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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
Thursday
Dec112014

Even More Cakes That Fail Hilariously At Looking Like The Things They're Supposed To Look Like

Back by popular* demand! A brand new edition of Cakes Failing To Look Like The Things They're Supposed To Look Like!

[*The cats liked it.]

A Shamrock:

When the luck of the Irish has a bad day.
And then gets all its limbs cut off.

 

Balloons.
Literally the easiest thing you can make with cake:

WE'RE DOOMED.

 

A Football Helmet:

Alien skull. Final answer.

 

Flip-Flops:

If these look right to you, then someday you're going to make a podiatrist very, VERY happy.

 

Basketballs:

Or stick figures with no faces.

 

A School Bus:

Or so they claim.
I'm convinced this is actually a platypus named School Bus. See the little nostrils?

 

A Baseball Glove:

For the longest time I thought this was supposed to be turkey.
Then I saw the fingernails.

 

BONUS POP QUIZ!

Can you guess what this is supposed to be?

 

How about this one?

Answers in the comments!
Assuming someone guesses right!
[wicked grin]

 

Thanks to Anony M., Jennifer M., Matt M., Katie T., Maggie P., Sally N., Tracie T., Jennalee, & Lauren L. for the excuse to use John's favorite post title again.

 

Note from john: Someone just told me they were done with Cake Wrecks because Jen didn't give you guys the answer in the comments in a timely manner. Honestly, we thought it was fun seeing your guesses. Well, as far as we know, it's the Mad Men logo and a teapot. Unless we're wrong. Merry Christmas!

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Reader Comments (295)

The first one: Silhouette of The Doctor lying down wearing a Fez?

January 29, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterLori

Aren't the balloons, in fact, ornaments?

February 11, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAmanda

bird and a teapot

February 11, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMaggie

Bobsled and a teapot?

February 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterB

The first is a mummy rising up to celebrate! The second appears to be a pink Cinderella style carriage.

February 24, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterRegina

The first one is obviously a corpse wearing a party hat

March 13, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterLorien F.

I think the first one is supposed to be the mad men logo with a party hat.

March 14, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterNikki

The first one looks like a mummy with a birthday hat on. The second, I'm going with teapot

March 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBeth

It's Don Draper from the opening of Mad Men! (And it's horrible)

March 15, 2015 | Unregistered Commentergoddessecouture

A swan and a vase? maybe...
it may be a duck and a teapot..
or a goose and a mug with 2 handles??
I give up.

March 17, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterThat guy

Lori!!!!!! you are right!! im a whovian!! the 1st one, a man (THEDOCTOR) liying down with a fez!

March 17, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterThat guy

Who knew that platypus nostrils looked just like Cap'n Crunch??

March 18, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterGtnMyKx

It's Mad Men.

March 19, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterTeamAlex

1st bonus: Mad Men Don Draper Shiloette?

March 23, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterTaz

I think that big green hand is a Hulk Smash hand... no?

April 8, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterM

First one I'm guessing is a crack pipe, second one is likely a teapot

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterFlamingoJen

the first one is a toucan of course!!

April 24, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterLF

I am late to the game here, but Bonus #1 is CLEARLY a luger with a party hat on.

April 24, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAustinAngela

first one I'm thinking submarine second one either tea pot or cinderella's carriage

April 29, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBarb Vivian

A blunt and a teapot.

April 30, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterKate

i think the second to last one is a deformed drag racing car

May 13, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterDeanna

Am I the only one that saw the last one as a princess on an elephant?! (its trunk is raising up in front & with a curly tail in back)

May 13, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAnn

A guided missile and Princess Flower-Face?

May 29, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterHenry

The first one is an air plain the pilot is wearing a red party hat. The plane is carrying the happy birthday banner. The second one is a genie in a bottle.

June 1, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterLaura

Second one: A teapot.

First one: A sculpture of a dead person carved on top of a sarcophagus. With a party hat.

June 1, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterJordan

Has CW admin answered this yet??

June 11, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterKmims

Are we still playing?? The first is a mummy rising from the dead wearing a party hat. For the 2nd, where's everybody getting teapot? I see a Disney princess.... though she is s bit short and stout.

June 12, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterCindy

I honestly don't even have a guess for the first bonus question, but maybe the second is a princess coach/carriage??

June 30, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterSheila

So that isn't a Happy Birthday cake for a whale and it's parasitic twin wearing a part hat?

Wow way to mess with my perception, Internets.

July 6, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterEllen

What a tribute to this blog that folks are still reading and guessing! As someone suggested, there is a birthday cake image online that matches the first bonus cake, although it is executed very well and anybody who even saw a commercial for Mad Men would recognize it. I gotta say one thing for the Mad Men cake though--the icing and borders and side décor are beautifully done. Why then, would this person not know how to roll out and cut black fondant without getting white (cornstarch, probably) all over it? Also, is it that hard to lay a rectangular fondant strip reasonably straight on a buttercream cake? I think not. [Of course I "think not" frequently, so that's no indication.]
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I LOVE the way the CW fans explain their answers--I have an item on my bucket list that I manage to make one guffaw-worthy comment on CW. Alas, the day for it is not today.

Thanks for the laughs, folks!

July 9, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMary Kay

I think the teapot's cute.

August 6, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterSarah

Its not a teapot it's cinderella's pumpkin carriage

August 11, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBlue

1. Sea lion wearing a fez (or possibly the 11th Doctor Who?).

2. Peter Pumpkineater's wife making her escape.

August 27, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMax

Race car and teapot

October 17, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterCatlavoie

the last one is Patrick from spongebob.

October 24, 2015 | Unregistered Commenterduncan wood

We all seem to agree on the teapot.
The other looked immediately to me like the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz, in a reclining position. Probably not. But maybe a rocket?

October 29, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterRadiofiesta

Shark w Frickin Laser Beam!

November 2, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterEmily

#1)???????
#2)a unicorn?

November 13, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterCc

#1. No idea

#2. A unicorn with no eyes

November 20, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterCc

first bonus: a racer in a race car (the circle is his head/helmet)

second: teapot, obviously

November 25, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterTerri

Symbol for smoking and teapot

December 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAnon

The first one is a wrench and the second one is a teapot...I think.

February 21, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterLee

The second to last is supposed to be from James bond lol

March 11, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterApril.rose

First bonus is 100% Mad Men, if you look closely you can see it's an arm holding a cigarette right at the edge of the cake. I do think the second one is meant to be a teapot, the bit obscured by the glare is the lid. Maybe it's a teapot in a tea cosy?

March 22, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterBeth

A mummy in a party hat and a teapot!

September 1, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterAmy S

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