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Well, it's New Year's Eve, and that means you've got two things on the brain right now: dieting and booze. Since it's somewhat difficult to find cakes celebrating diets (which is really a shame; I'm holding out for the "all cakey carbs" diet) let me see what kind of alcohol-themed...

[opening fridge] "Hey Sarah, you got any bee...AAAAUUGGHHH!!!!"For those of you who would otherwise insist on knowing the whys and wherefores of this photo, here's what submitter Sarah M. had to say for herself (yes, she's the baker):Subject: I swear I do get paid for making cakes"The...

"Sweetie, I get the feeling your father has been a little impatient for us to have a boy.""Why do you say that, hon?""Oh, you know, all the baseball equipment for the girls' birthdays...""They loved those!""And the football helmets...""Once we painted the tiaras on they wore them...

Ok, my trusted Wreckporters, your assignment this week is: Fantasy.I'm talking trolls, fairies, dragons, kraken, anthropomorphized plant life, and yes, even unicorns (I'm drawing the line at tutus, though). As with all Sunday Sweets, these cakes do NOT have to be professionally made. You can search bakery websites, public image hosting sites like Flickr,...

Here are some more amazing cakes you readers have submitted for the "Winter Wonderland" assignment.Emily S. made this for her work's Christmas party:Although those snowflakes are lovely and delicate, my favorite bits are the marshmallows and "steam" rising from the cup of cocoa....

(Ok, so the assumption that these were NOT made by Jews is a leap, I know, but can't a girl hope?)"A Star is (Not) Born" Yes, technically a Star of David is two triangles intersecting, Bugsy - but not like this. And I think you can lay off the "poiple" icing now, too."The Teal Tornado"...

I made an exception before to include a Sandra Lee creation here on Wrecks, and I'm afraid I have to do so again. How could I not share this bit of holiday cheer with you all?Yes, those are corn nuts on the edges, although Lee calls them "acorns". There's also canned apple pie filling,...

Today's Wrecks speak for themselves. Or at least attempt to.I find myself wishing this said "holladay", just so I could work in a lame Gwen Stefani reference. But since I'm just a girl (in the world), I guess I'll leave that up to you guys.Now that's a stingy well-wisher.What's worse:...

We've already seen some flagrant Santa-abuse this year, but here's a Christmas count-down of some more ways the big guy gets no respect.We start off with your no-frills decapitation (under dome), courtesy of Giovanna B.:This isn't horrendously wrecky, but it looks exactly like the...

It's impossible to say how this idea first entered the decorator's brain...But now it will haunt us both day and night.This cake makes a mockery of my horror, Chris L. It's also really icky. Tell me, do all University of Texas cakes look like week-old medical specime...

Baffling inscription?Check.Atmospheric pollution?Check."Rotisserie Chicken" label?Check.Excess punctuation?Check, check, check, and check check.Looks like we're covered, Heather ...

In yet another blow to true cake artists everywhere, many large chain bakeries are now "decorating" cakes almost exclusively with plastic flotsam. In theory, this means the "decorators" require even less skill, and therefore will wreck less cakes. That's the theory, anyway.Well,...

Wow - when I asked you guys to help me find the best Winter Sweets out there, I clearly underestimated how seriously you take your CW duties. Excellent work, evil henchmen/women/children!Due to the overload of submissions, I had to be pretty selective in choosing which ones to feature....

Prepare your retinas for an assault of Christmas-time proportions:Jami H. assures me there's actually cake under that mess. A mess, I might add, which is completely inedible - except for the frosting dots on the plastic aquarium sprigs, of course. So let's see: we've got trees, icicle...