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What's a Wreck?

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.

Now, don't you have a photo you want to send me? ;)

- Jen
Friday
Jul302010

Why On Earth Did You Buy THAT?




Oh.

Well, ok, then.

Seriously, I think I've just found my new favorite Wreckerator here. Way to work to your product's strengths, my friend! In fact, if you need any more ideas, I have a few suggestions:

"It beats jello"

"95% of diets fail anyway"

"Cheaper than therapy"

"It was this or rhubarb pie."

"The end MIGHT be nigh"

Ok, that's all I've got. Have anything better? Then gimmie your best 1-line Wreck sales pitch in the comments, and tonight I'll randomly select someone who makes me laugh to win a signed copy of Cake Wrecks, the book:
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Only $5.20 on Amazon! Woot! Stock up!

I'll announce the winner in tomorrow's post, so check back then.

Now, quick, go BE FUNNY. Chop chop!

UPDATE: Here are some of my favorite entries so far, in case you don't feel like scrolling through the 1000+ comments:

"Now Dolphin Free!" - Jenniffer

"Think of the laughs you'll get" - Anony 10:09

"You could always send this to Cake Wrecks" - TechyDad

"Eatable" - Kathyrn R.

"Mostly Harmless" - Cat Beiber

"Get Used To Disappointment" - Lynn

"My Other Cake Has A Witty Saying On It" - Tessa Beers

"D***n it, Jim, I'm a Doctor, not a cake decorator!" - Becky@whatslifewithoutwhimsy

"It's not as old as it looks" - Jen (3:44pm)

"I quit" - Donna

"It was this or death" - M.A.

"Think of the children" - Tracy

"Like you could do any better." - Tami

"The bananas in your cart look lonely." - Charlie's Mom

"As seen on Cake Wrecks!" - Ashley

"We only would have screwed up your custom cake order, anyway." - Julie

"Don't act like you've never settled before." - Bryan & Jessica

"In some foreign countries this is actually a compliment." - Dolores

"Suck it, Trebek." - Janebabes

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Reader Comments (1396)

eat me

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered Commentershout4joy

How about

"You said to pick up a cake, so I dropped it first."

or

"What do you expect on my allowance, mom?"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterNaomi Zikmund-Fisher

She did say "Let them eat cake..."

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnissa

"Under Jedi mind trick"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLaura Knightly

Cake with crack is better than no cake at all.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterwarrenusmc

Party Invites - $4.00
Party Supplies - $15.00
Party Decorations - $10.00
Party Cake - $1/2 off
Priceless

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDisneystarmom

"Still better than your decorating skills"

or

"A nod's the same as a wink to a blind bat"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterCharles

"Let's be honest, what else do you have to do today?"

Cut Before Serving

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKathy in S.B.

Inconceivable!

"Cheaper than a massage."

This could go two ways... It's an indulgence for myself that costs less than a massage... or it's less of an time investment for my husband to, ahem, butter me up. (Or should that be buttercream?)

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJessica

We're all going to die eventually.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAnonymous

Bite Me

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterBub

"To see it on Cake Wrecks."

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLeserlee

How about "its cake". straight and to the point (and with poor punctuation to boot!)

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterg.

"We need to talk... But here's cake!"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKimberly

"Filled with laxatives"

I can imagine a maniacal, going-postal Wreckerator actually putting a ton of laxatives in the cake and then trying to sell it. The question is, would people buy it???

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDonia

You know you want it.

Cheaper than gasoline.

Have your cake and eat it, too.

Not poisoned.

Buy me, or else!

Sugar highs are legal.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterVindiciti

No stimulus money? This cake's for you.

My boss told me to write something on this cake.

Only 3 weight watchers points (really small underneath that) per bite.

This cake will crack your friends and family up.

The homeless shelter will not accept this cake as a donation.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterLiz

The inside doesnt suck...

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAngie Yuska

"meh"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterVicky W.

I was hungry.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterWhitney

Or, "It's fine, I brushed it off after I dropped it, look good as NEW!!"

"oh okay, fine, how about half off?"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterTera 'thats me!'

"I Quit"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDonna

Free IUD in the crack!

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterUrsa

"They don pay me to be cleaver"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterDonnaR

"Leave Blank"

"I licked the spoon"

"I'm naked under the icicng"

"We're out of sprinkles"

"we all can't get flowers"

"I know you want the end piece"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterFloridaSam

I call last piece!

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMelissa

50% Off! (I ate the other half...)

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterCaroline B

"You know no one's gonna eat your broccoli encased in lime jello anyways."

But then again, that might be too many big words for the wreckerator, you know a few of them are gonna be misspelled...

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterTera 'thats me!'

sugar coma for the kids...
ten minutes of quiet for you...

greta leigh

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered Commentergreta leigh

Cake... the other white meat.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterRebecca

Bite Me in quotation marks

Jenny

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJennifer

"Beauty is only icing deep."

"The cake part (probably) tastes okay."

"Why not?"

"Don't judge me."

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterKateandMatt

Eff it.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSara

Just say "NO"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterNada

It's better than Mom's meatloaf. Or, in true CW fashion:

"Itz badder then Moms MeatLoaf"

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterEva

"It's only wafer thin!"

-Danielle Poirier

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMiss-Ter

"Fail"

Simple and elegant...

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterM

Beats your cake.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterBlu

"Your mom would do a worse job than this..."

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterBryna

It tastes the same with the lights off.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered Commenterduffylou

Think of the children.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterTracy

Go ahead, the cashier will never think you're eating it alone.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterAndi

My dad gave me money to buy a cake for my Mum and told me I could keep the change!

Monica

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMonica H

"I Tried - 1979"

Laura Mc

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterMrsMc

Frosting 101 Final Exam
Underneath that
Grade: C

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterWendy

THIS cake is not a lie

Beats real flowers

It's cake! It's pink! It has flowers on it! OMG!

It's fat free... not!

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterCaroline

Should've read the comments first. Someone else already used "the other white meat".

Ooh-ooh - how 'bout...

"No Whammies!"

Heh.

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterRebecca

"Hey, it's still cake. Cake is delicious."

July 30, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterGristle McNerd

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