What they got...
Boy, Juli N., it's a good thing they put that electrical wire in there to hold the legs on.
- Related wreckage: Well, I'm Stumped
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A Real Turkey
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
What they ordered...
What they got...
Boy, Juli N., it's a good thing they put that electrical wire in there to hold the legs on.
- Related wreckage: Well, I'm Stumped
What they got...
Boy, Juli N., it's a good thing they put that electrical wire in there to hold the legs on.
- Related wreckage: Well, I'm Stumped
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Search This Blog
Wreck the Halls
NEW! Pre-Order Today!
|
Buy the Book
Buy the NYT Bestseller
What's a Wreck?
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
tabs
- Fan Faves
- The Classics
The Classics
Awards
Praise for the Book
- “Will have you laughing so hard you’ll forget to eat!”— Washington Post
- “a hilarious winner” — The Oregonian
- “a fantastically gut-busting book”— NPR
- “It’s all here, each wreck a disaster of hilarity.” — BookPage.com
- “Hysterically funny!”— Epinions.com
- “laugh-out-loud funny”— The Times
- “Yates’ sharp humor makes the funny even funnier.” — The Dallas Morning News
- “an amazing laugh-out-loud book”— The Book Triblog
What the fans are saying
- "I was laughing so hard, I couldn't catch my breath."
- "As funny as the blog that started it."
- "WAY better than I expected!"
- "Cake Wreckery at its best!"
- "Wrecktastic!"
Awards
- American Mensa:Top 50 Websites of 2010
- Amazon: Top 10 gift books of 2009
- The Orlando Sentinal “Orbbies”: Winner Humor
- 2009 BlogLuxe Awards: Funniest Blog
- 2009 Bloggies: Best Writing of a Weblog, Best New Weblog, Best Food Blog
- The 2008 Weblog Awards: Best Food Blog
- Blogger's Choice 2008 Awards: Best Humor Blog
order
Where's the book?
We don’t have any copies of Cake Wrecks for sale here, autographed or otherwise. We decided the shipping and handling costs would be too high to make it worth your while. So instead, buy your copies locally or online and then order personalized bookplates: it’s cheaper, easier, and I think even looks a bit nicer.
Ordering Info
Payments must be made through Paypal, which accepts all major credit cards. Sorry, but that means no checks or MOs or barter-based chickens.
We ship everything first class USPS, and will do our best to have your package in the mail within 2 days of your order.
Popular This Month
Popular This Month
Archives
-
▼
2009
(419)
-
▼
November
(33)
- A Whiter Shade of Pale
- Sunday Sweets: Fall Edition
- A Fine Feathered Salute
- This Is What Happy Tastes Like
- In Which Happy Tanks SHOULD Be Given, But Are Not
- Really? I Mean, Really?!? (Yes, MORE Turkey Wrecks)
- Talkin' Turkey Tuesday, Too
- Time to Talk Turkey
- Sunday Sweets: When Geeks Marry
- Because We Need More Holidays
- Cue Cards, Please?
- Batter UP!
- All Your Base Are Be Wrong To Us
- What's Black & White & Wrecked All Over?
- Foiled Foliage
- Sunday Sweets: Tour De Force, Pt 3
- Southern Comfort [Atlanta Pics]
- Wedding Day Advice
- Label Makers
- Boston in the Fall
- Throw the Bouquet (Away)
- Bethesda Tour Roundup
- The Amercian Way
- A Real Turkey
- Two Bee Red Allowed
- Sunday Sweets: Sesame Street
- On The Road Again
- Bird is the Word
- Sporty Spice Cakes
- New Discoveries in the Animal Kingdom
- Call Me!
- The Name Game
- Sunday Sweets: Twilight
-
▼
November
(33)
142 comments | Post a Comment
The "grass" is pretty terrifying!
Cake. With gravy? No thank you!
Becky
wv: Foold. You can't foold me into eating that!
Homer Simpson: It's just a little wrecked, it's still good, it's still good!
Fall off the bone, er... wire, goodness!
I think both what they ordered & what they got look rather hideous.
This is unusual - I wouldn't want the inspiration cake, either! YUCK! What is this, an twisted, off-season April Fool's joke?
Why??!!! I'd rather have an actual turkey and a cake that looks like...a cake.
EEEEWWWWW!!!!!
Pre-gnawed turkey cake legs with slimy gravy frosting.
Whiskey
Tango
Foxtrot
OH MY.....
eeeewwwww!!!
Ugh. Why would anyone order that cake in the first place? It looks fowl.
BWAHAHAHA!
Augh!!! Looks like someone boiled that turkey!
That's disgusting. Frankly, I don't even like the orignal one. Who would order a turkey cake anyway??
I don't know why you would want the original one - I don't like how shiny it looks and how the wings are just weird lines... the one they got is definitely a wreck though!
Um. Gross. Even the top picture is just... strange.
{shaking head}
i'm not sure why anyone would even want a turkey-shaped cake.
i want my turkey to taste like, well, turkey.
then just give me a punkin' pie!
...I don't know if I would have ordered that cake in the first place...it looks disgusting.
Nooooo!!! Oh, I actually gasped. Is it really and truly a real turkey? Sweet Jebus, WHY???
That is just gross!
Call me crazy, but I don't get why you would want to order the cake in the first place.
Looks like it's been gnawed on already. Either that or there was a brawl among the turkeys.
Ick. Why would anyone order that in the first place? Ew! What is that shiny gravy-looking stuff?
WV: genuw: Genuw this was going to be a disaster from the start!
That makes me want to vomit...
That's just gross.
Gotta say, even if it looked like it was intended to -- YUCK YUCK YUCK. It's SHINY.
Turkey should look and taste like turkey, kthxbye.
I don't know that I would want the real thing, let alone the wreck. xP
Wow, the original cake, to me, already looks less than appealing (you expect a lovely, juicy piece of turkey breast, you get cake and buttercream instead, your tastebuds won't know what hit them) but leave it to a wrecktastic baker to make it even worse. Yuck...
Uh why is that picture of what they ordered so shiny?
They got what they deserved if they ordered that cake. Both cakes are wrecks!
Is this an ice-cream cake? It looks like the Baskin-Robbins cake I saw in the local store here. I wonder if the directions included adding wire-yikes.
Jeannie
Well, I gotta say, what they got definitely looks like one of the rotisserie chickens you can pick up at the local grocery store for $7.
I'm sure someones said this already, but the original picture doesn't look much better. :P
It looks like an ice cream cake to me.....that shiny gravy is most likely caramel sauce (the same stuff you have on your sundae). What I don't understand is why they didn't use a mold and instead hit the cake decoration supply section at the Home Depot....
Gross. just what we wanted for dessert... cake with brown colored gel all over it. The first one is awful looking enough!!
the photo/original made me ill
pecan pie rocks..
yuck. I don't think I would have even picked that monstrosity up!
http://www.baskinrobbins.com/Cakes/occasions.aspx
Turkey Cake (H-59)
Wow them with this centerpiece of your dessert table. Choose your favorite ice cream flavor, glazed in chocolate and caramel. Be sure to enjoy the sugar cone turkey legs!
I'm not even sure I approve of the "what they wanted" cake. They're both pretty gross.
Eew. How could a cake make me want to be a vegetarian.
Side note: even in the original cake...no turkey should EVER be that shiny.
on what planet is that thing in the background apple pie ala mode?
Well, there went my appetite.
It is a baskin robbins cake! Who wants frozen turkey! You can find it no their website.
BASKIN ROBBINS!!!
I used to work there, decorating cakes. the turkey cakes are REALLY hard to make! you have to use a "melon" mold, fill it with ice cream then hand cut frozen cake to fit the bottom. you then have to take 2 scoops of ice cream and sugar cones for the legs.
we ordinary just frosted it in chocolate or coffee flavored ice cream or white ice cream dyed tan but apparently the one in the advertisement is frosted in caramel (you have NO IDEA how hard that would be! caramel melts the ice cream and then slides off and/or lumps up).
the turkey cakes actually sell pretty well. i mean its frigging ice cream! especially if they are a "thanksgiving-ey" flavor like pumpkin pie ice cream.
but yeah the actual cake is very wrecky, no wire people!!
It's not electrical wire; it's an artery.
Either way, who would want to eat that? Ewww.
the apple pie a la mode thing in the background looks fabulous.
wv: amatu
'what's amatu, you order a cake like that?'
I have to say that this is quite possibly the most disgusting looking cake you have ever posted. It looks moist and meaty, which is not what a cake should look like. It took alot of deep breaths before I could look at is a second time without tasting my breakfast again. Blech, oooooohhhhhhh yucky, nasty, gross and DISGUSTING!!!! Give me bleeding armadillo cake anyday compared to that wreckage.
I am very afraid to know what flavor that cake is.
If it's turkey flavored, it will go great with some Jones mashed potato flavored soda.
Who would want slimy frozen turkey! YUCK!
The "what they wanted" picture was frightening enough. Ew.
The original is ugly!! The wreck is hideous. I can't imagine why anyone would want a turkey cake.
WV...mince. How appropriate!
...and your next task, to fashion your actual turkey into a cake for the ultimate gross-out dinner party.
Gak.
The ineptitude on display with the second cake is fairly staggering, but I'm tempted to say that anyone who would think the "Turkey Cake" in the first picture looks good, deserves the second cake.
I guess you could serve this with Jones Soda's flavors for Thanksgiving, featuring "Green Bean Casserole" and "Mashed Potato and Butter." With a bowl of Pepto for dessert, please.
http://www.jonessoda.com/files/turkey04.html
So let me get this straight: is the first on the Turkey as it was presented on the table to begin with and the second one the Turkey after it was discovered to be rabid? I don't understand...
You know the funny thing is the fact the wrecked cake actually looks more like a real turkey than the well-polished one they were suppose to get, an undercooked, vehemently gross turkey, but a turkey nonetheless. lol
Am I the only one who thought the original 'what they wanted' cake actually looks kinda awesome? Kinda like a caramel apple, but with ice-cream...
Even the original looks disgusting. Why would anyone want a cake disguised as a turkey??
I'm happy that we've already celebrated Thanksgiving in Canada. Seeing that at the table would have ruined my appetite for the whole weekend.
Eww, I agree with the others. Both are wrecks. Yuck.
I'm with the rest of you. I think the whole concept was a wreck. Even perfectly executed that turkey is a...well, turkey.
Blechhh!
Eww! I can't imagine an occasion where a turkey cake is ever appropriate.
On further consideration, this makes me think back to the baby cakes. Time for analogies!
One looks at a turkey cake and assumes it tastes like: Turkey.
One looks at a baby cake and assumes it tastes like: ???
barf! Even the original photo is pretty gross looking...
YUM!!!!!! This looks like when we had our vegan friends over for Thanksgiving one year and they brought a Tofurky shaped into a turkey mold. They could not understand why I politely declined (over and over) in favor of the real thing.
So... shiny.... Hurts... eyes....
I see I'm not the only one to think even the first one doesn't exactly look appetizing!
Word verification:unictim
"Look at the turkey's legs! Unictim!"
b.a.r.f.
I think I just became a vegetarian.
even the original looks disgusting! that could be a wreck in itself!
I don't know about the rest of you, but I [b]always[/b] have a little femoral artery with my turkey flavored ice cream.
Who orders a turkey cake? That's just wrong.
The "legs" still look quite raw, and it seems the bird's pooping yellow and orange...er..flowers? Grass?
~Amy B-H
Hey Jen & John!
We really enjoyed meeting you both in Atlanta last night! You are both as awesome in person as you are in blog form!
Another awesome wrecktastic cake! Wreck on!
-Jenniffer
http://cupadeecakes.blogspot.com
What does the Bionic Man eat at Thanksgiving? Why, the Bionic Turkey of course! Looks like the Bionic Dog got ahold of that leg first.
wv: odidy
Thanks, CW, for yet another edible odidy.
The original cake is gross! I don't know why anyone would want to make a replica. Shiny gravey looking icing? Yum!
Why would anyone order a turkey cake in the first place? The shiny brown surface looks scary.
-Holly
Who in God's name even orders a turkey cake that looks like it's been shellacked??
Tofurkey...and now this. Stop messing with the bird!!!
I'm not sure why there's so much blame-the-victim stuff about ordering the cake in the first place...maybe they thought it was funny, maybe they wanted it to sit beside a real turkey to amuse others, who knows. I don't like lots of potential cake themes but that doesn't mean the concept of having one is invalid if it suits someone else's interests.
I've been snarked for making an eyeball cake and some of my other horror/RPG cakes, but they amused me and my friends so feh to anyone who has a problem with it...it's not like anyone else is being forced to eat it.
That being said, the actual cake as made is truly disgusting, and I'm sure not even up to health code with that wire in there. It looks like the turkey was tortured before being killed and cooked. Egads, it's awful.
I picture that cake tasting like gravy. Cake is NOT supposed to look like it tastes like gravy!!
lol i'm more amused at ppl who write that they barfed or tasted their breakfast. ppl really? its just a picture.
and stop asking "who would want such a cake?" if it was available to be bought that meant a number off ppl wanted a frozen ice cream cake shaped like a turkey. geez.
wv: reillye. how apt.
Mmmm... gravy. That's what they get for ordering a cake in the shape of a turkey, geez.
Maybe i'm in the minority here, but I think the original is pretty sweet (no pun intended..)! I would definitely get something like that for my dinner.
The wreck is just awful though. Never before has a turkey looked so unappetizing....
Okay, more than a little disturbing there. Seriously.
Now, is that Frankenturkey or Turkenstein?
but why would you order that in the first place?! the first picture is actually less appetizing than the wreck because it's so freakin' glossy! food shouldn't be that shiny.
Ugh!
oh, heavens no... this is as gag inducing as the tofurky on Everybody Loves Raymond
Ewww...cake pretending to be meat is always wrecky...it can't possible taste right...you see turkey (sort of) but taste cakey goodness? And in this case COLD cakey goodness...It's like thinking you're about to drink Coke and end up with iced tea. Ptooie...
It was great meeting you two last night here in Atlanta...I've looked through the book several times now, showing it to coworkers and such, and I keep finding new things to crack up over. It's like you said...sometimes you've just got to let the wrecky details sink in...
~Bonnie B :)
Why... is it so SHINY? Even a real juicy turkey isn't that glossy. It's like it was shellacked. And the wrecktastic version is even worse!
WV: cubra -- a cobra that speaks really fast Spanish?
Ha. I saw that ad for a turkey ice cream cake at Baskin Robins. Love the wreck.
Gross. Both cakes are barftastic.
Ew! The original isn't very nom-worthy either. It's shiny. It looks like someone iced it with spit. :(
*vomit!*
Both the before AND after cakes are repulsive! Why oh why would anyone want a shiny turkey cake??! Blurgh!
But why would you order a turkey cake in the first place?
As someone who would want cakes in the shape of organs, steak, or any other unsavory, wtf styles, this creeps me out. There's something about it that makes me squiggle. I wouldn't want either cake D:
As someone mentioned, I think its because both are SHINY. VERY SHINY. Why so shiny? It's like as though you basted your turkey in disgusting corny syrupy fake turkey taste. I can understand that they make want to make it brown, but why not chocolate icing? What's wrong with that?
Think of all the people who had to say, "Yeah, that's a good idea!" for that inspiration cake to even be an option for a customer!
WV: quity
You thinkin' about orderin' a turkey cake?
Quity!
UURP! >@-BLARGH!
*Wipes mouth* Sorry about that guys...
Well it's brown
They got what they deserved... No sane person would order that cake. EWWW
Ugh, this one is messing with my mind.
I believe there's a David Sedaris essay on foods that seem mispackaged in other countries-- like mayo that comes in a tube, or peanut butter in a can (as though you'd eat it all in one sitting).
Unfortunately, this time, we're the ones not getting it right. Still, if you've got the disposable income in this economy, more power to you. I'll just be at my house with the real thing!
Are you disgusted as a cake lover? Check.
Are you disgusted as a vegetarian? Double check.
Is it sick freaking nasty? Check!
Disagnosis: Wrecktastic!
Why did they want a turkey cake? That's the real story!!!
Sevenmarie gives an admirably clear explanation of why this cake is actually quite hard to make. But she still doesn't explain why anybody would want one.
I think both cakes look nasty. Ish.
Didn't get a chance to look at Cake Wrecks before going to bed last night (I live on the other side of the world). Looking at it at 6:55 a.m.
Big. Mistake.
Both turkey cakes are nauseatingly gross. ::sound of retching::
Horrific, in concept and execution.
Who would order that in the first place. EWWWWW.
That has got to be the most disgusting idea ever for a cake EW!
What in the world is that glazed with?
Haha...I think the turkey cake that was made is actually more realistic than the one ordered. The whole thing was a bad idea, perhaps, but at least the baker was faithful to real life. :P
and to one of the anonymous...oh god! I've had that Jones soda before--just a tiny sip of the brussels sprouts made me think I was gonna throw up. Cranberry sauce was the only passable one. Baaaad idea, people...totally not aloud. But at least our real dessert was suite! O.o
I'm a newcomer to Cake Wrecks, but I've found one of your youngest fans. Last night my 21-month-old was next to me as I perused past posts. Today he saw me open my laptop and he ran over eagerly, saying, "Take! Take, peas," which translates "Cake! Cake, please."
I found the desired blog and enjoyed his enthusiam for the Sesame Street sweets and the wrecks that followed. He is particularly found of the turkey cake, which he insists is a "duct take."
I'm sure I'll be checking in regularly if Mikey has anything to say about it. Thanks for the laughs and the mama-son bonding opportunity.
That is just the worst thing I've ever seen here, and that is really saying something!
WHY? I think the wanted one is gross too.
That's so sad!! There's no wire in it, we had one last year since none of us really like a big giant Turkey for thanksgiving. It's not actually Gravy, it's a mix of chocolate and caramel sauces.
It's pretty delicious!
The first one looks pretty gross to me. The second one pretty much does look like the first, except it looks like someone got excited and tried to pull off a drumstick. But really, it's not that bad.
Is this supposed to keep me from overdoing it this Thanksgiving? Because if I keep these cakes in mind, mission: accomplished! Consider my appetite suppressed.
Oh what happen?! lol =D
Summer
A Writers Den
Brown Mestizo
If it weren't so tragically mangled, I'd be tempted to serve this up alongside a turkey flavored "meat cake" and watch the facial expressions...
WV: Proli. I'd proli see some good ones, too.
Wreck aside...who on EARTH want's a turkey cake?? The original looked pretty scary as well!
if they wanted a turkey, why'd they go to the bakery? silly people.
Ewwwww... both cakes look disgusting. Yes, I'd still eat them.
disgusting!!! If cakes are sweet, why make them look like salty food?
the original looks almost as bad as the wreck
I actually did get the turkey cake one year for my springtime birthday, simply to confuse people. Thankfully, mine looked more like the first cake.
Years ago I found a prepackaged, imported cake called "Mr. Turkey" at an Italian bakery and believe it or not it was a huge hit. It wasn't glazed or frosted, which probably helped...it had bits of orange in it, and powdered sugar to sprinkle on top. It also came with those ruffly drumstick ends (made of sugar) to stick on before serving. Every year since then I've tried to find it again to no avail.
Yeah . . . we all thought my sister was crazy when she asked for a turkey cake this year for her birthday, but it actually was pretty fun :). I'm no professional, but I still think mine looked better, and with cookie "stuffing" I can almost bet it tasted better!
ew...shiny food...
wv: yocapods: what you'll get living in your intestianal tract from eating shiny food. What do you think caused the French Revolution? All that freakin Aspic!
I'm still trying to figure out why you would want a shiny turkey shaped cake to begin with.
My stomach caved in...I'm serious.
Gah, that looks like a horned turd.
LOL!!! I can't believe someone ordered this cake! At my store we will NOT be doing this cake for anyone. It is hard to keep the caramel (yes that shiny stuff is caramel) on the ice cream is a b****!!!!
I'm sure this cake was not inexpensive -- why would you buy it and then complain? Just say, "no".
Surprisingly, I work at one of these stores and, while we didn't sell any last year, the year before we sold a ton. They look better, more matte, before the caramel gets put on it. Even in person they look disgusting, yet people have bought them right out of our case.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit....
Claire
What's the story on the offering in the background? 'Apple pie a la mode' as some kind of all-in-one concoction (could be okay), covered in frosting (diet aid). Is that a pie-cake? Nothing is what it seems!
To be fair, I work at the establishment that offers this cake (I see you have cleverly obscured the logo... very sneaky) and this cake is VERY hard to make. It involves putting melted caramel on top of frozen ice cream in a weird shape. Not sure if you've tried it, but it isn't surprising that the decorators had a hard time.
To Anonymous who said;
'and this cake is VERY hard to make. It involves putting melted caramel on top of frozen ice cream in a weird shape. Not sure if you've tried it, but it isn't surprising that the decorators had a hard time.'
So that excuses them for getting money for shoddy work? Does this excuse shoddy work in other places? 'Oh wah wah it's to hard to make this *thing here*' or 'wah it's to hard to do *thing*' how about I half ass it, it doesn't matter, who cares!
Yeah, how about you go eat this disgusting fail of an ice cream cake.
You have to admire the hi-gloss finish on the original cake. It looks like it was polished by a fanatical car owner - heavy on the Turtle Wax and/or shellac.
I wonder if s/he used a power buffer?
I think a turkey cake is hilarious! Everyone seems to be taking this seriously but I think it's supposed to be a funny thing. As for the replica, I do not believe this actually came from Baskin Robins because the turkey legs are extended out past the board which means it didn't get put in a box. How would they have gotten this home without a box. It is definately a bad replica. I guess a BR employee could hve taken this pic at the store but to say it came from B.R. doesn't seem fair.
I work for Baskin Robbins and all I have to say us I HATE that cake. . . we dont even do the caramel glaze because it NEVER works!
I work for them and these cakes are really hard to make but this year they solved this problem by icing it in butter cream first and then the caramel on top it turns out like the picture. this is really funny though. I really hoped someone didn't have to pay for that.