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.
Now, don't you have a photo you want to send me? ;)
September 21, 2012 The good news is it's your birthday, and you get cake!
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The plan was considered a success, until Dylan's parents remembered the four-year-old still hadn't learned to read.
Thanks to Anony M. for putting every horrible birthday ever into perspective.
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Reader Comments (63)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo! That's just so WRONG!
My birthday is Sunday, I'm celebrating it at a dog show, and thank heavens I'm bringing the cake and it won't have any writing on it, so it shouldn't be a wreck. OTOH...might be fun to have something to send you, but not anything as awful as this cake!
Sung to B-I-N-G-O
There was a family who had a dog
And Peanut was his name-o
Where did Peanut go?
Where did Peanut go?
Where did Peanut go?
Here, Dylan, have some cake-o.
...and don't ask about Grandma.
(Typing this, I can't help but wonder if I might be a horrible person...)
Fodder for future therapy sessions.
:O What kind of parents think that it's a good thing to remind a 4-year-old on their birthday that their dog is dead! Poor Dylan!
I...er...um...WHAT?!
And now let's cut up our dead dog's face and eat it ...
My birthday was on August 12th. We had to put my cat down (unexpectedly) on August 13th.
I could've used a cake that day (though, I don't think I would have wanted her picture on it...)
I think some of these people escaped from a home, how else to explain some of these...
What a way to tell your four year old that the family pet is dead. Hopefullly the cake lessened the blow.
Awww, that makes me sad, picturing little Dylan sobbing hysterically over Peanut's picture. (At least the cake itself wasn't a wreck.)
Knowing how people are these days, it could've been a birthday cake for the DOG and a RIP mention to the kid.
Wait--I'm confused...this was how they were going to TELL him?!? Way to go, Mom & Dad. Then again, we see their excellent judgment reflected in the name of the dog.
Who does this?? Oh, I forgot where I was for a second. It reminds me of the King of Queens when Doug found out his dog wasn't the origional. I can't believe he'd never done the math.
I hope they ordered the cake BEFORE the dog died. Even so, I would NEVER give my kids a cake with a photo of their recently deceased pet! A birthday is their happy day, and that photo wouldn't be a happy reminder.
I suppose the child could have said he wanted Peanut on his cake though. And, a 4 year old doesn't quite get it, so go ahead... but, I would have skipped the RIP. That was probably for the adult's sake.
Poor Peanut.
Sharyn, yes you are a horrible person, and we love you for it XD XD XD
Sharyn, if you're a horrible person for writing it, I'm one for laughing at it!
That's just so wrong to do a cake like that. That poor child!
@Sharyn: I am laughing so hard I'm crying. Between your comment and MiA's, I am in absolute hysterics. Heehee!
This cake would be a sad way to tell Dylan his dog is dead, but what if he already knew? "Hey, Dylan, remember that dog we had that you loved so much? Remember that he is now DEAD?! Hahaha. Good times. Now stop crying so I can take a picture."
Sharyn, you are a horrible person!
The kind of horrible person I'd like to go have drinks with and mock the two legged wildlife that wanders through the drinking establishment! :)
It is my bday today! No one better lay a finger on my dog, and I'd like a non wrecked cake... We will see how it turns out later!
@ Sharyn - You are SO not a horrible person! (Even tho as I type this I'm STILL humming yesterday's song in my head!) You have some seriously mad skillz lady!
As for today's wreck... A few years ago one of our cats died, on my daughter's 16th birthday. She would definately NOT appreciate being reminded of that in any way, especially with an edible image of her beloved pet. Wrong...so very wrong!
Sharyn: No, you are NOT a horrible person for writing that. Just slightly twisted, with a little warp thrown in for fun. I'm with Lo: Time for drinks!
A photo of your deceased pet on your birthday cake. So you can cut it up and eat it. And serve it to all your 4-year-old friends! Shouldn't they be saving this for Halloween, so they can truly terrorize all the kids in the neighborhood? I can hear the shrieks now!
My birthday is tomorrow. We're having pizza. And rum. And lots of other drinks! Deceased pets are not on the menu.
This could have been my 11th birthday cake. Our dog got hit by a car the day before... really puts a damper on your birthday, let me tell you.
Sharyn's song makes me think of the punchline to one of my favorite jokes:
"So, how's Grandma?"
*pause*
"She's on the roof."
Best joke ever! We quote it all the time at our house
Eeek! We would all be crying as we ate our dog's face...
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The 4 year old probably asked for this but yuck!
@mindy1, Linda, Andrea, Lo, Jodee in WA, TLC -- Well, it's good to know, horrible person or not, I've got a lot of good company!
Fluffy Cow: I thought of that joke, too.
Our dog died on my daughter's 4th birthday this year. I can't imagine making a cake to remind her of it.
This is just plain wrong! What's next - a fondant-covered cake of Grandma in her casket on his 5th birthday? (Please, please let the fondant be Wilton - the design of it is too horrible for even marshmallow fondant!)
Bad parents, the kid asked for a "Peanuts" cake...
I'm kinda hoping maybe both Dylan AND Peanut are dogs. They could have been brothers from the same litter. Some people out there actually throw parties for their pets. Otherwise, this is just awful.
When I first opened the page, I thought it was Cthulhu. I now wish it had been... O_O
My former in-laws had a dog that looked just like that, and was named Peanut, who passed away and had a collar exactly like the one in the picture..... they also have a boy in the family named Dylan, who recently turned 4... I'm investigating cause this would be one creepy coincidence.
This is too freaky- my friend just emailed me this picture because I had a little weiner dog named Peanut and a cousin Dylan. We sent accusations to my aunt to see if she's the one who did this.
One time, my mom gave me my dead dog's ashes as a Christmas present. I was 20 years old, not 4, but still. At least it didn't ruin my birthday.
My dog died on my birthday a few years ago; thank GOD no one did this! I would have been mortified!
I am a cake decorator. Once I was asked to make a surprise cake for a daughter's 21'st birthday by a mum, and she wanted a picture of her recently deceased husband (the girl's father) on the cake. I thought it weird and refused. She might have ordered from someone else, but I don't want to imagine the poor girl's reaction.....
That's a BAD cake!
I really wanted to say that since tomorrow - september 22 - is Bilbo and Frodo Baginses birthdays, is there any chance of seeing cakes with a LOTR theme in their honor?
Thank you! i love your blog :-)
Maybe Peanut went to his reward the same day and being thrifty folks they decided to kill one bird with one stone!
@Lo, TLC: can I join you for the drinks with Sharyn? That sounds like a blast.
I'm just grateful they named the kid Dylan; given the tastelessness of the cake decorations, I would've expected Caleb*
* The name Caleb comes from the Hebrew Kelev, which means "dog". I've always wondered if the sisters of Caleb's I've met are named Portia (Shakespeare's made up name, derived from "pig").
This happened to me. It was my 18th birthday, though. And my father went to the trouble of actually making a cake in the shape of a Siamese cat. About two weeks after my cat, Hershey died. He was also 18, so he'd been there my whole life. So, I can vouch for the fact that it doesn't really matter how old one is... any birthday cake that references one's dead pet is a bad idea.
Straight out of the Kubler-Ross baking bible
The cake is ... just... I don't even know. But the comments are hilarious! Thanks Andrea and MiA.
Now we know what happened to the first cake, naughty peanut
Okay, with all this talk about drinks I propose we create a CAKE WRECKS CON!!!!!!
Can you imagine the cosplay? The panels? That would ooze with awesome! Who's with me?!!
Re: today's post
*headdesk*
That is all.
Next they will be putting grandma's face on a cake and saying "she fell off the roof"!
Wow. Just. Wow.
Oh my goodness! Poor Peanut... I mean Dylan! lol
Oh, so that'a a picture of the dog? I thought it was the dog's head.