Friday Favs 9/16/16
September 16, 2016 Some of my favorite new submissions this week.
You know the problem with grapes? They're just so... grapey.
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MUCH better.
(Yes, I know that's not cake. But funny grape signs ARE MY JAM.)
When possible, it's always nice to work in a good "f you" to a congratulatory cake:
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Really keeps 'em guessing.
When Bakers Forget How Watermelons Work:
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AKA, the "have you had your coffee yet?" test.
(How long did it take you? Be honest, now.)
I think everyone's officially back to school now, and lemme tell ya:
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It wasn't a moment too soon.
And finally, since Rey had her moment in the spotlight earlier this week, let's turn to the oh-so-adorable BB-8.
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THIS is the droid CW reader Low was looking for.
But sadly - and rather ironically - what Low got ended up reaching a new low. So, so, SOLO.
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They see me rollin', they BB-h8tin'.
Thanks to Norma Jean, Tania L., Jennifer C., Peter D., & Low T. for recommending that documentary on how the Death Star was built. It was riveting.
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Reader Comments (40)
It's like a broken Dalek almost.
Oh my god, that BB8. I am in tears. Not sure if they are tears of joy or pain, but tears!
If that Happy 6th birthday banner slithers any lower on the last cake, it may reveal some of BB-8's… "moving parts".
That's a watermelon? I thought it was a Piranha Plant.
That "watermelon" kinda looks like one of those plants from the Mario games tho. An ugly toothless Piranha Plant, I can't stop thinking about that haha
I feel as though the last one needs a dying beeeep sound or GIF or something... :( the school one shows we need to educate more. The Army cake was oh so close....
BB-8 looks like he was in the desert too long.
Extra geeky points if the song lyric referred to Al Yankovic's version (White & Nerdy).
Poor BB!
Hey, I LIKE the inside-out watermelon! It's good for lowering prices! Haven't we all heard of saving time, money (and unused brains) by cutting out the middle man? =^o.O^= (Works well for the grapeless grapes, too; buy none get another none free!)
Yayyyyy! Wrecked cakes for spoiled, pampered brats are my favorites! XD
Is... is that a glow-stick shoved into BB-8's head to try to make the light-up button from the inspiration cake?
O_o
Anyway, excluding that part, before I scrolled down the whole way, I thought the head would be okay for just a generic Star Wars droid - like a cross between BB-8 and R4-A22, or something. But then I scrolled down and saw the "body" and... yeah, I've got nothing.
Haha, oh, poor BB-8! The Army one reminds me of some emails I see at work. For some reason, people like to use f/u as an abbreviation for "follow up." Which makes sense, I guess, but I crack up every time I see, "Just a brief f/u regarding last week's meeting..."
I think that was intended to be a piranha plant, not a watermelon. It looks just like one, and not at all like a watermelon.
Are there cherry tomatoes decorating the Army cake?
"Exterminate..." says BB-8 ...
Watermelons don't work. They lie in the sun all summer. Cup Cake Cakes work, though.
I think my favorite part of the BB-8 wreck is the glowstick they just jammed into its face. Really brings everything together.
Are you sure that watermelon wasn't supposed to be "Petey Piranha" from the Mario series? that was my first, no second, second thought...
Note: Yes there seem to be a lot of similar comments, all hail Epcot! :P
I think bb-8 has a bad motivator.
Still don't like the new Disney stuff being so overhyped. There's a lot more about their "canon" that's a wreck than just the cake.
#GiveUsLegends
Ahhh @ Julia. Your comment made me think of a grant program I used to work with that provided funding to remove old underground oil and gas storage tanks and clean up the surrounding area. I don't recall exactly what it stood for, but the grant regulations referred to underground tank something-or-others as UTIs. Over and over. I KNOW someone did this on purpose.
The "BB-8" kinda resembles the red droid from the original movie.
Grapeless grapes? Isn't that, like... air?
Aggh, the "Watermelon" looks like a fasciated (sp?) strawberry. Google it. I'm sorry.
@Julia and @Bluebonnet: at the insurance company where I work, the short term disability claims are referred to as STDs. I honestly don't know how management keeps a straight face.
It's just a smiley strawberry!
Oh I laughed and cried seeing poor BB-8. He didn't deserve to be melted to death dang it lol. I really hope they didn't buy that cake and went elsewhere for something that actually looked like the droid.
1 + 2 + 3= 5 is how I still do math! Math and I have NEVER been friends.
"Petey Piranha" has white spots on its head, this has black watermelon seeds in its pink flesh. The seeds of a strawberry, even a fasciated one, are also white.
I thought the BB-8 was a pretty good attempt at reconstructing an originally plastic form in cake and icing, but I am not a purist.
I tested the resident 5-year-old on the watermelon.
0.6 seconds: "It's got its seeds on the outside! It's inside out! It's the OPPOSITE of how it should be! Ha ha ha!"
I *was* going to hire her out as a micro-manager for some big corporation, but maybe bakery fact-checker would fill a more significant social need.
Making a spherical cake must be very hard.
Also, I like the grapeless grapes concept, but I am very annoyed that they were black.
Is that a glow stick in BB8?
Dances with Lasagna wins the Best Screen Name award for the day!
Until I saw it I kinda thought the droid cake would end up being the Droid phone.
BB8: meth not even once...
It's a piranha plant, as plenty before me commented.
Not really a ace cake you. ..
To quote my 2 yo *stunned silence* "oh no!! Bb8 broken!!!"
The watermelon cake looks as much like a piranha plant as it does a real watermelon - which is to say, not at all. Slightly more like a watermelon because of black spots. C'mon people.
oh gosh; that back to school cake made me lol, a lot.
That watermelon looks like an angry strawberry...but who can blame him when the cake wrecker doesn't know what a watermelon looks like :)