Err Supply
October 19, 2012 I know just how to ice it
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And I know just how to sell
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I know just how to read instructions
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And I know just how too spell!
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I know how to make a moose head
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And I know how to make a bear
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I know just how to write "Amurersary"
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And I know what to do with hair!
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And I know just how to stack cake...
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And I know when I've gone too far!
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AND I'M PROBABLY GONNA CHARGE YOU EVEN THOUGH IT TOPPLED OVER 'CAUSE I REALLY HAVE TO PAY FOR MY CAR!
But I don't think you should judge me
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Just because it's hard to read my scra-ah-awl...
'Cuz you know I'll always be here
Making caa-aake
Look like nothing at all
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{Making cake!}
Look like nothing at all
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{Making ca-ay-ake!}
Look like nothing at all
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Ahhh-awwww-AH!
Ahhhh-awwww-AH!
AHHHHHH!!
AHHHHHH!!!
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THIS LOOKS LIKE NOTHING AT ALL!
Thanks to Kimberly M., Justine T., Kate L., Lauren B., Krista K., Beth W., Meghan M., Margaret, Amy C., Anony M., Fred M., Kris D., Beth, Kate H., & Chelsea V. for helping us write the longest CW post in CW history.
Reader Comments (92)
My 4 yo daughter says that bear looks like TOTORO from "My Neighbor Totoro". My 6 yo son says that those candy corn look like sauropod teeth from a dinosaur.
There ARE a lot of browncoats reading Cakewrecks. Even before I saw the posts indicating that yes, that is Jayne's cunning hat (and props to the baker if it is and not a rocket ship), I thought of Kaylee's line "Kaylee: [stroking swan] Looks like it was made with, you know, longing. Made by a person really longed to see a swan." Or a bear, or a moose, or whatever those other abstractions are supposed to be
Not feeling well here today. The thought of "Welsh Lady Ass Fudge" makes me want to <covering mouth and running to the bathroom>... Whew... The song is top notch! I had to go back and read through a second time to get the right rhythm but you did a great job John!
Gonna go lay down now and try not to think of Welsh Ladies or their cakes! <covering mouth again>
I managed to miss this song the first time around. So I googled it. Thanks a bunch.
As a cake decorator who has made topsy turvy cakes I can tell you the the "Happy Birthday Bash" cake is intentionally stacked like that. Granted, they might have wanted to angle them differently to be more attractive, but no cake stacked at angles like that accidentally would stay up. :-)
Ok, so am I the only one who finds it ironic that "appreciation" is the word spelled right?
I am completely shocked that the decorator of #4 spelled "appreciation" correctly. What happened?!?!!
8-O
I'm not sure if I should be embarrassed or proud that I read the first two lines, started singing the correct song in my head, then glanced at the title and realized that was the song that should be in my head ... and was able to remember every note, although I had to pause and snort when I got to the part about PAY FOR MY CAR. Very well done!
This is the third time our wedding cake (the one with the back oozing out all over the table) has made Cake Wrecks!! SWEET!!!
I've seen some people talking about how the Sweet Birthday Bash cake was probably supposed to look like that. I agree that it looks like it was intended as a topsy-turvy cake. However, it is not well made at all. Looking at the physics of it, those layers don't seem like they will stay upright very long. (By the way, does anyone else think the white blobs on the cookie cake look a little like Pac-Man ghosts?)
what is the song that its supposed to go with??????
And making quite a mess Lady Kal. hahaha ...I fourth the sniffle
When I finally recognized what song was being parodied (and was able to see again after my eyes teared up from laughing), I called up the original video on YouTube and listened to that song while mouthing the lyrics posted here. I was reminded that: (1) there were a lot of godawful songs in the '80s, (2) there were a lot of equally godawful music videos in the '80s, and (3) there are a lot of awfully talented people here at Cake Wrecks.
Thanks again for making my memories of the Decade of Excess that much less painful.
Cakewrecks has ruined many a keyboard for me. But then again, I should have learned my lesson the last 58 times and made sure I was not drinking when browsing this site. This is another hilarious post!
I feel so bad for both the bride and the cake maker of the smashed one. It looks like it was a nicely done cake destroyed in transit. So heartbreaking!
Was just starting on my second cup of hot chocolate and cake vodka while recovering from my son's last football game of the season, which was very cold and windy. After seeing this, I might need a third to recover from these wrecks!
There are many things I don't understand here. But the "pay for my car" cake, well, takes the cake! Why oh why would someone create a cake that looks like they vomited it back up to reassemble it? And if I look at that candy corn thing any longer, small vessels are going to start bursting in my brain.
But John: great parody! And memories of the Air Supply album playing in my sorority house, with the speakers in the window and the girls laying out in summer and the 70-year-old next-door neighbor mowing his lawn. Every day. Thanks!
Oh man..where do the wreckerators get these ideas? Some nightmare they care to share with all of the customers more than likely lol. I thought that moose looked like a giant bat that wants to eat the person attempting to eat the cake. Hmm.
The scrawl cake looks like it might say my name! :D
Ass fudge?!? I will never change another dirty diaper without thinking about ass fudge.
I admit, I love this song. (And Air Supply!) I hadn't read the post title but picked the tune up in my head on the first line (yep, I did), thought "wait a second" and then checked the title for confirmation.
That said, I adore this post. It's hysterical! And your typing style to fit the song style is perfect. I don't think you missed a single musical swell!
I'm a big Air Supply fan, and Tamara (the one that follows this blog, I usually just look over her shoulder) and I started to sing along to the song.
By the end we were belting it out and laughing out butts off! Nice post, Jon, the Hubby of Jen!
I don't think that bear is a bear. I think it's a brown Totoro.
As soon as I saw the the 4.79 reduced cake I thought Jayne's hat! Very happy to see I'm not the only one. You can't stop the signal.
Is it wrong that as I was reading this post, I got out a lighter and swayed along as I read?
That "bear" looks more to me like a fat hamster that's very surprised to find itself being held up at gunpoint.
(the smile is inexplicable; held up at carrot point?)
I thought the moose head looked like a deformed white man-parts with black angel wings... A racially sensitive vasectomy cake perhaps?
Appreciation!
I kin half day shiff if I
falls Haiku Joy's class!
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So guys, it appears that EACH FALL it takes me longer and longer to get into the swing of coming back to Cake Wrecks. I meant to be posting regularly again no later than mid August. Here it is, late October.I can't access Cake Wrecks through my office anymore, and I have 30 (thirty!) more students this semester than ever before.
Recent Word of the Day: lumbago. I can say it all day. Lumbago. Lum-BEY-goh. I say it with an eyebrow lift and a Latin accent: lum-BEEEEEY-goh.
What the.....???
Total Genius! Love the way you wrote this post. I have a feeling I'm gonna have this Air Supply song stuck in my head all night!
'Welsh Lady Ass Fudge' is all over the internet now. There's a company that makes fudge for Welsh souvenir shops, and it comes in 3 designs: Welsh Lady, Welsh Harp, Welsh Choir. The first 2 come in a choice of 'assorted' or 'clotted cream', so the label should have said 'Welsh Lady Assorted Fudge' but that was too long... That's a Tesco label. Tesco is a British firm, and 'ass' isn't a rude word here - but we all know that it is in the US, and I bet Tesco have changed that label by now.
No one's made a guess at that last cake - or was it too obvious? CCC in red, white and blue + 'sparkler' decoration = 4th of July cake! We all know the shape doesn't matter. I mean, fireworks don't have a shape, do they?
Poo Bear?
Cake #4 - And yet they spelled appreciation (or should I say "appreciation") correctly. *sigh*
I was almost to the very end when I realized this was done to a song. So, I had to go back to the very beginning and sing it. Now I feel old, but at least I am laughing too.
I'm pretty sure the bear cake is supposed to be a Pokemon... Snorlax to be more exact. Which doesn't make it any better than if it was supposed to be a bear.
Holy cow- the third one from the bottom looks like it has nursing pads plopped on it! Ugh.
ERRRRR Supply? ERMERGERD!!!!!
I also think the bear cake looks like Totoro. Or a tanuki, with the green line being the string from his hat. But, I could be trying too hard out of a need for something here to make sense.
Oh, puleez tell me that "district" cannot be THAT ruined! Why waste our tax dollars on any public schooling at all?
And I am wondering if that bear was an owl in a previous life?
And what bakery supervisor had the incredible nerve to slap a price sticker on ANY of these???
They walk amongst us, etc etc etc
I just sung this whole post to my daughter. Ever since she heard the "what's this" song, she wants all the posts to be musical.
My husband asked if #14 was Darth Vader humping a traffic cone! I still think it is a Jayne Hat
I want to try some welsh lady ass fudge. Call me strangely curious.
I know I'm late, but I just had to say it since no one else did. The comment from Chrissy I think? There is the point! You're a cake decorator! You should be able to spell! Your job requires spelling. And spelt is WRONG WRONG WRONG. Phew, I feel better now.