tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post5562833463330336865..comments2024-02-16T18:23:10.138-05:00Comments on Cake Wrecks: Get Used to DisappointmentJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888187687405622408noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-60062334979704801572011-06-17T16:29:13.291-04:002011-06-17T16:29:13.291-04:00I gasped with such joy and excitement when I read ...I gasped with such joy and excitement when I read the intro to this post: I took a full-on in breath and smiled--much like I did as a child when I saw the presents under the tree Christmas morning or the gifts my parents arranged on the dining room table for me to find first thing in the morning in celebration of my birthday. THAT'S how excited I was! haha!<br /><br />My first thoughts:<br /><br />TINKER BELL: I didn't see any carrots or radishes in the referenced cake!<br /><br />BASEBALL HAT: Oh my. Sad. Sad. Sad little deflated "hat". Nice use of brown sugar ON the base (NOT!). It took me a minute to figure out why there was sand on the cake...literally!<br /><br />THA "BABY": Poor Brandy! My first thought was Elizabeth Taylor (R.I.P.) because of the fake eyelashes! Where have you ever seen a baby wearing fake eye lashes?? And, whose idea was it to take a flat surfaced, cartoon-like baby and turn it into a sculpted baby face (using the term lightly?). In the end, I decided it looked like Miss Piggy doing drag as Elizabeth Taylor (yes, I know Miss Piggy is female...but those eye lashes...you would HAVE to call it drag regardless).<br /><br />THE POOL: Wow. Yuck. Ew. Are you frickin' kidding me? Nice sunny pool party going on there. That baker should be sued for...slandering the good name of butter cream icing. Unlawful use of cake. Impersonating a cake decorator. Somethin' somethin'.<br /><br />Who the heck is Trish???? <br />Am I THAT old???? (42)<br /><br />I'll challenge you to come up with a most excellent Frank Zappa reference on any upcoming post! (EXCLUDING "THE MUFFIN MAN"...OR ANY LYRICS THEREOF. Nor "Little Green Rosetta." That would be much too simple!)<br /><br />:)<br /><br />WV!!! "dombase" haha "That poor Boston baseball hat sitting on top of that dombase looks pitifull."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135067059994902765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-56060868500163012482011-06-09T16:37:57.600-04:002011-06-09T16:37:57.600-04:00Believe it or not, I like the wrecked Tinker Bell ...Believe it or not, I like the wrecked Tinker Bell cake. Now, if I was a bakery worker, I would definitely be a wreckorator, but I still like the Tink Cake.<br /><br />Maybe it's because I don't care for the original design in the first place.<br /><br />wv. Creade -- We can creade a non-wrecky Tinker Bell cake.Meghan Newhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10831662232205100325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-75039341871154894312011-06-06T17:55:19.340-04:002011-06-06T17:55:19.340-04:00Haha, I know exactly what happened to the Tinkerbe...Haha, I know exactly what happened to the Tinkerbell cake. The design is meant for the Little Mermaid cake that most chain store bakeries have...someone started making the wrong cake and got lazy....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-36088659521035219462011-06-05T01:46:47.565-04:002011-06-05T01:46:47.565-04:00The Tinkerbell cake that the customer got is actua...The Tinkerbell cake that the customer got is actually a Little Mermaid with some roses and Tink stuck on it.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480382427848634392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-24436932807507643342011-06-03T18:54:00.839-04:002011-06-03T18:54:00.839-04:00I actually ordered that first Tinkerbell cake for ...I actually ordered that first Tinkerbell cake for my middle child a few years back. Maybe I should try and track down the person responsible and thank them as mine looked better then the example. I'm not sure what I would have done if I went in and that thing was waiting for me. <br /><br />The pool is just scary. I appreciate the Tasha Yar reference, it'll make the nightmares easier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-63401295946381466592011-06-03T18:09:16.322-04:002011-06-03T18:09:16.322-04:00@Dharmamama: Obviously these bakers are not progra...@Dharmamama: Obviously these bakers are not programmed in multiple techniques.<br /><br />(...and their decorating is bad, too. Zzing!)Goueznounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-79648428151125833692011-06-03T13:54:30.992-04:002011-06-03T13:54:30.992-04:00Is it just me, or did they make the "crying b...Is it just me, or did they make the "crying baby" cake harder than it need be? I mean, thanks for the extra effort, but....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-48747836180885826562011-06-03T03:30:27.529-04:002011-06-03T03:30:27.529-04:00The ascending carrots on the Tinkerbell cake are e...The ascending carrots on the Tinkerbell cake are easily explained.<br /><br />No, actually, they aren't.<br /><br />Look at the pink flowers, the purple flowers, and the "carrots." They are supposed to be parts of the same flower (mmmm, delicious buttercream flowers). How can a decorator look at the guide picture and decide that the flowers must be dismembered and scattered hither and yon? It doesn't make any sense.<br /><br />Word verification: lomant. A special kind of ant, bred by Neverland fairies, that sneaks into birthday parties and gobbles up the really hideous cakes before the children can be traumatized.<br /><br />Jenny IslanderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-8860291768279338792011-06-03T03:09:56.878-04:002011-06-03T03:09:56.878-04:00Oh, man! And no one notices the Princess Bride ref...Oh, man! And no one notices the Princess Bride reference?!?<br /><br />~Cathy in NOLAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-27296753907491395862011-06-03T00:44:26.391-04:002011-06-03T00:44:26.391-04:00A Tasha Yar reference, hurray!A Tasha Yar reference, hurray!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06575673813724483738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-83804883235943616772011-06-03T00:43:32.142-04:002011-06-03T00:43:32.142-04:00For some reason "Tinker Bell Dangler" so...For some reason "Tinker Bell Dangler" sounds like a nickname for a serial killer.Val C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-77161889909254428242011-06-03T00:09:30.509-04:002011-06-03T00:09:30.509-04:00ugh that tinkerbelle cake. i never could get those...ugh that tinkerbelle cake. i never could get those weird-looking purple and pink flowers to look right. (i'm not the... 'artist' featured, i'm just familiar with that painful design!) though really if you just take your time with the darn thing it's not that hard to do...yotannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-92066519423781177302011-06-02T21:36:11.271-04:002011-06-02T21:36:11.271-04:00Doesn't it look like they made toilet paper ro...Doesn't it look like they made toilet paper rolls on the top of the pool wall? Maybe that water was supposed to be yellow with a hint of brown...Deb Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-86578806171256398052011-06-02T20:04:03.750-04:002011-06-02T20:04:03.750-04:00After seeing so many horrible "what they got&...After seeing so many horrible "what they got"s, I've decided that too many people are asking bakers to copy beautiful cakes without seeing a portfolio of previous work to make sure the bakery is actually capable of beautiful work. Advice to cake orderers: confirm your bakery is capable of more than "Alpo" before ordering "steak" (Homer says: mmm, steak cake!)<br /><br />Tasha Yar ref: boy that takes me back, and you're so right!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-74510398046252591212011-06-02T18:11:38.237-04:002011-06-02T18:11:38.237-04:00As someone who had to churn out the cakes at a dis...As someone who had to churn out the cakes at a discount bakery for 4 years, people need to learn that you get what you pay for. Seriously, those decorators are expected to decorate a cake from start to finish in less than 10 minutes.....with that said, I so would have fired the decorator who wrecked the Tinkerbell cake. Gotta some standards!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-77038442041109374902011-06-02T11:00:13.580-04:002011-06-02T11:00:13.580-04:00The screaming baby cake's not so bad compared ...The screaming baby cake's not so bad compared to the other ones. Then again, it wasn't a great source to begin with. <br /><br />That being said, "compared to the other ones" means compared to the La Brea Tar Pits and what appears to be Cookie Monster's death scene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-88055254269053305212011-06-02T07:47:23.147-04:002011-06-02T07:47:23.147-04:00Thanks to the first photograph I now have the horr...Thanks to the first photograph I now have the horrible words "Tinker Bell Dangler" stuck in my head.Miz Kizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650747741395559803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-22260986572631361792011-06-02T06:21:32.645-04:002011-06-02T06:21:32.645-04:00WTF???? How dare those people call themselves prof...WTF???? How dare those people call themselves professionals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-25745258380486258792011-06-02T04:06:19.887-04:002011-06-02T04:06:19.887-04:00Oh, dear God. i saw that first cake and all I can ...Oh, dear God. i saw that first cake and all I can think is 'That poor little girl!'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-31692250103975601542011-06-02T02:43:30.057-04:002011-06-02T02:43:30.057-04:00We're all for having a go at new things but th...We're all for having a go at new things but this is pushing the boundaries slightly...Wee Taithttp://www.weetaitcatering.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-69634672115448399062011-06-02T02:11:08.487-04:002011-06-02T02:11:08.487-04:00Aw, Tasha.Aw, Tasha.Sifnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-52929292612193161432011-06-02T01:54:34.684-04:002011-06-02T01:54:34.684-04:00I ordered that Tinker Bell cake for my daughter a ...I ordered that Tinker Bell cake for my daughter a couple years ago! It looked beautiful, but the box was left partly open to accommodate the height of the toy, so the cake was stale. We served it anyway, and then I took the remaining 1/3 cake back to the store and got a full refund. Yay, free stale cake!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-39281990132343919152011-06-02T01:46:30.877-04:002011-06-02T01:46:30.877-04:00I really really hope none of these cakes were purc...I really really hope none of these cakes were purchased. Wow they didn't even come close to what was advertised lol. That pool one actually did bring to mind Tasha Yar's death scene..scary that.Arlenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-91994023936401744502011-06-02T00:14:18.329-04:002011-06-02T00:14:18.329-04:00I'm trying to figure where you get episode 25 ...I'm trying to figure where you get episode 25 from -- according to Wikipedia and Yahoo Answers, we're talking either episode 24 1st season, or 26 if you count the pilot episodes.<br /><br />You know that kid in Galaxy Quest who said, "I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT WAS REAL!" I was that kid, just a female version. And got into Trek during TNG. I was eleven and an outcast. It was fate. What can I say.Rachelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1932214040062195180.post-15341228404933334872011-06-02T00:07:19.305-04:002011-06-02T00:07:19.305-04:00Time to cut the baby face cake! Who wants an eye p...Time to cut the baby face cake! Who wants an eye piece? (I do, I do!)Naominoreply@blogger.com