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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
Monday
Feb202012

Wait. This Calls for CAKE.

Jill S. writes,

"This cake was just sitting out at the local [name withheld so they won't sue me], where they evidently set (celebratory? awareness? cautionary?) cakes out for (forgetful? vengeful? thankful?) shoppers to buy. Other than that, I really have no explanation for the cake. At least it was properly spelled and punctuated."

 

Now, I'm not really sure what I was expecting when I opened the attached picture...

but it wasn't this: 

 

 

Sooo...

should I bring the ice cream?

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Reader Comments (76)

[Editor's note- Yo mindy1. I'm really happy that you got the first spot and Imma let you finish but I need to borrow your comment for a moment. K, so I let all the memory loss comments go through even though Jen and I avoided them like the plague but I know you guys are more creative than that. I believe in you. Also, Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time! (hands mic back to mindy1) -john (thoJ)]


Huh?! O_o

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commentermindy1

Maybe it's a way of saying "sorry I forgot your birthday but have some cake".

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterTatiana

I was going to comment, but I forgot what I was going to say.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterAnna B

Oh dear, I hope this does not start a trend...

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterFluffy Cow

So random. Gotta love it. And you know, I would forgive a lot for sprinkles.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commenterteabunny

The optimist in me hopes it was made for a charity event. But the cynic in me thinks it's an attempt at offsetting food guilt: like those pink ribbons that pop up everywhere ad nauseum - buy a dessert but still feel righteous thanks to this little squiggle of icing!

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterCalum

Maybe it was for Alzheimers awareness day but they forgot?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterDonna O

Ummmmm.....I just use the excuse that I forgot my amnesia pill, but I'm sure this excuse tastes better.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterAmber

Isn't it nice, though, that they got sprinkles.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commenterdrgns4vr

I reckon they were going to write something on the cake, then wandered off.......

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterKirri

Happy belated... um... ooh, cake!

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterMimiheart

So your turnaround time for new wrecks is about three months, I see.

It's a lot more tasteful than most of the pink ribbon merch I've seen. As to how it ended up in the display case: somebody probably custom-ordered it... and then forgot.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterNaomi

Maybe Mr. Alzheimer forgot to pick up his cake.
Alzheimers Disease must have been named after someone, right?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterSuBee

I'm guessing they were going to write something more celebratory on the cake, and forgot what it was?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterMarie-Eve Lohman

The customer actually asked for "Plague" or perhaps "Aneurysm", but the decorator really wanted to show off his cursive Z.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterD.B.

I'm not really sure whether I should laugh or be insulted. I'm gonna go with that awkward smile you have when things are just....awkward. I was gong somewhere with that but it seems I forgot my train of thought.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterAli

I'm not sure how putting an " 's" makes it properly punctuated.

Does Alzheimer own the cake?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterKelly

Tau proteins tangle.
Plaque up your veins and brains with
Aricept frosting.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterHaiku Joy

Haiku Joy, I'm impressed. I wouldn't have been able to come up with a suitable haiku for today. Bravo!

Maybe it was an "Over the Hill" cake in disguise?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterMuria

Alzheimer's... what? Alzheimer's Day, Alzheimer's Society, maybe?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterBea

I cant understand how they spell this right but mess up things like "happy".

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterJoeC

Who are you, again? And what am I doing here?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterBADKarma

"I forgot why I was going to the bakery...wait a sec...maybe it was to pick up a Blandle of Joy?"

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterHowlin' Mad Heather

Thank you, Muria. And who knew about brain plaque and tau protein tangles? I didn't until wikipedia told me. I learn more through researching for Cake Wreck haikus.

D.B. - so this could be an herpes cake joke gone even more wrong? I love it.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterHaiku Joy

Well, it is a lovely colour...and has sprinkles.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterGail

I guess the doctor figured this diagnosis required a little more than a free sucker at the end of the visit. O-o ?!?
~

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterAndrea

In my experience (admittedly limited--yay!), this condition is not something you celebrate? memorialize? announce? console? with cake. But at least they got sprinkles...?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterSaraCVT

Should I be insulted by that comment??

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commentermindy1

John, for a second I went blank on the Beyonce reference but then... it hit me. Funny... and demented.

Maybe it was made and set out in case anyone was going to be watching "The Notebook" and wanted to have a theme cake. Oh... should I have said "spoiler alert"?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterEllen O

Sorry Jill S. who sent the picture....it is NOT properly punctuated. There is no apostrophe in Alzheimers.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterLaura C.

You guys make me want to reinvent myself as the person who shows up with random cake. I think I could totally pull off being "Random Cake Lady". And really, who doesn't like someone who brings cake to every party? No matter what it says, right?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterSara

...they forgot the candles! ;)

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commentergemma

No one ever picked the cake up

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterGooguse

I want mine to read "diabeetus"

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle Lee

I know when this cake would have been appropriate: My story: on Saturday my wonderful husband tok our 10yr old daughter to buy the iPod she's been wanting for about forever. I guess he was so excited (or exhausted ) from her constant chattering about her new toy, he left the keys in the ignition of my car, all night long. Sunday morning I go to start my car, only to discover said keys still in the ignition, IN THE "ON" POSITION, battery DEAD! VERY DEAD! And he did not remember leaving the keys in the car. So you see, this cakewreck would have worked perfectly in this situation!

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commentergabsmom

The purple color is correct for Alzheimer's Awareness, so perhaps it was for that, or for an Alzheimer's Walk.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterLH

Laura, how do you know the cake doesn't belong to Mr. Alzheimer? :-p

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterSam

"Hey grandpa... We got your test results back. Guess what the doc says you have?"

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commentermato

I guess poor Al Heimer was not impressed when he went to pick up his cake...I take it there was a half price sale that day

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commentersally

TOO EASY...lol

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commentercw

Laura C.: Alzheimer's actually does have an apostrophe.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterJordan

Actually, there was a Dr. Alzheimer. He was a turn of the century physician who first documented this form of dementia and for whom the disease became known, hence Alzheimer's Disease. The punctuation is correct... the cake itself is... well... hmm.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterJulie

I'm sure it's available so you can customize it by adding your own message, like "sucks" or "is not what you have" or "Awareness is cool!"

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterMamachino

It is an explanation of all cakewrecks produced by (anonymous instantly recognizable grocery chain) bakery: Customer " WHY is this NOT what I ordered?!?"... baker silently points at this cake and rolls eyes.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commentergobbler

no Jen, you should FORGET the ice cream! hehehehehe

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterSueP

Like many high school students, our grocery store cake decorator wanted a job in order to finance her various social activities. Her parents said she could keep the job as long as she kept her grades up. Spelling has always been her weak area (as is prerequisite for all grocery store cake decorators) so, in order to satisfy her parents, she studies at work. "Alzheimer's" is just one in a series of study-cakes. Other cakes available include "alchemy", "alliteration" and "Alcestis".

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commenterzoomom

The cake looks decent and the text looks decent and is spelled correctly. Maybe Alzheimer's needn't to be feared after all.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commenterpikkewyntjie

Wow. Really? Maybe they're trying to start a new trend. You can put whatever you want to on a cake as long as it's spelled right.

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterSarah

Ice Cream? For what? :)

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered Commenterev

This is the excuse for forgetting what occasion the cake was for? Or, who it's for? They were so proud of spelling that word correctly the rest of the message went out of their head?

February 20, 2012 | Unregistered CommenterLinda

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