Friday
Mar212014
A Courageous Display
March 21, 2014 Bakers, your display cakes can really make or break your business.
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So maybe stop putting your old shoes on them?
See, you want to fill your windows with friendly faces:
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And endearing characters:
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Not to mention keep it all looking delicious!
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Make sure you have a variety of occasion cakes out, to show your artistic range:
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And don't be afraid to show off a little technical prowess!
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Maybe show a little support for a worthy cause:
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No matter how misspelled or misplaced.
And hey, when all else fails, try throwing a blouse over it:
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PERF.
Thanks to Andrea A., Nat, Tiffany W., Camilla C., Colleen B., Anne B., Bonnie B., & Lisa for keeping that last one under wraps.
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Reader Comments (41)
Sung to: You Are So Beautiful"
Shoes are so beautiful, to me
Nose pores are beautiful, to me
Can't you see?
Non-edible display cakes
From Du-uck Dynasty
They are so beautiful, to me.
Fleshy penile pustules, I think
Cardboard circle displays really stink
I could scream
A photo sight that shines in the light
Misspelled chronic disease
Please put a blouse on it, for me...
The "Duck Dynasty" cake looks more like an old sea farer. All it needs is an earring and a parrot.
That first one (if the shoe is part of the cake and not, as you suggested, a real shoe) is Sweet-worthy. The others . . . not so much.
...took 5 minutes to figure out that #4 was...a...hmm..still not convinced--wait...OH!!!IT'S A CHICKEN!!!!!!!!
#4 - WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT?!?!?! I get the chicken, but what's with the weird, kind of plastic looking head thing with the HAIR on it? Who looked at that and said, "Nailed it!! That beauty is going in the display case STAT!!"?
Gick.
lolol
Well, I am relieved to see that others had trouble figuring out what that . . . . .chicken thing. . . . was. But I am still trying to figure out why anyone would want to order a cake like that.
Being a photographer, I LOVE the photo cake! Next time someone asks me to take a picture, I'm going to send them this, just to be a brat.
@miss_paper- I was thinking the same thing. Less guy from Duck Dynasty and more Seamus from Family Guy.
And what does the little thing on the last cake say? Lift my Shirt to see my Womb ___? Looks like is says Maka, but that doesn't make sense. Either way, lifting the shirt to see any womb related item isn't exactly appetizing, but we all know that means NOTHING!
"Duck Dynasty" says it has consumption (i.e. tuberculosis) but I think it's leprosy. That's consistent with the sign, anyway. Shouldn't he be ringing a bell?
Random Friday Thoughts…
Cake 1: (sorry, Simon and Garfunkel)
Old shoes, old shoes sat on their cakes like bookends
Gray dust blowin’ through the display case
Falls on the round toes of the red shoes on the old cakes
Cake 2: This says it all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhmrnYbIVqs
(“Smiling Faces, Sometimes” by The Undisputed Truth)
Cake 3: I think the sign near the cake is both forewarning and explanatory: “Caution…Consumption”
Cake 4: I see a whoopee cushion and the monster form the horror movie, “Fun House.” And who wouldn’t want a whoopee cushion made out of cake….?
Cake 5: Yes! You too can be a perfessional cake decorator! Step 1: get a black marker and some cardboard circles. Step 2: Done!
Cake 6: One of the clearest photos I’ve seen on a cake…..
Cake 7: Their heart is in the right place…even if their A1c may not be….
Cake 8: a golden oldie, and as I recall, it’s a good thing there’s a blouse over this one….and other cakes of this ilk could take a lesson from that…..
Try as I may, I cannot for the life of me figure out what that yellow thing in picture #4 is supposed to be. Good job!
Does anyone else think #3 could read "Dick Dynasty"?
that sickly plastic head with hair and the chicken cake are weirding me out.
and maybe the cardboard cake rounds are to help bakers SPELL THINGS CORRECTLY. from an enterprising manager perhaps?
"Want this Baby Shower"
"cake ask any employee"
0.o .... o.O
I think one decorator got bored just looking at the list of occasions.
Then he got cardboard, and inspiration struck.
Admittedly, I have never seen the appeal of Duck Dynasty, but the idea of eating a beard is revolting. Who would want to pay for one of those, and what possible occasion would it celebrate?
Is the second one suppose to be an Avatar? He looks more like John Hartnell from the Franklin Expedition! After he had been dead for 150 years. (please Google him if you're not familiar and you'll see what I mean)
According to the sign, Mr. Duck Dynasty is only suffering from consumption. I find that unbelievable. Surely he must also have a form of leprosy. I can tell because his nose fell off.
The second cake is CLEARLY Jake Sully from Avatar.
1th ~ I really hope that shoe hasn't been worn. O.O **shudder**
2rd ~ I keep wanting to look up and see what that thing is looking at. Just me? Ok, nevermind.
3st ~ @CuriousT ~ "I can tell because his nose fell off." HAH!
4nd ~ Chicken??? Nuh uh. I'm not sure what it's supposed to be but I don't see a chicken. The "neck"??? O.O
5rd ~ Cardboard! Nice one @Nyperold!
6st ~ So very wrong on so many levels. Perhaps spelling is the least of their issues!
7nd ~ Polyester = the NEW frosting! **gag**
They made a mistake with cake #4: depicting a vampire in the daytime. Everyone knows his kind can't survive in the light.
On the other hand, if it's meant to be Gollum, why hasn't he devoured the chicken? Or gone off in search of his "precioussss"?
Mr. Duck Dynasty looks peeved about something. Presumably it's the consumption.
@Nagzilla: It's a little "play on words" wreck; It's "Womb mate" instead of "roommate". Are you laughing yet?
Take your time.....(zzzzz)....Yeah~ me, neither.
The sign that says "MODELS for CAKES that we make on order" is HOPEFULLY a disclaimer. You know; like they were ORDERED to make them or face some horrible consequence. It's the only thing that makes sense!
Oh, and the "Display Only" cake? I ORDERED that cake for my friend PHOTO's birthday, and they were so proud of how it turned out that now they won't let me have it. =^e.e^=
Hey, mel: I hit the link, and got down with the music, see?...*snaps fingers* and now I don't care much about the cake~*snap*~but I think it might look special *snapsnap* if it had vertical slits for pupils, like cats' eyes... yeaahh... *snapSNAP* =^-.-^=
@Nagzilla: the sign says "Lift my shirt to see my womb mate." It's a baby shower cake.
These cakes are funnier AfTer I read the comments. You guys notice so.much more detail than I do! -- consumption... --snerk....
@sendingtheclowns: lol....oh no...I fear you've "snapped"... =^OO^=
that DD cake looks kind of deranged. it doesn't help that it seems like it's left eye slid down a little.
Wow. Why on earth would you put any of these cakes on display unless it's for Halloween lol. I am still scratching my head over all the cardboard things in that one display.
The cardboard circles look the most appetizing.
Yeah, #3 does look like it says "Dick Dynasty." Must be a new show about a family that makes adult toys.
They may as well post a sign:
"Warning: This is the quality of work we do. Order at your own risk."
The Duck Dynasty cake is a really ugly cake, but it's also a really skilled chainsaw carving.
#4--totally saw that the head is Gollum.
I'm pretty sure the sign on the last one says "Lift my shirt to see my womb mate." Oh dear.
I certainly hope that shoe hadn't actually been worn, and it looks like a rather large shoe (at least a 10) at that.
I think the JDRF cake is actually a large rice cake propped up on a plate easel. So maybe it is diabetes appropriate...sort of.
You used my cakes! You like me, you really like me! I sent in those dusty cardboard cakes a few years ago. I am thrilled - THRILLED I tell you - that you used them. I haven't been back to that neighbourhood in a while, so I'll have to pop by and see if that "bakery" is still there. I'm not sure that they do anyhing but cardboard, but at least their cakes are high in fibre. This is the proudest. day. of. my. life.
Why.
I'll eat my hat if that diabetes one is a rice cake! It's a cookie! (And my hat's tastier than either of those options! )
The last one is displayed at a local cake shop, if you lift the dress there is half a clear plastic Easter egg with a picture of an ultrasound under it.the whole thing is creepy and weird.
The head in #4 makes me hate cake...
I barfed a little.
Okay,A lot.
Thank you everyone for translating that last one- I couldn't make out any of the writing. I like the idea of covering up the gross images of fetuses, but now I'm going to wonder what happened when they cut the cake. Without that little bit, it looks like it would have been a decent cake, so can we all just agree to leave the bump filled with cake, and not plastic toys or photos? Sooo much more appetizing!