Fee Fi Fo Fana!
September 11, 2012 Yesterday we learned that writing names on cake can result in some pretty unfortunate nicknames.
But what if you already have an adorable nickname? Like "Briana Banana?" How do you wreck that up?
Well, in that case, I supppose the baker could always misspell it.
But that's kind of boring, right? So, let's see... what if - hypothetically - the baker mispelled "banana", but then also, instead of drawing a banana on the cake, she tossed a real, unpeeled banana on top?
No, wait - first she should shrink-wrap the banana and draw a smiley face on it with a Sharpie. Eh? And then tie a bunch of curly ribbon around the banana stem. Totally.
And then - THEN - just because all of that makes way too much sense, the baker could sprinkle something really ridiculous all around the shrinkwrapped smiley-face banana with curly ribbon tied on its stem. Something like...I dunno...little tiny dog bones.
Yeah. That would be one AWESOME wreck. Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Right, April A.?
Reader Comments (52)
Anyone could see that those are banana flavored dog bones...
Ok, too early for my brain to be reading. I saw "banana peel" & was all "gross!!!" until I scrolled down. :P At least the banana is not directly touching the frosting. :)
I think it would be cool if the wreckerator would spell banana wrong too. That would put it over the top.
Sung to the Oscar Mayer Jingle (My bologna has a first name…)
My banana isn’t spelled right, it has an extra N
It’s also wrapped in shrink wrap. Can I see that again?
Gonna throw my birthday cake away.
Why’d you use those dog bones anywaaaaaay?
‘Cause Wreckerators have a way with ruining nice cakes every day.
What, no olives or candy canes?
I bet they were out of the banana-shaped runts, and used the yellow dog bones instead (they're longer than they are wide, just like bananas!).
At least the writing is legible. After yesterday's post, that's a plus.
Yeah, so guess what the family is getting in their stockings this year? Nothing says "Merry Christmas" or "I love you" like a shrink-wrapped banana with a handmande, sharpie face on it. Also, how inexpensive are bananas? You just grab a bunch at the store, gather your supplies at home, and get all creative; I say this baker is a genius.
Nah, I disagree. I think this cake is fun and awesome! Ok, except for the misspelled "bananna." And the way the banannna was jammed into the cake, creating a mini frosting crater and smearing it on the banannnnna face.
But mostly, I just like saying "banannnnnna."
Guess the wreckorator doesn't listen to Gwen Stefani!
Am I the only one who sees a shrink wrapped banana and remembers the condom-covered bananas featured in a high school sex ed class? Anyone?
Most wreckorators could thank Gwen Steffani for teaching them how to spell banana :)
maybe the banana is shrink-wrapped so it doesn't lose its a-peel....or maybe the banana is shrink wrapped, tied down with ribbon and stuck in the cake 'cause everyone knows -- fruit flies....
...okay, I actually kind of love this (except for the dog bones and extra N). It's hilarious. I am totally decorating cakes with smiley fruit from now on. That makes it health food, right?
I didn't even need to bother looking at the picture you had conjured up such a wonderful image!
I love the use of piping to cover the misshapen edges of the cake.. Oh, never mind.
@Sharyn -- awesome as always; thanks for the smile.
Jen &John: I love your hypothetical set ups. What an awful wreck!
Ramey, we need a hand-slapping laughing smiley for your post!
EPIC. Just... EPIC. This wreck is screwed up on almost every conceivable level. The only reason it doesn't QUITE achieve "WINNING!!!!" is because it lacks random piles of brown frosting poo.
@Sharyn - WoW! I must be tuned in to your wavelength today. My first thought was
Cuz wreckerators have a way with B-A-N-A-N-N-A's. Great minds and all.
I don't think Briana is Happy with her Birthday Bananna. At. All.
That is so wrong. I'm almost surprised that they didn't use one of the over-ripe spotted bananas just to get rid of it.
I don't actually hate the banana. Dog bones are a bit odd, they should have done banana runts.
Even monkeys dislike that cake.
I once saw a taping of the Letterman Show live, and there was a dramatic reading of several popular songs- one of them was Gwen Stephani's B-A-N-A-N-A song.... the other was My humps....
They were both hilarious read as dramatic poetry.
Not being a native speaker I'd never heard of banana runts and had to google them. What fun! We Europeans have them too, but ours aren't hard candy but more like marshmallows. I really enjoyed everything about this post -- that is, including the comments!
The banana thing is one reason I've always hated my name.
Strangely, I think this one actually has something going for it. Maybe it's the fetching smiley face on the banana, and that they took the trouble to make a seamless wrap to make that possible. Somehow it doesn't quite feel like the other sloppy, lazy "innovations" we see around here.
Okay, am I the only one who thinks from the look on that banana's face that there isn't more going on here? That, combined with the "bones" makes me wonder what the decorator had in mind.
Ummm, is it just me, or does that frosting crater bear a suspicious resemblance to a wreckorator's right thumb on the Briana side and several fingers on the Banananananana (whoops, got carried away there) side?
Even thou I'm in new Zealand am I the only one that remembers 9 11 is today thou technacliy it is9 12 for me !!?!¿¡ Peace to my nz homies
[Editor's note- Hi Katiezz. Of course we remember the tragedy of 9/11 but our job is to lift people up and hopefully bring a smile to someone who desperately needs it. Today, more than ever. -john]
Between the banana and the dog bones that is one phallic cake. Yikes. Poor Brianna. I hope she got a laugh out of it.
When I first saw the pic, I thought the dog bones were the only thing really wrong with it. I actually find the banana concept cute -- a little odd, but fun. I don't think the cake's as wrecky as you think it is.
This one is pretty epic. Well shared, Cake Wrecks.
‘Cause Wreckerators have a way with ruining nice cakes every day. <~~~Awesome! Now it's stuck in my head! Thanks Sharyn :)
And I suppose, hypothetically, maybe this one isn't so bad. Nah, it's still a wreck no matter how many times I scroll back up and look.
Oh dear, it's so bad it"s good :D Sharyn thanks for the giggles. XD
Epic Wreck. A wreck so terrible its awesome.
I don't think that's sharpie. It looks too 3d to me. my guess is icing. on the outside of shrink wrap.
Every time I look at it, this cake reminds me of a line in an epic book written by the great Terry Pratchett, "Witches Abroad"--"Nanny Ogg knew how to START spelling 'banana', but she didn't know how you stopped." (If you haven't become acquainted with Mr. Pratchett yet, you really should. He's hilarious on PURPOSE.)
@mel: LOL
SaraCVT - I hope that doesn't make this Bananana Cake Surprise.
that popping sound you hear isn't the fire swamp about to spew flames- it's the poor synapses in my head shorting out. WTF?
Katiezz, a lot of us remember that today is 9 11. But as we remember, we also know that all is not ashes and mourning. And sometimes humor is the best way to keep things going. I worked with paramedics and paramedic humor can be very black. It also diffuses a lot of tension and pain. So laughing at wrecked cakes is not such a bad way to spend a few minutes today (or yesterday, in New Zealand).
And trust me, the people who follow the teachings that "inspired" them to fly planes into buildings see nothing at all funny in cakes. One of the major leaders of that philosophy declared, "there is no laughter in Islam," at least not in his kind. All the more reason to take a few minutes and laugh.
Ok. Classic wreck. But I'm gonna weigh in on behalf of poor Briana. Being called "Diana Banana" as an impressionable youngster - It is NOT an adorable nickname. It is awful. Loathsome. Totally yucko.
Even now, if someone says it out loud, I cringe. I HATED IT.
To have the insult added to injury in the form of that cake - well, I can only hope Briana is a) not scarred for life - since the cake has been immortalized for all time and b) that she is getting therapy.
Fortunately for me, I moved on and became an archaeologist. Now people call me "Indiana Diana". That I can take.
Some props are in order. :)
This person knew their limitations and went for the real thing instead of trying to make the fruit from yellow frosting. It is shrink wrapped for Hygiene and Cleanliness. It's almost like the maker was saying "Happy Birthday! Have some fancied up potassium. You're welcome."
I looked at this early this morning, and like Barbara Anne, my synapses started shorting out, too. I simply could not process it all.
So now it's 11 pm and I'm looking again and I still can't process it. Especially the dog bones. Why, why, WHY?
@Sharyn: Classic! Th only thing that made sense!
Lol well it could be worse that banana could have been made with brown frosting..and ugh how gross would that have been? Still clueless as to why they put little dog bones on there unless those are candies. My brain has ceased to function trying to work this one out.
@217hz:
Well, if it is, this is going to be a one of Briana's more memorable birthdays. (Or maybe not...) She might start singing about a hedgehog.
It's a cake with its own visual aid! This was actually very helpful of the baker, considering the misspelled word; otherwise, the recipient might not have know what a "bananna" is. Plus, the fruit is edible, in case the cake isn't. So, in a way, we could argue that the baker was being considerate and innovative, not random and flawed.
SaraCVT, how right you are! (And it's just as well you don't quote the lyrics of the hedgehog song -- let people google these for themselves.) I adore Pratchett, and I'm very sorry he seems to have stopped his "Witches" sub-series.
Well, I went to 'The Name Game'. Which must never be sung with 'Chuck' as the subject, but I digress.
As to the dog bones...
To paraphrase Ursula K. LeGuin in 'The Lathe of Heaven', "One must stop understanding at that which cannot be understood. Those who cannot do it will be destroyed on the Lathe of Wreckorators."