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)
Is it just me or does B look like it was originally a taco?
That was 8.
Hahaha! I can't help thinking that VII is really cute!
wow, you count like my 2 year old. :o)
I see the poo swirls are back! Yumm....
I propose that any future comments containing the gratuitous "poo" reference be penalized 25 points. Including this one.
wv: Sterrh: How you combine the ingredients when making haggis. (that's close to another -25)
*and* you want me to pay $25 for #1? That plays with my melon in horrible ways!
Seriously, what's up with these people? I made a turkey cake as a total untrained amateur as one of my first cakes. Could even say I "winged it". Hahahaha...
See: http://kimberlychapman.com/crafts/cakes/cakegallery.html#turkey
Wilton ball pan, fast feathers layered on (so you don't even have to do a good job with fondant!), made a neck and tail that dried overnight and then attached. NOT THAT HARD. Geez.
I am starting to think that some people go into cake decorating because "random toothpaste tube squeezer" is not an actual paid job.
Something about number F is making me gag!
G looks like a uterus!
Do we have any Thanksgiving wrecks that aren't CCCs? ;)
(Says someone who just sent you a CCC photo)
Sick and wrong! There are a few that look like the turkey is doing it's, ahemmm... business behind it's tail feathers. Yikes! Who'd eat that?
I think I'd call "numbers" F and 10 turdkeys.
I love your allusion to VeggieTales "Authentic Argenteian Garb" (Junior says that in "The Dance of the Cucumber") You are awesome and the cakes you post are hilarious. Your friend from PA, Steph LuAnne B.
LOL I would totally buy the Tiki Turkey!
LOVE the veggie tales reference! hehe
Don't lie! You know that first one was a Phoenix!!!!
Add me to the group who loves the VeggieTales references. :-) As someone whose Facebook quote is, "Was the canoe wood, or aluminum?" I love that you love them, too.
Glad I was not the only one who caught the VeggieTales refrence! that made me smile...and now I've got spanish dancing cukes in my head! I'd rather have a dancing cuke over these cakes, though.
Yay! Veggie Tales! That's one of my favourite Silly Songs with Larry ever. Apart from pirates who don't do anything, but that's sort of a given
I kind of like the vast expanse of frosting on number 10. It's like a canvas for my Thanksgiving dreams.
I saw two of these in a local grocery store, and immediately thought "Cake Wrecks!" so I'm glad they made it it =)
The cake wrecks were good.
The best part of the post wasn't about the cakes, though. It was 1,B, VII. I do that sometimes when I blog, too, and no one comments on it. That's why I must commend you on that!
Awesome dry sense of humor! That just adds so much to the blog!
About VII's commentary...innuendo much?? I want what happens behind the bakery counter to STAY behind the bakery counter!
Hope no Veggies were injured in the making of that Turkey-Taco thing.
I like the "Flaming Poo Elmo".
wow 24.99 for that mess?!
lol these were great
It's that rarest of mythological creatures: The Turkey-Phoenix! Once a year it climbs into the roaster on its own and lies in the flames until it's crispy, and golden brown...
Umm, gobble gobble? :)
Thanks for the Thanksgiving turkeys. Just wondering--for a future Sunday Sweets--could you do a tribute to The Office? I'm woefully single but would love to see some dream cakes! Thanks.
The first one looks like a phoenix
I submitted a Turkey CakeWreck and am crossing my fingers I see it tomorrow!
Are you sure that some of these aren't baseball gloves?
Aw, I saw the turtle-turkey at my store today, and I must respectfully disagree. I was perusing the cake table for wrecks and was pleased to find them all cute and well-done.
thanks for the veggie tales reference...it made my night!
Veggie Tales
LOL! Lot of turkeys made into something weird! Really made me laugh!
Awesome wreckiness made all the better for introducing me to the Veggie Tales and the Dance of the Cucumber. Thanks fellow readers!!
yay for the veggietales reference...."Say Peas!"
Yay for the Veggie Tales reference - "Say Peas!"
gross! i think that i am going to be sick!
Authentic Argentinian garb...hee! Now I'm going to have that song stuck in my head!
i love that you love Veggie Tales... really a lot.
thanks for the random holla to Larry the cucumber! Love him!
#G looks like a Louis Wain in the final stages of his insanity, if he'd done turkeys instead of cats.
nice list numbers, jen
And who, I asked you, would pay $24.99 for those Thanksgiving cupcakes?
Carm
My 6 year old walked up and saw the first cake and said "oh a pot of gold". And I said, no it's supposed to be a turkey cake, and he said "but it's cupcakes!" Even he knows that you shouldn't use cupcakes to try and make a real cake!
"Our sheep have a problem. They tip over." I would too after seeing these wrecks
Oh Cakewrecks, I am so thankful for you!!!!