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.
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December 17, 2015 If you think you're tired of Christmas songs, think of the poor Wreckerators.
They have to deal with this one all year long:
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No L
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No L
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No L
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No L!
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♪ Boy is this word hard for bakers to spell. ♫
Let's sing the praises of Amber C., Aryn B., Michael C., Miranda B., and Mercycluck, for showing us that spelling is some Wreckerators' Own Personal L.
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Reader Comments (23)
I know they don't teach cursive handwriting any more, (So much for people whose hobby is to collect autographs), but the spelling aside, the "writing" is barely post-kindergarten. Even the handwritten first one has "n"s that look like "r"s.
Wreckerators:
1. Find the word spelled correctly
2. Print the word (on edible paper if necessary)
3. Post the word on every available bakery surface
Congratadufratrirons, now you can spell it correctly forever!
It's a shame about the spelling on Carro's cake, because it looks like the rest of the cake might actually be attractive. And why is Kevin into Weird Al cosplay? Is that a thing?
Congraduations, Graduate! Isn't Kevin a little old for this?
In all fairness, "congraduations" was probably an intentional play on words. I've seen it many times, in many formats. But it is, still, no L. ;-)
Technically, they included L in some of the other words....
That is an L of a post today, Sharyn.
Penultimate cake: combiatriron Miran?!?
Kevin looks like the sort of person who would appreciate congradutions.
Brava Sharyn! Very Clever my friend! But now I have that song as an Earworm in my head. I don't mind one bit though.
Letter B, letter B!
Letter B, letter B...
We're seeking puns of wisdom,
Letter B.
What is the sticky brown substance on #4? And someone should tell Wreckerators that black sprinkles just look like a mouse was loose in their bakery.
*Does duet with @Cookiemama* because it's now running through my head on a loop too.
I'd suggest that bakers switch to "felicitations" but they probably can't spell that either. Maybe they should just stick with "Good luck?"
@wordfreak, I thought the same thing but then I realized it isn't even "congraduations", it's "congradutions". They couldn't even misspell it right!
I like that the last one is actually the "corrected" version, it appears they originally spelled it "congraduions".
Clem: "Darryl! Yoo speeled dat dere cake rong! It haz a T in it!"
Darryl: "Wut? Whare?"
Clem: "Heer I'll show yoo..." *scribbles on cake with icing* "Thar...I fixed it!"
Darryl: "Thanx Clem, It wooda bin embarassan ta speel 'congradtions' rong!"
Clem: "Aw, twernt nuthan..."
Guys, It's not a wreck because it tried to say Congraduations, it's a wreck because the second A is missing.
I'll go stand in my corner now.
I blame Chrissie Snow, myself.
There was an episode of Three's Company where the girls throw a party for Jack, who's graduating from cooking school. To save time and wordage, instead of writing "Congratulations on your graduation" on the banner, Chrissie writes it "Congraduations."
Generations of bakers have grown up thinking that is an actual word.
Bad Chrissie! Bad, bad Chrissie!
Lmao. Guess they just can't get this word even if you spell it out for them or sticky tape it to their foreheads. Sheesh lol.
If someone would only invent a pocket sized machine that would have all sorts of useful information like a dictionary, phone, calendar, etc. Then no one would have an excuse to spell stuff incorrectly...
OK, here's one for all of you Chicagoans out there...
No EL
No EL
No EL
No EL
Well, I guess I'm gonna have to take a bus.
(EL is the short-hand term for the Elevated Rail system in Chicago.)
I like that the border on Kevin's cake mimics the nose on Kevin's face...
I once went to pick up a wedding shower cake and the cake-a-rator had written CONGRULATION on it. When I told her that it was spelled wrong, she argued with me about it for a good 10 mins before she changed it!
As a former Wreckerator (and onetime English major!) myself, I have written "Congralutalions" more times than I care to remember. Always had a toothpick handy to liiiift the piping baaack off and do it again!