The Presidential Sweet
January 20, 2009 This is a day for the history books, folks! Yep, that's right: today I opened a fresh tin of Godiva dark-chocolate-covered pretzels, and only ate two. I know: impressive, right?
Oh, and Barack Obama is being inaugurated as President of the United States. That, too.
Naturally, I want to join in all the patriotic fervor the best way I know how, so allow me to dredge up a mistake from the not-so-distant past:
Ta-da!
This election-night Wreck's irony is twofold: 1) it's from a bakery in Chicago, and 2) the wreckerator responsible made a point of telling Chelsea M. what a big Obama supporter she was.
[looking at cake again] Yeeaah. Kinda makes you wonder what it would have looked like if she didn't like him.
Of course, bakeries across Washington and the U.S. are pulling out all the stops in honor of today's festivities, so we have more current Wrecks, too. Here's one Greg P. spied:
"Change we can belive in!"
Feeling a little seasick, Mr. President? Or perhaps you've spied my Godiva pretzels and are simply green with envy? [waggling eyebrows]Some places are doing a better job, though: here's what the posh Willard Room Restaurant in D.C. has on display:
[tilting head] Huh. You know, Zach S., from where I sit it looks like the White House is leaning a little to the left.
[cymbal crash]
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week.
Oh, and here's a great example of American ingenuity: this is what Cate E. came up with when she needed to sell an overstock of Yule Log cakes left over from the holidays:
Obama logs! Or as she dubbed them, "Presidential InLOGuration Cakes". Heheheh.
And lastly, I'll leave you with Sierra Rein's find:
First thought: "Wow! So pretty!"
Second thought: "Whoah, is he... I mean, does it look like...Uhh...Yeah, maybe I better zoom in..."
"Oh, phew! Never mind!"
3rd thought: "Why am I suddenly reminded of Howdy Doody?"
4th thought: "Sheesh, this is a long post. I think I need a few more Godiva pretzels now." [wanders off in search of sweets]
Reader Comments (104)
...."You know, Zach S., from where I sit it looks like the White House is leaning a little to the left..."
-hehehe! You're correct.
Let's hope he brings about change in education (or not, for the sake of "Cake Wrecks"!
-Susie
He's totally heil-ing Hitler in that one.....awww.
Well, now that President Omaba has made his speech about change we can belive in, I guess he has the right to sit on a cake and, um, er ... right.
The White House does look as if it's leaning to the left *wink* but that bobblehead creeps me out because until I enlarged the picture, I thought it looked like OJ Simpson. *shudder*
I sincerely hope better cakes are served at all the inaugural festivities.
An Obama log, like a Lincoln log? That's taking it just a bit far...
And that last cake, it kinda looks like a 'hail' instead of a wave....
Yay for Obmoa hehehehe. Apparently he's your KKth president. (I say "your" cause I'm an Aussie.) Oh and watch out for those Michael Jackson moves.
WV: micsi - try not to micsi up the letters next time
UM.....yeahhhhh
that last one would be beautiful except for Mr. Pres.
Maybe he's thinking of Inauguration Night in the White House...
/wrong i know...
log? I thougth he had his face on a wristwatch.
Because of you guys I can't look at a cake anymore and not see the inappropriate, keep it. Obmoa for prez!
I love your awesomely perverted mind, Beckster!
WV: moerwar Let's just not even go there.
Is Obama in the last one giving the Nazi salute???
Those cakes are incredible. I'm a HUGE cake fan and that is why I cannot bake them here in the house as I know I would finish the entire thing in one day and my thighs have told me No way!
Don't forget this one - http://wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/obama_cake.jpg
Oh, that one actually made me jump a little when I opened the link.
On the last one...if I had a little boy in my 1st grade class in that position it would prompt the, "Hands on your desk, please!" speech all primary teachers know so well. You normally don't eat any cupcakes from that child on his birthday either.
Good Luck President Obmoa.
Time to bring back the Obama cupcake mosaic. That was great (even if the colors were a little freaky).
The last one looks like an old jewish man saluting the very last person he would ever salute .. if you know what I mean......
That third cake is a hot mess...we wouldn't like our President when he's angry...
Chocolate Pretzels. Yummmmm!
Oh yeah,nice post about the cakes....
.....Only one?
Peace I'm out and hungrey
Clueuin
Uh... yeah, that last one does look a little, uh, odd at second glance... ;)
My 6yo dd wants the seasick obama cake...and my 5yo ds says "no! it's too boyish!"
my kids seem to love the wrecks, no worries about us getting one, they'd seemingly like it even better!
Oh my, we have elected the first green president, this is a historical day.
LOVE it that the White House is leaning left :)
Kidding aside, today was simply amazing. I can`t stop smiling.
The photo cake kind of looks like Obama (sorry: OBMOA) is trapped in the plastic container...trying to get out...but his hand just can't budge that darn top.
I saw the last one and thought "Hi Silver, Away!"
The green one....The Incredible HulkObama.
Congrats on your ToyFare feature! When I saw the little lingerie doll with her tiny censor bar on p.10, I was so excited that I had to rush over here and give you this air-five.
*high-five*
White House leaning to the left! Good call, Jen. LOL
I wonder how Obmoa feels about the honoursome cakes
these are wonderful
Anon said: "Um,who is OBMOA? A Hawaiian president?????"
I'm so glad you said that. I was at a loss for words.
Up here in Canada we watched the ceremony at work. Funny, I've never watched a Canadian Prime Minister be sworn in. I think we need to up our showmanship here.
wvotd dines: So obvious I hope I don't need to provide a description of what the work means.
I thought the last cake was in itself an pretty cake. But yeah, having a personal party and the heil Hitler was a bit unnerving!
Oh, I GET IT . . .leaning to the left. . . hee hee hee hee. . .
Hmmm, looks like our new president is getting used to taking matters into his own hands on that last cake :)
1. That's the whitest black person i've ever seen
2. He looks like he's at a Nazi rally.
The second thought I had for the last cake was "Hale Hitler", I hope not!!
WOW..just wow.
Laughing so hard at the Hilter-esque cake of Obama... wow. Seriously?
Also how did I not notice that it was Obmoa on the 1st cake? Wow. I'm almost as bad as the wrecker herself. I'll just blame it on the fact that I'm exhausted... from sleeping in due to 2 hour snow delay... Yeah... that's it...
I thought those blue blobs with black tails in the first cake looked remarkably like sperm infiltrating egg cells.
I'm assuming the wreckerator was trying for balloons? Ick!
Best wishes to Obmoa. :)
OK so the first cake looks like a couple of Smurf's had Diarrhea. Where they supposed to be balloons??
Yellow cake? Wouldn't marble have been more appropriate?
Photo cake looks like Shrek's Jenny Craig after picture.
Yeah, I totally think the blue balloons on the Obmoa cake look like sperm. Nice.
Hey guys,its cool! i liked to eat those cakes they looks so delicious..
-vee-
Wow Wow Wow, holy man, look at those cakes.
My husband works at the Willard. He said the cake was really quite impressive, and wasn't leaning... I think he was just indignant that it made your blog. :-)
My first thought on the last cake wreck... "Obama does a Michael Jackson dance move in celebration of inauguration!". A-hee-hee!!!
Yeah, our OBMOA cake was a huge hit.
So glad y'all liked it too!
Everyone wanted to take pictures with it, so it took us forever to be allowed to cut it.
And it's not like the correct spelling of that name wasn't the most visible word in Chicago at the time, or anything...
#1 Obmoa! XD
Some of these cakes are truly obamanations. I, too, saw sperm and a Nazi salute.
That's hilarious. I actually saw that last Obama cake tonight after work. That specialty bakery is right down the block from the restaurant I work at. I also noticed it looked nothing like him. :)
That last Obama cake with him perched on top... I dunno, just the way he's sitting... kinda reminds me of Michael Jackson's crotch-grab dance move.
I was in Kenya last month and was wishing I had my camera in the grocery store and had gotten pictures of the cakes for this site. All kinds of Obama cakes--and plenty that had him on it and said "Happy Birthday". They're quite proud of him there.
Wow! That last one with the seated Michael Jackson crotch-grab combined with a Nazi Party Zeig Heil...VERY balls-y!
...sorry...
I think the cake creator is showing us a different side of Barack we never saw on the campaign trail and might never have imagined before (and hopefully never will again).
Bravo to the awesome-ness that is this fondant creation and to the boss who let it out of the kitchen for us to "enjoy"!
fondant.com
First off we would like to congratulate you on your fine public speaking skills. It looks like those who said the Obama Administration would strike while the iron is hot may have been correct, and the Administration may be doing it in a way that does not require them to even get a vote in Congress.
That last pic/set is from a bakery in Bethesda, MD called Fancy Cakes By Leslie. Usually they are fantastic, but everyone was stopping and staring at that Obmoa one...
4th Cake= BOBBLE HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD XD XD