Monday
Nov232009
Time to Talk Turkey
November 23, 2009 It's the time of year again, folks: The time when we gather with loved ones, eat some great food, and, of course, count down The Top 20 Ways to Wreck a Turkey Cake.
Let's get to it!
1. By confusing turkeys with swans:
B. By confusing turkeys with turtles...
...in authentic Argentinian garb.C. By running out of orange icing:
5. By doing this:
G. By angering the Tiki gods:
F. By using a big piece of plastic:
"So you're telling me all I have to do is arrange these cupcakes so the plastic thing covers them? And there's no way I can screw it up? Hmm. That sounds like a challenge."VII: By using Alien Autopsy for inspiration:
At least he looks happy. Must be that shag rug they laid him on.
Tune in tomorrow for the next top "10"!
Thanks to Mariah Z., Brody, Amber B., Howard G., Mike T., Judy G., Aaron L., and Anne V. You guys are number G!
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Reader Comments (155)
Dance of the Cucumber reference makes me happy on the Monday after vacation. Thank you!
"C" looks like a worm with a chef's hat doing a dance in the jungle. Ha. Cha.
The taxidermy cake would be right at home with last week's tornadoes of turds cake.
turkey turtle looks more like chicken little got hit with a big piece of something.
Love the tiki turkey
1, B, C, 5, G, F.... One way to get confused real fast.
And I believe the Tiki Gods are quite upset. Haha!!
What is all this about Veggie Tales?
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ees plain to seeeeee! (I see!) your brains are very small to sink walking, will be knocking down our wall!
john
LOVE the Veggietales reference. I'll be singing all day! :)
It just always makes me sad to realize that somebody was probably really proud of the work they did on these wrecks. Or that they hate their job that much...
Some of these remind me of 'un chango pelon'
WV: uniqes - What the wreckerators were going for. Unfortunately they got it just right.
Why is the alien-abducted turkey wearing an old indian headdress?
Thank you for the Silly Songs with Larry reference, truly made my day!
Until I realized you were misnumbering on purpose, I thought I was going crazy.
Then I realized it was the turkeys. And I understood.
retric - What people say who are in defense of these kinds of cakes.
sorry, but i don't understand the authentic argentinian garb joke???
If a turkey doesn't look like one thing, apparently it's going to look like another...and neither one of those things is a turkey, but both are always big favorites here! *snicker*
wv: inelyzed-- by the time you figure out what this word is so you can type it, well, you must be pretty determined to leave a comment.
I wish they'd label these "Thanksgiving cake," instead of "turkey cake." It would also help if they would settle on icing that wasn't the color of meaty baby food.
("Here you go, sweetie, a spoonful of turkey, and now a spoonful of cake!" *urp.*)
I used to just think brown icing was the one to look out for, but now I am reconsidering my feelings about orange, and sometimes green as well.
@Jackie-- I thought of artichokes too. Or else unhealthy oysters on the half shell. Blech.
Jen, I love all of the geeky references, and the Veggie Tales one made my morning.
Thanks!
WV: einemene -minie-mo, which is the wreckiest of them all?
Loved it!
"Why are our days numbered and not, say, lettered?" - Woody Allen
Alien Autopsy dude looks like the gleeful worm on the movie Labrynth
"care for some tea?, come inside, meet the mrs"
posts like this remind me of why in the book (which I just bought :) ) I was a little disappointed in the "holiday horrors" chapter. I think it only referenced xmas wrecks. But there is such a dirth of Halloween and Thanksgiving wrecks out there that are HILARIOUS! not to mention Easter and the slaughtered lambs....
wv: minex--"And in minex act, I'm going to conjure up some poo tornadoes and slather them on cake!"
I loved the Veggie Tale reference!!!
Too funny! Great humor for a stressful time. Will be back tomorrow!
How soon before we see someone trace her/his hand with icing?
Looking forward to the next set of cakes, numbers j through 17.
Also, I hope there are no more beaks in the upcoming group like the first example. That thing's weirding me out. (Did I just say "upcoming?")
My two year old daughter was sitting on my lap when I looked at today's post and to stop her from squirming I said, "Hey Sophia, look at all these turkeys!" She looked for a minute, cocked her head to the side and said "I don't see any turkeys, momma."
Exaaaaactly my dear.
In "true" cake wrecks style I LOVE your numbering! Hahahaha A-F, then roman numeral nine and finally 10. For some reason that little detail cracked me up more than the cakes! The cakes were just ummm... disturbing!
Thanks for the giggles!
Jenn (In Ohio)
There's a new icing color to worry about--baby poo brown. Is turtle turkey even iced?
at least swanturkey got sprinkles. very few, and why green, and why on the bottom? (and mostly on the cake board. tsk tsk.)Is it supposed to be "grass" as if this turkey is peacefully lounging waiting for that big neck to be chopped off from behind?
maybe it's a chicken on a nest.
C is just scary. no beak? oozing blood? green feathers that look like a palm frond? and a WHITE body? what the heck? this does not qualify as a turkey! more like a worm crawling out from under an egg on a palm frond.
#5 is scary, though the eyelashes are a nice touch on ol' One Eye.
#10--a glove holding a bleeding worm stabbed by a kernel of corn.
Tiki Turkey is wrong on so many levels. the color of the cake background looks like woodgrain. is it a panic stricken face on a cutting board? are the technicolor worms rays of panic or are they worms rushing to Captain Psycho Eyes? the no beak and trail of blood are really disturbing.
Alien turkey is so happily on fire! or on a flower shaped shag rug. again, smiley face does not go when there's supposed to be a BEAK.
It looks like a happy turd with an orphan Annie red fro (and an undigested corn kernel) wearing a brown Rennaissance collar and mating with a fat red dragonfly with spotted wings. Yeeah.
Delightfully Wrecky!
Amy B-H
F may in fact be the biggest turkey turd I have ever seen...that's not to say that I've actually seen that many turkey turds, but still, look at that thing!
Oh dear, Jen...I think the combo of the holidays and excessive turkey wreckage has affected you more deeply than you realize--your numbering system has baffled even my deranged mind. I'm particularly fond of 5 and G, though this may be the result of indulging excessively in turducken last night...
The only one that was mildly okay was "by doing THIS". The face was actually rather cute and the swirled frosting, while reminding me of an afghan we had in our living room during the 1970s, actually requires a bit of skill.
The others would make anyone develop a fear of Thanksgiving (or at least turkeys). Yeee-ikes!
WV: Hyress--We need to hyress a good decorator for our Thanksgiving dessert...not a wreckorator!
Miren el pepino!!!! Oh I needed that this morning. You know - that's the only Veggie Tales song I know...and it's SUCH a good one.
You're killing me - I need to WAIT for the rest!?!
Fine.....
Pobre tomate :-(
VEGGIETALES!!! :-D
Also, number "5" is so confused there's a ? in the frosting!
Cake Wrecks was mentioned in PC Mag's list of 50 best blogs of the year:
http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l%253D246136%2526a%253D246101%2526po%253D13,00.asp
Congrats! :)
@ Fanboy Wife-- Bwahahaha!
That's all that's left to want for! Maybe tomorrow?
I love all your veggietale shout outs!
Oh Jen,
You made my day!
I did not catch the Veggie Tales reference right away, but for some reason I was reading your comments in Larry's voice. Ahhhhh, this is true happiness.
I actually thought VII was adorable. It's like the alien equivalent of a puppy going "Play wif me! Pweeeeease? Tummy rub? Hugs? Play wif me!"
Word Verification: crksc "The nearest phonetic equivalent to the name of this alien pet, which cannot be properly pronounced using the human vocal system."
The Pilgrims are rolling in their graves.... I just know it.
hehehe, love the veggie tales reference!
My nine year old says:
Uhhh...Mom...are those supposed to be...TURKEYS?
Yes, darling. That is what they are supposed to be.
Well, that was a fail.
*chuckle* Yes, dear. It certainly was.
wv: unnedu....as in, unnedu learn how to make turkey cakes.
"Saaay Peas!" "PEEEEEEEEEEEEEAS!!" Miren el turkey-o!
I love the fact that you have thrown yet another Veggie reference in!!!!
hahaha - still laughing about the "authentic Argentinian garb" - love me some veggie tales ;)
Awwww. I love VII!!!!! He's so cute! I want to take him home with me.
I can't get over that fact that people actually pay for these horrid cakes and serve them to guests !
that is a weird and wonderful numbering system you have going there.
And I was doing fairly well till i hit number 5 - yes "that". Everything after "that" just set me off again. Putting the tiki one just afterwards was cruel - its HARD to hold in laughter at work and thats a 1-2 combo if i ever saw one. =P
These are hillarious... like all the stuff you guys always post but... I didn't get "the authentic argentinian garb" joke either... but thanks to google I found out.. it's a song about a cucumber wearing a mexican sombrero and dancing an argentinian ballad (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZjhjvLO4f4)...
How come I never heard about it? :/
Do these people not realize that the hand-traced turkey is not a realistic turkey model?
I always do love your Veggie Tales references :)
Lots of Publix cakes today.