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What's a Wreck?

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? ;)

- Jen
Sunday
Nov022014

Sunday Sweets: Wild Kingdom

Today is my birthday and Jen is taking me to Animal Kingdom because Jen is awesome.
(Also because the temperature here finally dropped below 100.)

So naturally, I have to post amazing animal cakes. Begin!

(By Mike's Amazing Cakes)

D'awwww. Look how cute! And now I want a flamingo. I wonder if you can litter box train them...

 

Prepare yourself for this next one:

(By Simple Wish Cakes)

*sniff*

So beautiful.
[composing self]

Also, look at the way the water in the painting comes out onto the cake board. So impressive.

 

Turtle time!

(By Wild Flour Cake Co.)

And check out all the different types of coral. Now I want to go snorkeling.

 

I feel like this next one might be the most majestic animal cake I've ever seen.

(By Highland Bakery)

Seriously. Look at the detailing and textures. Masterful, I tell you.

 

O.o

(By Gateaux Inc.)

"We're majestic, too..."

Yes. Yes you are.

Jen and I just went to the Georgia Aquarium and spent no less than 2 hours watching the otters frolic. Because frolic is the only word to describe what otters do. And float. They do a lot of floating.

 

Look! An armadillo!

(By Alliance Bakery)

Funny story. We have a motion sensor on our back porch light and when it turns on, most of the time it's one of these guys. The rest of the time, it's possums. And cats. And possibly ax murderers.

 

But you know what never wanders through my back yard?

(By Truly Scrumptious Designer Cakes)

Swans. Although, that would be really cool. And I can't even fathom how long it took to place those feathers. Awesome.

 

And now, an adorable zebra:

(Also by Mike's Amazing Cakes)

You know, sometimes I forget that these are all cakes. Can you believe the structural engineering that went into balancing that cake on one leg. That's why these bakers are the best of the best.

 

And finally, my favorite animal ever:

(By Avalon Cakes)

Just look at that airbrushing. Perfect.

 

Thanks for checking out today's Sweets! Happy Sunday!

Be sure to check out our Sunday Sweets Directory to see which bakers in your area have been featured here on Sweets!

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Reader Comments (56)

Happy late birthday john(FoKthoJ)! If you figure out how to litter box train a flamingo, please let me know. I'm doing extensive research on the subject and trying to figure out how to sneak one past my landlord.

November 3, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterJodee

Happy Birthday!
How do they DO that?!?!?! The flamingo, the zebra?

November 4, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterKim C

HAH! We have the same birthday!

Happy Belated to ya! :)

November 5, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterBlurple

Swans are beautiful, but really dangerous! They scare me!

November 5, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterPinkie Pie

My parents live next to a big pond (in Germany), so we hat swans wandering through our garden ... but I would change them for your armadillos. Armadillos are great! Espescially this armadillo-cake ...

(The swans liked eating fallen apples of all the gardens in autumn. Then the whole street was full of swan shit ... )

November 6, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterHana Mond

Beautiful cakes. I like the Flamingo one, but the chick should be white as they are little white fluff balls when the hatch, but it's amazing none the less.

November 16, 2014 | Unregistered CommenterTheresa

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