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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
Tuesday
Jul212015

11 Utterly Bizarre Display Cakes Just Hangin' Out Like It's NBD

Today's cakes are not special orders.

No one asked for them this way.

In fact, they were all found ready-made in bakery display cases, just waiting for the right customer and/or occasion to come along.

Like maybe...!!

Building a compost

 

Or fighting a wrestler

 

Or lighting up for Monkey Hour:

 

Discovering something that doesn't exist

(Hey!)

 

Or giving a cookie a "flower!"

[DUN DUN DUN!]

 

Black-tie crabs who wave

 

Creating nasty dots

 

Or exposing Miss Finklestein's brain

(It's under here! )

 

Finding a loco face

 

Wrecking a cookie cake

 

And driving your shoppers insane!

("What is this?!")

 

As you can see, there's a whole lot of stuff to wreck before school starts this Fall.
So stick with us, 'cuz these wreckerators are gonna
wreck 'em
all!

 

Thanks to Jennifer G., Vanessa F., Nicole P., Tonya F., Melissa, Mollie M., Lydia D., Liz Z., Kayla P., Tommi S., who tells me that's supposed to be a dress, but all I see is a blind bunny.

*****

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Reader Comments (75)

I suspect a lot of these were special orders that were never picked up. The last one looks kind of like a mashed Pokeball.

July 21, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterCatTrampoline

I got it at like maybe. :-)

Thank you for this.

July 21, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBecca M

Me again. Nerfbomb, I laugh-coughed cookie crumbs into my keyboard when I read your post! Whoops! I'm wondering if the features on the sht decorated loco face white ck started out as fish, because one of the eyes and the mouth seem to have tails (or tail fins?). I have had such a discouraging day and all these posts made me laugh - thank you all!

July 21, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterChicago

Having never heard of Phineas & Ferb I had to look it up. listen to the song, then go through the cakes again :-)
I like the compost cake and my dad, an avid gardener, would love it!
The gingerbread man had me confused until I realised the flower was to protect his modesty and he is obviously making a duck face for the photo.

July 21, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterCaryl

I also remember those smoking monkey tricks/toys that actually smoked tiny cigarettes! Check them out on ebay, or here on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tnbfx9Mb7c

July 21, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterJim

Wow that poor gingerbread man lol. I can't stop laughing and wondering exactly what the wreckerator was trying to do. Other than make customers laugh hysterically at it.

July 22, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterArlene Marie

I would eat the hell out of that compost cake. I don't know why the rest of you wouldn't.

July 22, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterJesskillme

Hey, the compost cake's actually really well done! I'd totally get that cake for my dad, it's humorous, and he love both cake and composting.

July 22, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterCharlotte Vera

I recognize the yellow tags. Those are walmart clearance items not displays. Which means someone did order those horrible things.

July 22, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterKas

Can't see a dress there. It's a rabbit.
And not just a rabbit!

<Bad Scottish Accent> That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!
The rabbit of Caerbannog!

Fortunately, it's facing away from us, so it must not have noticed we're here. Just tiptoe away, ok?

July 22, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAA

Compost one must be for Earth Day. Pretty well done too.

Just really odd though.

The rest too funny.

July 22, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterMelmac

Thanks for the Phineas and Ferb song! (Got it from "LIKE MAYBE...!" because we watch way too much of that show in this house....)

July 22, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterKG

I think #4 is Eh! Steve!'s girlfriend. (If you're not a Homestar Runner fan, you're not going to get that joke. And too bad.)

July 23, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterWill

How many shoppers buy a "Compost" cake on impulse?

July 23, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterGary

Omg, beautifully done, ended up singing the whole thing XD

July 23, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterWolfy

Who is just walking along through the store amd is like "omg a cm punk cake with purple flowers, just what I was looking for!" Because I know when I think of 6th longest WWE champion of all time and 1st longest of this era, best in the world, and straight edge wrestler CM Punk I definatly want purple flowers on it. I know everyone else in the world would definatly want this cake.

July 23, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterAriel

The last cake is a dress?

July 23, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterKaren

Last cake is a dress, a lace one for a little girl. I feel quite confident about this, unlike how I usually feel with wrecks.

July 26, 2015 | Unregistered Commenteredj

Does the square chocolate face description on the label say "sht decorated"?? If so, that's pretty accurate haha

August 14, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterChar

I see what you did there, with Phineas and Ferb. Love it. and What. The. Hell.

August 31, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterJasmine

The first cake made me tear up a little. My grandfather used to call me Compost. I was 13 or 14 and would wear all black. STOP IT!! I can see you all snorting behind your computers there! It's a lovely memory. Right?

October 5, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterTarsha

By the stickers a lot of these seem to be from the same store/chain grocer etc.who are they hiring and what are they smoking?!? If someone specifically asks for these cakes cool, but there is a reason they're all on clearance, sale and more discount. Lmfao!

October 19, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterBecky

I have a far side like caption for the monkey one:
"When Jane Goodall goes bad.

Love the phineas and ferb take on this one lol, very fitting

November 16, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterThe Little Brat

Aww, I think the compost cake is cute.

August 17, 2016 | Unregistered CommenterIsaacsLaughing

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