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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
Monday
Apr082019

Wreckage Most Foul

Hey bakers, it's Draw a Bird Day.

Whaddaya got?

I see.

 

...what else ya got?

::squints::

 

::head tilt::

 

AAAAAAAAAAA!

AND WHAT IS A "PENQUIN?"

Never mind.

 

I think the important take-away here, minions, is that even when you don't give a hoot about Draw A Bird Day, you can still give... a poop:

WELL OWL BE.

Small naked cartoon child: "Mr. Bowel, how many licks does it take NOPE NOPE DID NOT THINK THIS JOKE THROUGH NOPE.

Thanks to Eileen, Jodee R., Naomie H.,Lauren D., & Alysia B., who may or may not remember this commercial, but most DEFINITELY are craving a Tootsie Pop now:

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Sunday
Apr072019

10 Crafter's Cakes That Will Totally Fool You

You ever stop to think about how far cake art has come in the last 10 years?

No?

Well, you're about to:

(Bakingist, California)

That's not embroidery thread, it's ICING. All of it!

WHAAAAAT.

 

When I first set out to find crafty cakes for this week I expected the usual sewing baskets and yarn balls, but let me tell you, Sweet friends: Craft cakes have come a loooooong way.

(Lindy's Cakes, UK)

This mosaic tile design looks like actual ceramic! So pretty!

 

And tell me this doesn't look like a modern stained-glass lamp:

(Maggie Austin Cake, Washington, D.C.)

**drool**

 

This cross-stitch cake juuust about broke my brain:

(Ana Salinas, Brazil)

Again, yes, really cake, with icing "thread"!

THIS IS AMAZING.

 

Would you believe I even found a cake for mixed-media scrapbookers?

(Larissa Ubartas, Germany)

Tell me this doesn't scream Tim Holtz to you. Look at that verdigris!

 

I always love it when bakers use icing "paint":

(Katarzynka Sztuka Cukrowa, Poland)

 

And I want to see more fondant quilling, bakers! Like this!

(Cecilia Campana Cake Art, Italy)

CHOP CHOP.

 

Here comes another tile cake, this time with a gorgeous hand-painted design:

(Antonio Ventieri, Italy)

I know we're supposed to be focusing on the tile, but I love all the cheery lemons with it! So sweet with that blue.

 

And finally, my friends, I found not one, but TWO cakes this week that completely fooled me. I don't say that lightly, either; I consider myself an expert at sussing out what's cake and what's not.

AND YET:

(Magical Edible Art, Canada)

This one totally got me. It it wasn't on a cake board I would have scrolled right on past. As it was, I though someone crocheted a cake & stuck it on a board to be cute.

NOPE IT'S REALLY CAKE.

 

And while we're all reeling over that, here's an even bigger one that I 100% *refused* to believe was cake until I visited the baker's site:

(American Cake Decorating Magazine, tutorial here)

 

Frankly, I'm still suspicious, lol. Look at this close-up and tell me you'd ever in a million years think it was made of sugar:

Mind: BLOWN.

 

Happy Sunday, everyone! Here's hoping it's crafty and happy and Sweet.

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