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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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- Jen
Thursday
Sep112008

Don't Do It, Billy!


Disaster was narrowly avoided at the Smith household today, when 3-year-old Billy took the instructions on his birthday cake a little too literally.

"You could tell he was aiming for the giant '3' candle," said a local relative on the scene, "but fortunately his mom caught him just in time!"

Gee whiz, Dora T., that was a close one.

UPDATE: To the many readers helpfully pointing out that "your" is a misspelling: uh, that's kind of the point, guys. See, he was going to "wee" on his 3, 'cuz that's what the cake said to do - get it? [shaking head]

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Reader Comments (79)

Bwahahaha! There should be a required course for all new cake decorators.... "Your and You're 101: The difference between the two."

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCarol

Oh wow, that took me a second! lol Just goes to show that even the most common mistakes COULD have hazardous results.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJade

Shouldn't that be "whee" not "wee"? Just Sayin'

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

This cake is a hot mess. "Whee, You're Three!", right?

Wee Your 3. OMG.

Classic.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Hehe

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle

Way to teach a 3 year old the wrong use of your/you're. I'll bet you his teachers will never be able to undo this. He will be the 30-year-old writing the same thing on his child's cake...

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCassykins

why are there so many candles for a 3-year old?

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

The thing that really drives it home on this one is the improper use of "your". In days of yore, your teacher taught you when you're to use "your".

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAngie

Shouldn't it read "wee you're 3" not "wee your 3"??? Unless they are celebrating a 3 that Billy has possession of. Hmmmm....

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

And there was a misspelling!

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKerry

The text brings toilet training to mind.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRuth

Tee hee! After yesterday's bizarro image I was almost afraid to see what you had for us today...

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterThe Queen of Fifty Cents

Did we completely miss the fact that "your" is incorrect usage here??

-Ami

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Interestingly enough, my last cake was inscribed, "Sh*t! You're old!"

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterThe Courteous Chihuahua

I've heard of some great potty training tecniques, but this one really takes the cake... he he.

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September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTHAT GIRL

I especially love the "your" instead of "you're". Makes the message all the more funny.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commentersoundsliketomatoes

All that red---yuck ! Poor Billy. And what super hero are we featuring?

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjoyce

LOL....I'm guessing they meant "Wheee...you're 3!" Although the implications of this are much more amusing.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLeslie

They could have at least used the correct "your, you're".

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDano

Too funny! First the "Wee" and then the "Your." I chuckled out loud on this one.

I wonder whose fault this really is- the decorator's or was this a written request, where Mom & Dad were also clueless grammarians?

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKat

Laughed so hard I nearly pee'd my pants!! Wait...

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Does one of the plastic things on the cake say "BLOOD?" Wee your three and watch your back, kid. Yikes.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterOvermatter

Aw Billy, "you're" getting an early start on bad grammar!

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKamiten

I'm guessing that this was an "Incredibles" cake, based on the little I can see from this angle. I'd also argue that this might be filed under "Poor Punctuation" as an exclamation point and different spacing might have helped separate the text.

Remember in grade school, if you finished the test early, the teacher would tell you to use the time to go back and check your work? (Okay, she NEVER said this to me, but I heard her tell the smart kids) Why don't these people check their work? Or at least show it to a coworker?

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTerry Lee

Not only the "Wee", but they got "you're" wrong too! Cake decorators should have a spelling cheat sheet or something.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenter*Amber*

I get it, that it's an "Incredibles" cake, with Mr. and Dash there in the middle (uh, off to the left of the middle?). But why the freaky candles with the black stars on top?? I thought at first they might be street lamps, until I enlarged the photo...

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterophelia

Ugh! You get what you pay for I guess.

But...but, why not add a few "eeeee"s to the "whee?" Why not have the plastic road piece with yellow lines on it line up with the rest of the yellow lines on the road? Why not use blue rather than pink on a boys cake? Why not just check whether "you are" is contracted as "your" before etching it in stone?

No, you know what, if you want a cake done right don't go to the Piggly Wiggly. Otherwise, if it comes out like this don't complain.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

How else was Billy supposed to get the fire out on the candle so the cake could be consumed? Oh..blow out your three....I guess. That sounds kinda dirty though, so wee (although actually is very dirty) would be the pc choice.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAlyson

"your" is spelled wrong... unless the instructions are to wee on your three. But I'm reading it as wee, you are three, so it should be spelled "you're".

Rebecca

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Even without the double meaning of WEE, what does that 'cutesy' statement have to do with BATMAN? So confused

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterChezza

haha.

oh no! not only is the directive on the cake a little odd, but they used the wrong form of "your"... i mean "you're".

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterrhymeswithcori

A+ for effort <3

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commentergrey

That was hilarious! Thanks for your humor!

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterFamiLee

Ah, the classic your/you're confusion. I might have to steal this one for Apostrophe Catastrophes at some point. Hilarious!!

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBecky

Maybe they should've done yellow icing???
~Amy

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

I think he was aiming for the misspelled "Your". Little Billy is boy after my own heart.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCarol Beth

I'm just wondering why there are 7 small candles in addition to the big #3 candle. Isn't that going to confuse the kid?

This cake is another maddening example of how way too many people do not know the difference between "your" and "you're". Big pet peeve of mine. Love the "wee" though.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Too funny!

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Too funny...and of course there's that maddening your/you're debacle. Really folks, it's not that hard! I think that when applying for a cake decorator job, one should have to take one of those multiple choice #2 pencil tests like we all had to do in school. "Which one is the correct sentence?" That would clear up a lot of these wrecks.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJane

Maybe his nickname is Wee. But otherwise, its a bit Captain Obvious! Its his birthday cake for crying out loud! I hope he know how old he is!

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commenter*Michelle

Your? I think they mean you're, the contraction for you are three.

Lots of problems with that one.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

The action figure left of center looks like an Incredibles toy, and I can dig that, but...apostrophe, anybody? I'm not gonna touch the ridiculousness of that misspelling.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRachel

hilarious!
not to mention that "your" isn't even spelled correctly.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered Commentersheri

I think the grammatical error really does it for me.

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Hahaha!

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMeichelle

Not even a mention of the incorrect grammar!

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Can the lil guy read? Will he know how to "wee" his "3"?

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJ. Barrack Schofield

Wait, does that sign on the far right actually say 'BLOOD'?

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

:-o

Ok, so I only left this as an attempt at the first comment. :)

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

The decorator needs remedial grammar too. It needs to be "You're" not "Your".

September 11, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKim

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