember getting may father a "happy 8th birthday" card for his birthday on several occasions growing up. So in my house, it wouldn't be completely unreasonable to have a cake say the same thing! :)
I'm kind of disappointed it was just a simple error. I was hoping for a real "wow" story.
If you figure out what this says about me, please feel free to keep it to yourself. I find my own comment a little disturbing...
My kids today were debating my age (I just had a birthday). The 4-year-old thought I was 13, and the 6-year-old thought maybe I was 16. So perhaps Mommy let one of the kids place the cake order and let them decide what number to put on it.
I honestly hope, like everyone else that this guy was a Leap Year baby lol. I would not want to know if he isn't..sheesh scary cake..
Of course, Mels could have gotten this cake for Rory.
@Gretchen:
Oh, bravo! Except...I don't really see Mels as the birthday-remembering, cake-getting type. If anything, she might have presented him with a pistol. She defines "wild child"!