Blame Decopac
September 3, 2009 These days many bakeries dream of the day when cake decorating will consist of two steps:
1) Ice the cake, and
2) sell it.
See, actually decorating a cake requires time and effort, and therefore is discouraged where possible. To help bakers achieve this lofty goal, a few enterprising companies (we're not naming any names here....except for that one in the title, of course) are manufacturing all-inclusive instant "decorating" kits.
Here's an example:
Cute, huh? As you can see, plastic is SO in right now. Not only does it save on frosting, but it also allows anyone with the skills of a semi-trained monkey to "decorate" a cake. It's foolproof! All you need is a rounded lump frosted brown, and you're good to go - just stick the plastic bits in! Who could possibly mess that up?
[sigh]
Wow. I'm impressed. This looks just like the carpet adhesive we put down last Spring.From this...
To this!
- Related Wreckage: Going to the Dogs
Reader Comments (180)
I still confuses me how you can go from a round cake to a CC and still think it looks good!
The sample cakes, total cheats though they may be, are actually pretty darn cute. Leave it to wreckorators to out-idiot the idiot-proof cuteness.
WV: derice - After reading Cake Wrecks while eating risotto, Claudia had to derice her computer screen.
they just need to put some tire marks across the basks and it would be much more realistic.
Mmmmm - squished pets!
*sigh* why are they all CCCs? Why can't bakeries just admit defeat in this area, and stop with the CCC madness? Because these, as Taylor said, do indeed look like happy roadkill...
"Mommy, that kitty's napping with Jesus!"
Who wants to EAT a cat or a dog?!?! The decopack designers need to think of things that are appealing to eat. Giant strawberry? Sure. Big fake hamburger that's actually cake? Cute idea! A big flower pot with fake dirty and gummy worms? Ok.
But a cat and/or a dog!?
And cat or dog roadkill is even worse, obviously.
Both my cat and my dog are horrified at these CCCs (ptuooi!) However, truth be told, my dog flattens himself out with one leg behind him, so he can kind of resemble the first two. Not quite so flat though. And only when wearing a halloween mask.
WV-curylver - license plate for a Indian food fan.
For some reason, I REEEAALLLYY have to go pee now.
Hahah...OMG. Remember those roadkill cafe t-shirts? It reminds me of that. That flattened kitty would make another good T-shirt.
Cat-skin and dog-skin rugs - so trendy!!!
Urp.
All I see looking at those is some poor cartoon cats & dogs that ran off a cliff and went SPLAT, Wil E Coyote-style.
Oh, the imfamous plastic junk on cakes...how I detest them !
However, I must admit the sample cakes are kinda cute !
That last one is very cat-skin rug. Eeks.
They look less like cute little animals and more like dead animal rugs. Uck!
I'll be charitable and assume the wreckerators did not intend to produce a tribute to road-kill, but rather are perspective-challenged - 3-dimensional figures appear two-dimensional. I sometimes run into this problem when teaching 6th-graders the difference b/w a square and a cube in Math. Well, if I have really sloooowwww 6th graders. Most of 'em figure it out right away. As could the average monkey, trained or untrained. Not that I'm comparing 6th graders to monkeys, or anything. I'm comparing these wreckerators to 6th graders AND monkeys. And yes, that frosting is reminiscent of industrial adhesive. Yum, yum.
Oh, and terri s - please don't give these people any more ideas about naked babies on baked goods! "Hey, just what this needs - a naked baby! That'll make it perfect!"
I have four resident cats (only two of them mine, so no, I am not the Crazy Cat Lady....yet) and at least three of them are capable of adopting this posture. One of them, as a matter of fact, seems to enjoy sleeping that way. But then again, he always was a little strange.
However, when a cat smiles like that, I immediately start searching the kitchen for missing food items, or the rest of the house for inexplicable acts of destruction. Smiling cat=danger!
The second one looks like a dog from behind, but then WHAT? There is a head coming from the dogs butt?!
how is no one not noticing the "tire tread marks" on the second puppy wreck? and to have the tongue sticking out to boot! LMAO!
to be fair, my 18 month old correctly identified them as Dogs and kitty cats.
(dear God PLEASE don't ruin Cake Wrecks by referencing Cute Overload and their unbelievably annoying lingo, I beg of you...)
The road kill cat is perfect: that is if it's Alf's birthday.
Yeah, as nearly 2/3 of the people mentioned. the cupecakes look like road kill. But I have never seen happier roadkill. Three times overdriven by trucks?! No problem!!
Always look on the bright sight of life *sings*
Honey? Is that a cake, or the rug from Aunt Suzie's den?
Gah. Who takes the time to iron their dogs any more, anyway?
omg it looks like roadkill
No no, these are important "Congratulations on your operation" cakes.
Spay and neuter your animals!
It's a cat / dog pancake!
sigh...
:'(
I am going to name this cake "happy cat"
That was more than a little disturbing. Seriously.
Or cat and dog rugs.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com)
I have an overwhelming urge to buy one of these disasters and drop it off at the nearest PETA office.
WV: remedish - a drug that doesn't quite cure what ails you.
And what's better - some will actually think it's cute.....
Oh, those are just awful. AW. FUL.
The 'real' ones are actually not that bad, but these? Uuuuuuugghh. UUUUUUUUUGGGHH.
Cupcake cakes are a sin against reality.
Nothing says "I love cats" like stretching one out like a cat skin rug!
LOL!!! i think the icing color on the flattened dog looks like what was in my kids' diapers when they were infants.......yellow, seedy, poo. eww.
Road kill is the first thing that comes to mind. Bleh.
poor little dead cat
I am throughly relieved to discover that nearly every one of the comments left here agree that these things look like ROADKILL. So not appealing.
And the carpet adhesive remark? Dead on. (Pun intended) I work for flooring contractors, let me tell you, the sight or smell of freshly scraped carpet adhesive is NOT appealing on or around food products. Ick Ick Ick.
Mmmmm flayed dog, just what I've always wanted to eat on my birthday...
Has anyone noticed the CCCCC (crushed cat cupcake cake) has a detached tail?! It's like the "decorator" subconsciously realized the cat was toast and added that detail to enhance the effect.
oH!!!! That cat was the best! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Wow, it looks like someone ran them over.Twice. But at least they are happy.
All I can do is echo everyone else. Roadkill Cafe!
~Amy B
Two words: steam. roller.
Roadkill! Ha! It's genius.
i think that rocks! it's hilarious!
Had I been drinking anything when I saw that cat-wreck, my monitor would need a good cleaning. Whatinthehell???
That cat looks like a Mack Truck ran it over (but it looks happy about it!)
Did anyone else notice the little sticker on the sample cat that says, "For display only. Not for consumption?" The wreckarators must have taken that quite literally and made something that no one would want to eat!