professional cakes - cakes wrecks

As promised, today's parade of cakey canines features the icing-drowned cupcake pups, which in my opinion ride dangerously close to the whole cupcake-cake-concept, and are therefore worthy of all the condemnation we can heap on them. But, I digress.First up, a creation that looks...

Hey Everyone!Hard as this is to believe, I was asked recently to do another interview - this time a short n' sweet Five Questions segment over on Media Bullseye. Click here to check it out. If you do read the interview, though, don't let my number of submissions stop you from sending in your own Wreck photos. Believe me, I can never have too many Wrecks,...

For some reason canine cakes seem to be all the rage these days, particularly in grocery-store bakeries. Now, I don't want to get down on these decorators too much, considering that a) they are usually over-worked and under-trained, and b) they outnumber me significantly. That said,...

I have a huge statue of Kermit the Frog occupying the corner of my desk. It has light-up fireflies behind Kermit and plays the Rainbow Connection. I love it.I mention this by way of introduction to today's featured NON-Wreck, made by Heather Haynes of Clarksville, Indiana:Yes, it's...

Poor Roxy. Not only did she have a sprained wrist on her birthday, but the cookie cake her friend Sarah purchased to cheer her up looked like...well, this:Apparently this cookie place has a strict one-do-over-per-cookie policy, so "happy" was scraped off and redone, but "birtday"...

Wow.Apparently last week's post in which I 'fessed up to my cupcake cake aversion hit a nerve. Or, a hundred nerves. Yep, my inbox has been inundated with e-mails both defending the hapless creation and joining me on the side of decency and real cakes.(And just to be clear: I have...

I'm the type who thinks cakes are good for any occasion. Apparently, so are the people who ordered these:After all, how often do you get to congratulate someone on "completeing" their jail sentence?Wow, that often? Ok, never mind.(Say, are those orange things supposed to be flowers...

"Now let's kick it over to our newest Wrecks correspondent Violet, who is currently on location at her sister Ruby's third birthday party. Violet?""Jen, I'm sitting here in witness to the worst Wreck I've seen in my admittedly young life. Take a look at the disaster area left behind...

Apparently this is supposed to look like a baseball field. For those of you who don't see a problem with it, do like I did and go ask your husband. (Or if you're at work, that annoying guy a few cubicles over who starts every conversation with "Dude, did you see the game last night?".)Of...

Today's Sweets are brought to you by Louise over at Cake Journal, a blog out of Denmark. I've been a fan of her work for some time now, quite simply because she makes gorgeous cakes. Her designs are simple, graphic, and flawless. These two are my favorites:The sprinkles! The cherry!...

Avast, ye lily livered lubbers! Did ye not know it's Talk Like a Pirate Day?Now raise yer mugs to winsome wench Kia M., whose bilge-water Wreck here is evidence of some focsal swab drinking up and yo-ho'ing a bit too much while on duty. Mayhaps this is why the rum is always gone,...

Some cakes are hard to read, and for once I'm not talking about the handwriting:A screaming baby paired with "congratulations"? Ah, that's subtle sarcasm at its snarky finest.Here's a tip gleaned from years of family reunions: the second Mrs. Klass asks "What's that supposed to...

Today, class, we're going to see an example of how other sugary foods can become Wrecks.Here we have what looks at first glance to be a perfectly normal hamburger:But check out the description sent to me by the "architectural foodsmiths" over at Bompas & Parr:"The burger, known...

And that's how embarrassing nicknames are born, boys and girls! (There's one for the scrapbook, eh, Beth S.?)Well, Gabe Z., you have to admit that "Jason" is a really rare and hard-to-spell name - especially here in the U.S.I suppose if the baby had been named Joey, or if this was...

I've recently been accused of hatin' on the cupcake cakes. Alright, you got me: I guess I can't hide the truth any longer, and it's time for me to come clean. [sigh] Ok, here goes:Hi, my name is Jen, and I hate cupcake cakes.Why? 'Cuz they're ugly.Don't believe me? Keep reading.For...