Tuesday
Dec312013
Hey, All These Lyrics I Forgot...
December 31, 2013 Should all baking skills be forgot?
And never brought to mind?
;)
Could all that schooling be for naught?
;)
For all
dang
time.
For allll da-aang tiiime, my dear
For old brain wine!
;)
La DAAAA da daaaaa da
something, something...
For bald hang(over) time!
;)
*****
Hey. You. Yes, you.
I LOVE YOU, MAN.
And you, too, lady.
;)
Have fun tonight, guys, but please remember to always decorate responsibly.
Thanks to Anthony B., Lori D., Dimitra S., Cynthia P., & Jenny C. for helping us sing in the new yar.
Reader Comments (32)
Happy New Yars, Y'all!
The last cake MUST be for a merry band of pirates! Arrr
That last one makes me think of a pirate's New Year's greeting. "Happy New Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
In the third cake down, is are the pink wine glasses filled with pig entrails?
The joke's on the people who pay for those things :P
That last one looks like it could work for Pirate day too!
Happy New Yars, Y'ar!
First one...what the heck is it supposed to be?
Second one...they have no clocks in bakeries? How do the wreckerators know when their shift is over?
Third...brain wine. suppressing gag reflex.
Fourth...bald hang over. suppressing gag reflex.
The last one looks like someone came up and said, "Hey, you forgot a letter on that last word!" and the wreckerator looked and said, "Oh yeah, I forgot to put an S on the end! I can fix that."
Happy New Yar, CW!!!!!!!
Is the first one supposed to be an overflowing mug?
I think Mr. Bloodshot is cute. Just a hair too tall for his container, perhaps. It's intended to look kind of terrible, and succeeds.
First Cake: I am so glad you found this cake. This is an example of a typical New Year’s Cake made many years ago by meandering bands of itinerant bakers who, hoping for better years, wandered the land peddling cakes to those without baking facilities or access to quality frosting. Unfortunately, to avoid purchasing their products, unscrupulous locals often arrested and imprisoned them until such a time as they made cakes for the entire village. (See: “The Social, Political and Economic Impact of Baseless Bakers and Conscripted Cakery,” by Parchment, Baggs and Tipps, 2012, Edible Press.) A true masterpiece of cake symbolism, rich in thought-provoking imagery for the New Year, yet timeless in its application and limitless in its inspiration: a drink to welcome in the New Year and wash down the old. But let’s look a little deeper. First, the pan. A boot? Really? Yes, but not just any boot: Santa’s boot. The year is over and we are done with Santa (nice guy that he is, though) and we are giving him a friendly “boot” to make way for the newness and hope of the Baby New Year. This theme is echoed by the rather overt, yet with a hint of subtleness, representation of both the male contributory part (lower right of cake) and the result of said part’s application: three “cupcakes” forming both the handle of the mug and the obvious evidence of impending motherhood. (Note: some have postulated that the three cupcakes symbolize girls or triplets, but in-depth research has not borne this out). (Also note: the greenish tint to the cake is symbolic of the fertility of Spring, a time of renewal and growth.) Yes, the New Year is filled with opportunity for newness, for growth and development; goals initiated and realized, giving birth to a new us. And note the greeting placed on the cake. Traditionally, these were made of birch bark, as a reminder that while the vision for the New Year is filled with wonderful growth, not everything will be “palatable,” and we will have to chew some things over. And finally, the little colorful dots – the secret (and sometimes not so secret) yearning of everyone, not only then, but also now, who wishes for something just a little bit extra in Life: I want sprinkles.
Happy New Year!
OMG, that clock thing has me in tears! That is one CRAZY clock!
And Mr. Hangover: if someone pooped on my head and stuck a ribbon in it, I'd be pissed, too.
mel, while I very much appreciate the detailed history of the first cake, especially of the lower projectile, I must point out that the handle has four cupcakes, not three. Which leads me to ask: what have you been drinking this early in the morning already? Are you celebrating early? Or did you just need some "help" so you could look at that monstrosity long enough to evaluate it?
Thanks to everyone here, especially Jen and John, for adding sprinkles to my life every day. Happy New Yaaaarrrrrrrrr, everyone!
Ahh, mel, quite the theory to expound. I actually thought you might be going for an earlier citation: The thrice of sprinkles by Edible, Bettable and Bald (2009, Permanent Press). Today's post exemplifies the three main categories of multi-hued sprinklage, which are unicorn poop (Figure 3), flattened unicorn poop (Figure 5), and non-perel...non-paire...those hard round candy sprinkly thingies (fig.1).
To old land signs, my deers! *hic* Hey, it's midnight somewhere!
What a wonderful theory, Mel.
To everyone at Cakewrecks, in 2014 may you get all the sprinkles you want.
Happy New Year. Maybe I'll take up bad cake decorating. That first cake looks like a foot. I'm sure I could do something as good as that. Oh my that drunk hobo is kinda creeping me out.
@Zippy: Looking for "nonpareil"? You came to the right place!
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mel, you always come to the rescue! Thanks for explaining that first one.
The last cake looks like it says Harry New Yars. Am I right?
That bald hangover one's not all that bad actually, Quite creative. I like the icing shaped like hair and the whistle in the mouth.
Yeah, my New Year's Resolution is to find good things to say.
Thank you for keeping us amused with all these cake disasters (some are WAY beyond wrecks)! I have to confess to singing my way through this one :-/ Happy New Year!!
I've heard of zombie cocktails, but...
Happy New Yar to all my CW friends. Y'all are some of the bestest people in my computer! May new year bring us all health, wealth and happiness. Or just cakes. Lots of really badly decorated cakes for Jen, john(thoJ), Sharyn and all the CW Team to share with us.
@mel ~ Thanks for explaining that to us! My celebration can now begin!
@TLC: you are correct. In my excitement of seeing this rarely seen cake, I double-checked it with one of my references, “The Illustrated Guide to Medieval and Early American Cock-eyed Cakery, Frosting Faux Pas, and Imaginary Images,” (anon., circa 1899, Edible Press, first edition, first printing…or as they say in the bakery business, first layer, first slice), and I was, unfortunately, looking at the book’s illustration when I made that comment. Originally, there were only three cupcakes, however, in later years a fourth was added as some people thought that three had either religious (Trinity) or satanic (three prongs of the Devil’s pitchfork) connotations, and they wanted to avoid any controversy. I will be celebrating later tonight in true Mid-west style (the world knows what a raucous group we are) with a slice of cranberry nut cake and some warm milk while I await the stroke of midnight to hang my 2014 calendar.
@Zippy: thank you for introducing me to that exciting new reference source! I’m not familiar with that book, but will be searching for it to add to my collection! It sounds highly informative and a real fun read! [Fun note, Zippy: I googled the title, and your comment came up…I never doubted you. :-)
@Jane: thank you…
@sandy: you’re welcome…it’s what I’m here for…
@mel: Wow; that's a little complicated (read:"HUH?")! I don't know if I can wrap my head around it. ("It's beginning to feel a little Freudian in here--will someone please close the window?") My Dad loved Thoreau, and was always quoting his "Simplify, simplify!" I'm about as simple as one can get! This may be too deep for me, but it kind of makes me want to dance...while covered in sprinkles.
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If Baby New Year (Happy) saw these cakes he wouldn't feel so bad about his ears!
Happy New Year everyone! Hope it's a great one for all of you & the only wrecks & disasters it holds in store are those displayed here on our beloved Cake Wrecks. :)
@C-Dawg, I think those must be those pr things you here about these days.
First - thanks fer all the well-wishes.
2nd - why yer making fun o' me clock?
http://www.amazon.com/Backwards-Clock/dp/B001VNKJVA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1388540192&sr=8-3&keywords=backwards+clock
Happy New Year!! Makes me fear what the wreckerators have in store for us lol. I just know there will be a clown cake somewhere waiting for me..evil!
thanks. now I have the song stuck in my head.
If Cake one is a tankard of beer(?) they should have put some cupcakes with white frosting at the top to represent froth. It would still look awful, but easier to identify, but then it would not fit in the packaging.
Happy New Year to you all from a rain swept England.
Look, I didn't even drink last night and I nearly lost my coffee at the first cake. Way to go Jen...
@Jodee: you are welcome! hope your celebration was a a great one!
@sendingtheclowns: sorry for the confusion; glad for the dance. I agree, simplify, simplify...and take nothing for granite...(a little Vermont humor there....)
"Old brain wine" KILLED me.
O.M.G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!r.f.y.l :):):):):):)