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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
Wednesday
Apr152015

Take A Wild Guess Day

Eat your heart out, Rorschach.

 

♫ Fishy suspenders ♪


 

... and helmets for space rays,


 

Wilson ball swimmers


 

... and movies shown sideways!


 

White mushroom cloud as the city goes BOOM:

 

These are my guesses - now how about you?

 

Thanks to Denise M., Anony M., Molly S., Erin W., & Karen L., who know there was a time when military admirals actually DID serve nuclear mushroom cloud cakes. Ahh, it was a simpler time.

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Reader Comments (84)

1. Diver half in the water?
2. Chinese fan?
3. Jelly fish or a flower fail?
4. Foose ball table/game boy?
5. Failed mustache?

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterDarian

Leprechaun mooning people with his underpants on
Fan with measles
sperm clams
Electroshock therapy machine control panel
Poocloud

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered Commenterbrats

1. An Alien taking a bath
2. A mushroom
3. Balloons with mohawks
4. Game boy?
5. Ummm... a phallic cloud over a mud puddle???

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAmber D.

#5 WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING! WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING!

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBettye

I'm thinking the last one (#5?) is somehow baseball related. Like a baseball/glove hybrid with a bat underneath it. #1, maybe a snail (SpongeBob's Gary, perhaps?), and #2 could be a ladybug, looking at you head on. #4 reminds me of these red/blue striped envelopes my grandparents always seemed to have when I was a kid.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterChad

I'm pretty sure the last one is a pie.

I could not even hazard a guess about the others. But the last one reminds me of some kind of meringuey pie.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterJenn#?

1. Mothra
2. Flamenco dancer
3. toothbrush
4. television
5. baked potato

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterPatricksmom

#1 Is a mermaid diving back into the water.
#2 Is an elephant in a shower cap.
#3 Is pink flowers with very anemic stems and leafs.
#4 Is a bed with a a polka dot comforter and a very large blue edged pillow.
#5 Is a sheep standing in a muddy field.
Now, what are all my psychosis?

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterDucky

My first thought on cake #5- I think someone attempted to make a The Fault in Our Stars cake. Not a particularly good attempt, but an attempt all the same.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMaria

I got nothing................I give up! Stop the torture NOW.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterLinda

#1 pond scum
#2 mushroom
#3 daddy's little swimmers
#4 hand held electronic game system
#5 poop with a wad of used toilet paper on top

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMoose farms bakery

The best part of #4 is the label: "Cupcake Cake w/Icing." I wonder whether they sell many "Cupcake Cake(s) w/o Icing," aka, an $8 rectangle of naked cupcakes.

These might be cause to change the subtitle of the website: we've strayed far, far away from "professional cakes" here.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterCHW

#2 is a mushroom. The last one is obviously a cloud riding on a turd. Perhaps a literal interpretation of a sh*tstorm?

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAnnette

I think #5 must be a sheep riding on a flying poo.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterDeb

#1 is definitely the island from LOST.
All the others, I don't even know...

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterCass

#1 - no earthly idea. Maybe a snail related to Spongebob's pet, Gary?
#2 - A mushroom. Or a handheld fan.
#3 - Paintbrushes
#4 - Gameboy
#5 - A pie. For pi day.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered Commenterjocak

on the last one, i suddenly got "it's raining poo, hallelujah it's raining poo..."

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterJenessa

I think the #3 one is actually radishes. It's the same way they do carrots with a big round tip and then the grass tip for the leafy bits. Also, #4 definitely looks like a very poor gameboy.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterGroceryStoreBaker

I get a kick out of the comments, but I live for SuBee's!

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterLura

I saw someone ask why does the cupcake cake say 'with icing'. Actually it's because walmart has whipped, buttercream, and chocolate icing. With icing is simply buttercream. Lol.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterJess

#2 is a prime example of knowing when to say "when".

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAndrea

I think the last one is supposed to be a sheep...

Number 2 was definitely supposed to be a fan..

I'm lost on the others.

April 15, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBri

Last one is definitely a sheep balancing on a log or a chef hat or a pie.

April 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterSaraha

#1 Diseased footprint (from a VERY diseased foot.)
#2 One of those things for holding your cards properly fanned out
#3 Either Olympic torches or toilet bowl brushes
#4 The cake is turned the wrong way. That's a 6-eyed alien.
#5 A West Highland Terrier car surfing on a brown car.

April 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterJane

1. A shrubbery! With a little path and a pond and a sort of two-tiered effect.
2. A dark grey dove in a polka-dotted skirt. Or a representation of a Bird of Paradise mid-dance.
3. Olympic torches.
4. Insert Your Photo Here! Fun Festive Design For Any Occasion, Any Person, Especially Those With No Discernable Interests But No Objection to Spots.
5. Lemon Meringue Pie. They forgot the lemon filling, but fortunately the whole effect causes people to say "Well, THAT's a lemon!", so the flavour remains the same.

April 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAA

#1 is a majestic nudibranch, like this one. http://www.ianskipworth.com/photo/pcd2075/tambja_verconis_17_4.jpg
#2 is a beheaded turkey in a pool of blood.
#3 Scrubbing Bubbles!
#4 A panel from the counsel of the Tardis
#5 Yet another majestic sea slug.

April 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterLulilac

ok, here goes.....
#1 - butterfly-peacock hybrid experiment gone wrong.
#2 - the backside of a festive armadillo
#3 - troll sperm
#4 - the newest in Nintendo hand-held gaming technology
#5 - a flufferdog - marshmallow cream on a hot dog. Don't knock it till you try it. Right?

April 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBex

1. Snail looking for his shell
2. Pokemon ball with chicken pox
3. ummm...ummm...I got nothing,
4. Really outdated game console
5. A cream pie on a...um...hotdog (lets just say hotdog)

April 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterGale

I'm pretty sure that red one is a flamenco fan. The red polka-dot pattern is a flamenco thing.

April 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterTern

I'm fairly certain #1 is an island - the green balls are supposed to be the top, water @ bottom. The black is just meant to fade into the background, there as a vehicle for the green "palm tree" trunks. The decorator didn't switch to brown as it wouldn't show up against the black.

#3 paintbrushes?

April 16, 2015 | Unregistered Commenterjessicaduh

Wow. I suspect the last one is a cloud riding a poo log. What the others are I cannot even guess at I am laughing to hard and my brain just says no when I try and guess lol.

April 17, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterArlene Marie

It realy looks like inkblots from Rorschach test http://rorschach-inkblot-test.com/

April 25, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMargo

#2 is definitely a flamenco cake. The thing on top is a fan and the polka dots are a common attribute of flamenco costumes and accessories!

(Not that the execution was great, but I totally see it!)

May 11, 2015 | Unregistered Commenterred

The Orange one is supposed to be a oriental fan, the lines are the folds

June 4, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMei

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