Friday, January 15, 2010
The #2 Way to Ruin a Cake
Friday, January 15, 2010
Step #2: Add random poo piles - just for giggles.
Eh? What's that? You think those are simply palm tree poos? Ok, I guess I could see that. But, can you explain...[dramatic pause]...THIS?
Actually, this isn't too much of a leap if you figure the customer asked for a "Princess and the Pea" cake. [wicked grin]
Then there are the stock designs with poo built right in:
And to think: this is what "passes" for "cake decorating." But hey, maybe the designer was wiped out after a hard day logging too many hours, and got a little lax? If so, let that be a lesson to us all: don't push too hard; you'll only strain yourself producing crappy results.
:D
And finally, a classic for the ages:
Many thanks to my #2 wreckporters Kelli N., Wendi P., Stacey B., Jenny, & Sara B.
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1) Who knew that Curious George was a poo-flinger?
2) "A dream is a wish that your fart makes!"
3) That must be from the scene in the movie where Eve shoots at Wall-E. Because she scared the crap out of him!
4) Isn't Wolverine's name really Logan?
5) Would a rose by anything like that smell as sweet?
OMG! The commentary under the fourth cake is killing me!! How many toilet jokes can you work into on paragraph:)
Uh-oh! Looks like Sabertooth left some presents on Wolverine's lawn again and boy is he pissed!
Perhaps next time you do a poopy post, you might want to give a heads up on what this entry contains. It does look very convincing (at least a few of them do) so I simply won't comment further.
Obviously the last one is meant to be fertilizer for the rose. I mean, c'mon Jen, get with it. I disappointed you missed that. :) I mean what else could it be (Because, honestly, I don't want to THINK about what else it could be... and neither do you!)?
Cake #1: tell the wreckerator cocanuts are NOT SHINY!
On the other hand maybe sometimes poo is...blech...
These wrecks go with that disturbing "man on a toilet" cake... [shivers]
Mocking
wow, what on earth is that last one supposed to be?? my 4 year old saw it & said, "That's poo Mommy, it's a picture of poo-poo."
blech!
Yay! Poo cakes are one of my favorite Wreck varieties.
*screams*
AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!! I don't even believe in dieting, and yet I fear I may go on one because my appetite is now ruined for the next 50 years!
Wait, I'm probably not gonna live another 50 years...but a middle aged girl can dream. lol
Are you trying to tell us that the potty's over?
Smirk.
The first one was pretty stinkin' cute until the additional "deposits" were made.
The last one is really nasty but I give points for artistic skills. Looks like real poo
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wv: dalic--isn't that a Doctor Who alien bent on destroying everything?
your wreckreporters never cease to amaze. oh my...
that last one is, shall we say, something else?
What is that last one supposed to be?!
For cake #1, I am concerned about why that monkey is trapped underwater with all that seaweed. Maybe that's the source of the poo.
Puntastic!
If placing poo-like piles on cake is the second way to ruin one, I don't even want to know the first.
Becky
. . . and the #1 way to ruin my appetite lol.
Thanks a lot. Now I'll be singing "Chain of poos" for the rest of the day.
lol@Trevor!
If only the Beast had understood gardening, he would've properly maintained the enchanted rose, and then he never would've resorted to kidnapping.
I gotta go.
HaHaHaHa!!!! Great puns!
That last picture is....... um....... yeah. Astonishing. Yeah, that's it.
Holy crap! This is about the funniest entry you've ever done.
That fairy tale castle with the poop trail leading to it was obviously the work of someone who is experiencing a less-than-fairytale life, and he/she just wanted to make sure everyone knows it!
oh, the puns today! you are on fire!
wasn't Wall-E SUPPOSED to clean up crap? :p maybe they should have stuck him in a litterbox cake.
and are those piles supposed to be from "ass"teroids or something?
pretty pink plastic palace + river of poo blobs. I don't get it. Is it a poo path of stones? the color is so offensive compared to the pink. was it an "accident"?
nice captions, Taylor!
"Beauty and the Feces!" LOL But seriously, what is the intention there???
'Actually, this isn't too much of a leap if you figure the customer asked for a "Princess and the Pea" cake. [wicked grin]'
Jen, if I keep having these cake nightmares, I'm going to start wetting the bed.
I think this is your punniest post yet. I love it. (I'm a sucker for puns.)
Beauty and the Feces - I almost peed my pants laughing at that one.
Okay, the last one really got me. Almost choked on my coffee... hilarious! What on earth?!?!?
I saw the first one and thought "that's not so bad"...
...then I made the mistake of scrolling down.
Pass the brain bleach, please.
Normally I don't get too riled up by other comments but...
SHIKISHINOBI, here is your warning. This is a site about CAKE. No real poop was used or misused to create the humour here. People likely ate the cake that you are so offended by. They ate poop looking cake.
And for future reference, ALL the posts here may contain some sort of something that may offend someone. Since you appear to be one of those people who are offended by most everything, Walt Disney has a really nice website you could visit without any fear.
Whew. Thanks for listening.
Rebecca F.
". . . and the #1 way to ruin my appetite lol."
I dunno...to me, it's only #2.
I was prepared to be generous and could see where the decorators were coming from with cakes 1-4 (although no.3 was a bit too graphic, I just picked up something similar whilst taking my dog out) but that last one beats the cr*p out of me....sorry!
If Wall-E's supposed to be on the beach, I thought it could be pretty realistic portrayal of things.
But then I saw the next cake, with poo in space, and I realized I'm back to square one. (Two?)
cw3 doesn't make any sense...what, the robots are....fighting? and poo just comes out of their guns? or the poo field was already there, and that's where the robots happen to fight?
your commentary below cw4 is just effing riotous.
happy weekend!
I *almost* missed the pun in the post's title until I read shikishinobi's comment. You are just amazing, Jen. AMAZING. I wish I could be HALF as punny as you!!!
Oh my gosh! My nephew got the exact same Wall-E cake for his birthday, and I was going to take a picture of it and send it in. I am so sad that I could have been published.
Comedic and punny gold:
"And to think: this is what "passes" for "cake decorating." But hey, maybe the designer was wiped out after a hard day logging too many hours, and got a little lax? If so, let that be a lesson to us all: don't push too hard; you'll only strain yourself producing crappy results."
That last one just makes no sense.
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I'd like to complain about one of your site ads. It had the words "sex" and "gay". I'm offended. Please remove said ad or I'll never visit this site again.
Your loyal reader
I had to come back and say...I just saw the title of this post again in my reader and I had a huge "Duh" moment! Then I died laughing...#2 way! Hilarious!
I agreed with the previous poster. I saw the George cake and thought, "That's actually pretty cute." I didn't think it was wreck-worthy. I actually felt bad for the decorator that it was included.
Then I scrolled down...
The following cakes more than made up for it. Yikes. The last one. Really? Someone ACTUALLY thought, "Yep. That looks great. Slap a price tag on it."
As always, love your post.
Oh wow... these are just... crappy. (yeah, yeah, hardy har har) :P
I thought it was handy the little grey and yellow spaceship on #4 had a big shovel on the back. Obviously it's an intergalactic pooper scooper.
WV: reoherub- where you go when you're too drunk to go to rehab...
That last one left a bad taste in my mouth! GAG!
wv:wayish That last cake is wayish out there!
Jen! you're so PUNNY!!!! love it! This post is hysterical...Beauty and the Feces??!!!! Commentary Platinum! (cuz Gold just isn't good enough)
@Taylor---NICE Additions to an already laughtastic post...
Happy Friday!
Bonnie
Cake #4:
Obviously, the space theme is intended to depict ass-teroids.
I wouldn't doubt that at least the last one IS actually meant to be poo. There are restaraunts in Japan called Toilet where the ramen, or worse, a brown curry, is served in giant toilet shaped bowls. The japanese have a weird sense of humor about and attachment to...poo. Sorry if you didn't know, but it's true. Maybe this cake is from a japanese run bakery?
We should put these cakes on the Endagered Feces list.
'Beauty and the Feces' maybe an upcoming movie? lol
What continues to amaze me is that people actually PAY MONEY for these hideous creations!
Now that is some SERIOUS pun-dropping talent under the fourth cake.
Hehe..."dropping." :)
Regarding the commenter who posted regarding offensive ads: I visit this site every day (sometimes more than once. . . I know. . . get back to work, Liz) and have never seen anything like that. The ads are almost always about wonderful-looking desserts and weight loss. Nice little feedback loop they've got going there. Anyway, certainly something could've slipped throug the cracks that may be worth investigating, but it isn't the norm to see any remotely sexual ads here in my experience. Just thought you should know in case you were worried.
Liz in Seattle
No warnings, Jen? Well you're in deep doo-doo now!
(I'm so sorry, I couldn't help myself)
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the, er, poo?
Oh boy oh boy. What happened- they just had chocolate frosting and decided to pipe away??
yum... chocolate....
Yeah, what the heck is that last one supposed to BE? The others I can kinda see where they were going with it (coconuts, road to castle, um, grease stains left from spontaneous combusting x-men).
Smell as old as time
Rude as it can be
Went to get Depends™
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly
Just a little push
Small to say the least
Someone had to share
From their derriere
Beauty and Feces
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The problem with poo is, alas, it is the same color as chocolate.
(sigh...)
#4 hubbyman says "It's POOsteroids!"
Wow. Gee. To think people order and then "eat" these things...well, we don't have evidence of it, but the thought thereof leaves me...er...speachless.
...and I laughed my head off for the rest of the day...
This post really had me laughing!
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The first one excites me because my name is Megan and my husband is Kyle.
But then I look at the brown and am creeped out and don't want our names on that cake. :P
Totally SNORTED when I read E.M. Green's, um, song? :-)
Maybe the Princess Cake is Rapunzel's cake... Yeah, and... and... you just can't see HER... Just her Hair... and... and... ok, I got nothin'. Sorry. ;-)
The Curious George cake might have been cute, if not for those curiously shiny piles. I live in Hawaii, and none of the coconuts here (or the trunks of coconut trees) look like deer pellets. I imagine if they did, it would somewhat detract from the beauty of these islands.
I'm really trying to put myself in the wreckerators' shoes, to figure out what these must have looked like to them to make them think they were passable... Yeah, I got nothing.
Appart from the obvious poo factor, I'm still trying to determine what that last item is? Is it really a 2 piece CCC? A side view of a sheet cake? TELL ME!!
I could think of is this would make a hilarous break-up cake. Forget a "Dear John" letter. This would certainly get the message accross!
I actually read the comment about offensive ads three times thinking someone was trying to be ironic and I was just missing it. Guess I was wrong! Thank to the person who posted info about AdBlock Plus. I didn't know something like that existed.
wv: hople as in I hople people who read a humor site have a sense of humor.
If such an ad was found here, how on earth will you ever know it was removed without looking at the site again?
About that Curious George cake, I think it absolutely belongs here. Just because poo is well-executed, it's still poo. And pate de fois gras is still just liver. In either case, I don't know why people go to such lengths to defend something so dreadful! There are other colors to consider in the jungle besides poo-brown, you know. I think there were probably some bets taken back in the kitchen when that one was made. Also, same when pate was invented.
what IS that last one?! (besides a wreck of course)
Maybe that last one is a tribute to Outkast?:
"I know you like to think your sh*t don't stank
but lean a little bit closer, see
Roses really smell like poo-poo-poo!!"
:D
Hi Cake Wrecks,
I've been reading your blog for a long time, and thought that the fundraising you did before Christmas was amazing and inspiring. In the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, would you be up for calling on all of your readers to come together one more time? I know that organizations like the Red Cross and Partners in Health are accepting donations, among others.
Thanks for your consideration and for all of your hilarious posts!
Yay a Wolverine wreck! They seem to be comparatively rare. I was going to say 'thin on the ground' but that could go all kinds of nasty places. Meanwhile, from this angle, poor Wolvie looks like he's fallen over. Maybe 2 dimensional Magneto (pretty sure that's him and not Sabes) has discovered Wolvie's Kryptonite - or is that Kraptonite? Actually that would explain why Magneto is looking kind of flat. Those are some massive piles!
No matter how old I am, I will never. EVER. be too old to appreciate poop humor! :)
holy crap!
In the last one, I think the Beast was just marking his territory....
That last cake must have been ordered for an organic fertilizer sales convention.
If you squint your eyes and pretend a little, that last cake looks like the Beast's hand holding the enchanted rose. Right?
Holy poop references! That's pretty impressive that you squeezed all those into one paragraph.
The first cake, at least I can make sense out of the piles of poo and what they're intended to be. The other cakes? No! No reason. Just piles of poo.
anyone know of any 'Walter the Farting Dog' cakes (based on the kids books? I'm sure the wreckerators got really creative for those. It came up today when my friend said her son asked for Walter on a cake.
Question: is there any way that brown frosting could be used on a cake WITHOUT it looking like poo?
okay, i just returned to look at "Beauty and the Feces" one more once (great pun by the way).
There doesn't appear to be any CAKE associated with either pile of frosting - rose or otherwise. I wanna know - who orders something like this?
@shikishinobi - the title "the #2 way to ruin a cake" wasn't a clue today's topic might be a poopy post? even the second or third sentence mentioned the word poo... seems like there was plenty warning if you wanted to skip it.
Am I the only person who saw the "coconuts" that were in pairs of two and thought they looked an awful lot like the truck testicles?
Maybe some people didn't guess what "The #2 Way to Ruin a Cake" was going to be about, but I was pretty sure we'd be in for a poo report on this post. I mean what else is #2 likely to mean??
*dissolves into laughter*
I was at a party recently that had that exact Wall-E cake, complete with poo... whatever it's supposed to be. I almost took a pic but wasn't sure it qualified as a wreck. Now I know better!
to jo:
hahahahahahaha! "ass"-teroids. OMG! Hilarious!
And the paragraph of puns. AWESOME!
Beauty and the Feces = sheer brilliance. *lmao*
I wish I had something coherent to say, but in reality I am laughing so hard that I can't breathe!
Ohh, the puns! They huurrt!
OH MY GOODNESS! My husband's name is Kyle, our birthdays are a week apart, and he likes monkeys! I wonder if this is a cake we were supposed to see, but never did. . .
Ahahaha "Chain of poos"!!! You're killing me here!
Where'd yesterday's blog post go?
Couldn't take the heat? So you got out of the kitchen?
Joke.
I need a pregnancy joke instead...out of fertile ideas?
Hey, cake jokes are your job, not mine. Love your blog. :)
Oh...... wow.
This belongs in the "Classics" or "Fan Favorites" sections imho.
HA HA HA!
Is "beauty and the" feces made entirely out of icing?
I think so!
(And those parenthesis are in exactly the right place!)
;)
Anonymous @3.53- I guess you could say they were ALL sheet cakes, if you have an accent- eef you get my dreeft ;-)
Amanda, Chocolate icing doesn't look quite so poo-like if you use a star tip...
Classic! You rock with the commentary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great way to start the day!
I could have bought that the brown dots in the first cake were coconuts,but a whole trail of them on the left side has led me to believe that Curious George has indulged his instincts.
I actually thought the first one just looked like some poorly arranged kola nuts. The rest....there is no excuse.
I had to tell you guys this. Sometimes I'll tell my husband about the posts on Cake Wrecks, and the titles are just as hilarious.
I told him about this poo post and then told him about the title to this one, and without even thinking about he said, "what's the #1 way?"
hahahahahaha!
I just burst out laughing and he suddenly got it and started laughing, too.
I just got the #2 reference! D'oh!
Oh-Oh-Oh my tummy hurts from laughing so hard-"Beauty and the Feces"--oh dear, oh dear,(holding tummy)your posts are dangerous to the health. Has anyone ever gotten a hernia from reading these?
vf: crucings: a portmanteau word combining cruel and icings.
E.M. Green - wow..your lyrics are amazing. *lol* I am totally hearing it in my head :D
I've never read so many poo puns in one post. Hilarious! What was that last cake supposed to be, anyway?
If you name your kid after a European city but add in some unnecessary letters (Mihlann), I'm going to assume you're too ignorant and stupid to ever travel abroad.
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Chain of poos! *Classic*
Speaking of classics: Mary and such ilk. Here's a great FREE daily dose of humor and you want to fuss at them over the ads that make this site possible?
Dear, don't threaten, just do it. And have a slice of poo cake on your way out.
WV: donid = if you weren't such a wimp, you'd a donid already.
this was just what I needed today. Sometimes poo humor is all it takes to make me happy.
That last paragraph was pure genius!
We bought our son the Wall-E cake for his 6th b-day. The poo piles were supposed to be the cute little blocks he makes of garbage and tire tracks. It looked like poop all over the cake. It was sooo funny but really terrible looking.
My 3 year old explained it all. The Palm tree cake has grapes on it. The 2nd cake has a bridge on it. Wall-E and Eva were enough distraction, as was Wolverine. The last cake was she had to appeal to her 5 year old sister for help. The rose is apparently sitting next to a pile of pancakes.
I didn't know Wall-E could poop.
I needed a good laugh, and this post definitely provided it - thanks! It also cured my recent cake urge.
Hahahahahahahaha*GASP*hahahahahahahaha!
I've never commented, but I just had to throw in that I've never seen such a huge load of ____ ! {You know *wink*}
ROTFL!!!
What was the last one supposed to be?? I can't figure out where they were even going creativly here.
How timely! Just as I was viewing photo no. 4, my 2 year old came up to me to tell me that he pooed.
There should be a LAW against BROWN ICING BLOBS/coconuts/planets/whatever...Just sayin'!!
Perhaps SHISHKINOBI's sense of humor is also in the toilet...Just sayin'!