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Today we salute you, Mr. or Mrs. Patriotic Cake Wreckerator.[singing] "Mr. or Mrs. Patriotic Cake WreckoRAAATor!"Yes, in a sea of national complacency, you are the one shining beacon of truth, justice, and proper icing depictions of the American flag: "Hey, Betsy Ross would be pro-oud!"And...

Hey, look! Amber went back to school!Looks like her folks are still using the same bakery, though. (Piles of dead leaves are such a "hassel", aren't they?)This next Wreck sees Amber's "hassel", and raises it a "taffle":If only it had been in quotes - "taffle" would leave so much...

I was trying to figure out what the opposite of "Missed Marks" would be; ergo, "Bullseyes". Yep, today's amazing NON-Wrecks are the cakes that look just like the object they're supposed to.For example...Liz had Mike's Amazing Cakes replicate a favorite stuffed frog for her and her...

Michael Jackson died Thursday afternoon. Barely 24 hours later, Laura H. found these in her local bakery:Yeesh. Ok, so it's America, and I get that we tend to capitalize on tragedy - I mean, have you seen "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here"? - but this seems to be pushing the bounds...

I can remember sitting at a friend's kitchen table and hearing "Thriller" for the first time. The synthesizers, the beat, that creepy voice telling a tale of ghouls "getting down" - I was mesmerized. And even though I was pretty young at the time, that memory has stayed with me for...

I recently got an e-mail from Chunks the Pioneer, who told me she is a HUGE Transformers fan, and naturally went to the first 11:59 PM showing of Transformers 2. She also said,"After seeing it [the movie] I got to thinking, why haven’t we seen any Transformer wrecks in honor of this...

(NOTE: For the ladies, not the kiddies. Still SFW, though.)NASA wanted to do something special for all the lady astronauts of the world:And by "special", I mean something big, flaccid, curving to the right, poised to explode into the dark recesses that are out of this world, and...

The Grad Wreckage is still pouring in, and here I'm rapidly running out of snappy titles. Drat.In higher education, time loses all meaning.See? Even the footstool-wearing stomach-cloud knows "that".Talk about a repeat-offender: we've got you on 19 counts right here, Wreckerator!And...

Thank you all for coming to the evil Wrecky henchpersons meeting. There's only one item of business today, so I'll be brief in briefing you with the brief:Cake Wrecks is up for Funniest Blog at the '09 BlogLuxe Awards.I'd be super psyched to win it.Like, super super psyched.You can vote once a day now through July 6th, simply by typing in your e-mail...

There are usually a lot of weddings in June, so I know you're getting sick of all those perfectly lovely wedding and engagement cakes by now, aren't you? [patting your hand] Well don't you worry, dear; that's what I'm here for.First, fellas, take note: This is NOT how you do it."So...

(Hey, I did say I had my fingers crossed, right?)Since Falker Satherhood is one Hallmark card away from becoming the new official name of Father's Day, I thought I'd share how some of you Wreckies celebrated it yesterday.Lindsay B. did the sensible thing and bought a cake:While Jan...

Ok, last Dad's Day post, I promise. (But keep in mind that crossing my fingers behind my back nullifies any and all aforementioned promises.)Yesterday fathers across the globe were given heartfelt messages from their children.Messages like, "Aren't you glad you put me through college?"(And...